No spring break college visits...

mflevity
Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:54:34 +0000

Maybe I’m totally mistaken, but isn’t spring break of junior year the prime time to visit colleges?

I’m not sure what to do; my parents aren’t going to take me. They’ve decided that we should all go on a family vacation for the entire 10 days.

I’ve tried to explain to them that it’s important that I visit schools before I apply, but they don’t understand (I’m the oldest child, so they don’t have any other experiences with colleges). They say that when they were my age, they applied to two or three colleges, mostly in-state, and that I should just apply to the schools I like and visit the ones that accept me. After a lot of begging, they finally agreed to drive out over a long weekend to see some colleges in the next state over, but none of them are my top choices (right now).

Unfortunately, I have very few long weekends in my school calendar, and they’re usually taken up by choir trips and plays/musicals. My summer is entirely packed with mission trip and camp. We live in the midwest, and almost all of my favorite schools are in the east. I don’t feel comfortable applying Early Decision to a school I haven’t even visited!

What should I do?