<p>I know we need to check with each college, but does anyone who has gone through this before know to what extent Juniors will be able to sit in on classes during April visits? It seems like some colleges may make them wait until the fall since admitted students will be visiting and staying overnight.</p>
<p>D hasnât sat in on any classes so far (timing hasnât worked out) but I did look into it and I didnât see restrictions anywhere on juniors. I know overnights are usually restricted. If it is a college which requires an interview, you might want to look into scheduling that if you are coming from a distance. Most places I have seen will start doing Jr interviews in the spring. </p>
<p>Probably as long as you donât visit during an admitted studentâs weekend (which you should probably avoid anyway) there shouldnât be a problem.</p>
<p>and good luck FAP in getting your issue resolved.</p>
<p>Every college as slightly different rules. Caltech had a list of classes that you could visit. Berkeley didnât seem to have a formal program, but we didnât ask. Both admitted students weekends (which we thought were well worth it) included opportunities to visit classes on the Monday. We didnât ask about overnights - my son did a couple as part of those admitted weekends, and Carnegie Mellon has selected sleeping bag weekends organized throughout the year.</p>
<p>BengalMom - guess you werenât around over the summer when we went on our little college tourâŠlol. We visited Dartmouth, Harvard, MIT and Tufts. D loved Dart and Harvard and liked MIT and Tufts a lot, though she probably wonât apply to MIT, and is still not sure about Tufts. She realizes the other two are big reaches (especially H, as nobody from her h.s. ever seems to get in there), but sheâd like to try. We also visited William and Mary the previous summer, and she loved that school as well. </p>
<p>Your S was the one who didnât like Tufts, right? If you donât mind my asking, what was it that he didnât like? D liked it, and my 7th grade S loved it.</p>
<p>The rules on classroom visits along with overnights do vary by school - but is usually clearly indicated on the âvisitâ page on the college website. From my 2008 DSâs experience, for the most part, overnight visits are reserved for seniors - and may include visiting a class with your host.</p>
<p>LIMOM, Actually, this was our second, no, third (!) visit to Tufts. D and I visited there, or tried to, twice on college trips in the East. The first time we happened to hit their spring break and there was not a soul around. No one. It was the only school on break that we visited on that trip, but we decided to look around a bit anyway. D was thinking of a possible double major of Bio with Intâl. Relations at that time, which was the reason for the visits. Next trip we had a tour and an info session (I think). Of course, this was 4 years ago, but at that time they had a fairly bad housing shortage, and we were looking for schools where she would have the option of living on campus four years if she chose to. We also heard that they nickel and dime their students a lot.
When we visited with S this summer, it was really kind of an after-thought because I didnât think it would be a fit for him. By this time he was thinking he would stay more west coast, or maybe midwest. We were ending our trip in Boston, so decided to drop by late one afternoon, but we missed the tour.</p>
<p>My Dâs close friend at school has a sister at Tufts who just loves it.</p>
<p>BengalMom, thatâs interesting on your impression of nickel and diming at Tufts. If we do visit, Iâll keep an eye out for hints to that. It is one thing that irks me, and I am trying to get it to make an impression on D. If we are footing the COA, she will be responsible for other things, and it will behoove her to keep this in mind. She has already shown some preferences to all you can eat dining locations and not ones where they have some kind of flexi plan. Housing availability is also important to her, another good thing to note.</p>
<p>Wow, yâall are making me tired just reading about all the visits! </p>
<p>With our first, we visited 3 schools, and he ended up attending the last one we visited because they gave the best scholarship- heâs ended up loving it. </p>
<p>With our second, he and my husband visited a few schools on athletic recruiting trips (small LAC D3 schools), but he ended up going to the big state U (which he only visited to go to parties senior year) - and loves it. </p>
<p>With our third (and last), he goes with us to the big state u to visit our son, and sometimes spends the night, but not to go to class, usually just to hang out. We wonât need to visit anywhere else, it is his dream to attend there.</p>
<p>Iâm feeling like one of the âneglectfulâ parents on CC 
Is there a website for us? LOL!</p>
<p>heck no ag, consider yourself lucky!!! I have said that my Dâs interests are so unlike mine when looking at schools/majors, we needed to look to a totally different set. Why stir the pot if he has something he is happy with and will be able to attend! If only we had popular public Uâs here that were in the runningâŠ</p>
<p>H was more in line with your situation, he grew up in AZ and his was a U of A family not an ASU family. He went also even though it wasnât the school for him, way too big. Transferred to smaller choice NAU. But even that situation with only a few state choices was much simpler and he is still getting on board with the whole set of choices for LACs D is looking at.</p>
<p>Itâs crazy how many choices are out there!! There are colleges mentioned on this site that Iâve never even heard of. I know there is a right place for everyone, but with so many choices, I think Iâd go crazy trying to find the right one. Like how I feel at Macyâs - too many choices it makes me dizzy.</p>
<p>Plus, the cost of all the travel might be the price of a years worth of tuition! Yikes!</p>
<p>It was a lot simpler when we were growing up - I remember the blitz of mailers after the PSATs - but all I ever considered were instate (California) colleges. The idea of going across the country to another school never crossed my mind⊠(Of course when I say things like that to my kids, they say covered wagons didnât go west to east).</p>
<p>I think that the difference these days is we try to figure it out in advance rather than just going somewhere and trying to make it work.</p>
<p>scualum - it hasnât crossed my Dâs mind to go across country - at least not yet. While she definitely wants to go away to school, she is pretty sure she wants to stay on the east coast. Iâm pretty happy about that decision, so I hope she doesnât change her mind.</p>
<p>ag54 - I agree - the number of choices out there is incredible!</p>
<p>BengalMom - not sure if this was the case when you visited Tufts, but their meal plan is now all you can eat - literally. Supposedly, if you buy the full meal plan (required for freshmen), you can eat as often, and as much as you want. Good thing the campus has lots of hillsâŠlol. BTW, we arrived at our information session a little late, but the guy giving it was terrific - very funny. Our tour guide was great too - a theater and psych major, I believe - with a great personality. Definitely the most entertaining info session and tour out of the 5 weâve been on.</p>
<p>LIMOM, Iâm glad you had a great visit at Tufts. I think it just wasnât in the cards for us, and just didnât feel right. I have learned over the years to listen to that intuition, it always means something.</p>
<p>ag, you ARE lucky, not neglectful! This time next year you can come in here and just cruise⊠and watch us all go nuts and tear our hair out. :)</p>
<p>Actually, itâs nice to have some company on this crazy roller coaster this time. I wish I had known about CC a few years ago. This is all pretty exciting, even if it is nerve-racking, and I look forward to seeing where all our little darlings end up.</p>
<p>Me too, BengalMom (the part about looking forward to seeing where our âlittle darlingsâ end up). I found CC awhile ago, back when D was a h.s. freshman!</p>
<p>Next year, I will happily be a sounding board/shoulder to cry on, whichever is needed. </p>
<p>BUT, if my little darling doesnât keep up his gpa, I may be crying!! He assures me that he is great this semester, so one more to go before rank is set. If he stays as is, heâs top 10%, and with rank being king at UT, heâs golden, otherwise, I may have to hit the travelling circuit with yâall :)</p>
<p>I know a bunch of young adult women who attended Tufts. They were all on the sailing team and loved their time there. It is a wonderful college from what I hear.</p>
<p>I remember reading a bunch of stuff about the âTufts Syndromeâ a few years ago on CC (back when my oldest was trying to figure it out). It has something to do with how they reject really great applicants because they assume they are really going to go to places like Harvard. They do it to keep their admit percentages up for USNEWS ranking. It could be a bunch of bull though, you sometimes have to wade through to get the real information on CC;) Too many nervous kids spreading rumors!!</p>
<p>ag54, Itâs nice that in Texas you always know where you stand, and have a guaranteed admission. Good luck to you and your S!</p>
<p>Bengalmom, itâs nice from the standpoint that you know where you stand if youâre in the top 10%; itâs bad in that if you are out of the top 10%, it has gotten ridiculously hard to get in UT. </p>
<p>Last fall, something like 81% of admitted students and 91% of matriculated students were top 10%ers, doesnât leave much room for error :(</p>
<p>ag54 - I believe that âTufts Syndromeâ existed even when I was in h.s. Those rumors have been around a long time. </p>
<p>And I agree that itâs nice to know that if a kid graduates in the top 10%, he or she has a place at UT - but itâs a lot of pressure on those kids, isnât it? Dâs school doesnât rank, so we really donât have a clue where she stands - there are so many kids who do well.</p>