Parent questions at school visits?

PhotoOp
Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:32:59 +0000

I had two experiences where the schools raved about my daughter after the interview. One said that she did a great job and any school would be lucky to have her. At the other her interview was with the Dean of Admissions and he raved about her and sounded like he really liked her etc. She didn’t get accepted to either of those schools.

Then one school that we weren’t even able to visit, she had an interview over the phone and thought it went very, very badly - she was accepted. She also didn’t feel good about her interview at Exeter and the adcom wasn’t particularly enthused when I talked to her - but she’s going there now - and loving it.

Sometimes you just can’t tell. But I agree - visit the school in person if you can. Exeter was her first choice before we went, and remained her first choice, but her second and third choices changed from the visits. Some campuses are huge and some are tiny and you can’t get that understanding from the booklet they send you.