Thanks! We (myself and her) had tours at: Santa Clara, USD, LMU, Cal Poly SLO, SDSU, Cal, and USC). We are in California so it was an easy drive most of them and then we flew to the Bay Area and stayed with my parents.
With her school she has been on an official tour at USC, and had self led walking tours at UCLA (x2), USD, LMU, Long Beach, and SDSU.
We used to live near Long Beach State.
We visited Utah in the summer of 2022 (on the way back from vacation) but there were no tours going on.
Most of the schools will be doing admitted student tours so just find another good day, preferably a weekday! My older kidsā admitted day was cancelled so we just did a tour and it was still useful and they gave out some admitted student swag. Even if you have been on a tour before it hits different as an admitted student.
We have two on the same day this year but might not be available that day due to competitionsā¦ it is hard to get to everything!
S24 is going down to look at two schools at the top of his list. He has seen both but now that heās in, he really wants to be sure which one he wants. He is unable to attend any of the admitted days, so he planned his own trip. He reached out to his admissions advisors at both schools, told them the dates he will be on campus and what he is hoping to see and they are making it happen. If there are schools that are high priority for her, it is more important she visit when she can visit and not specifically for admitted students day.
One of my kids has a lot of the same schools on their list, so a lot on that same date. Their twin also has one on the 4/13 date in a different state lol. No clue what weāre going to do, but I think we will just have to visit all the California schools over Spring Break (have only seen a couple of them so far) and just do regular tours or something. We wonāt have $ or even admissions decisions at all of them at spring break, as far as I can tell, but I donāt know how else weāll see all of them! And of course DC says they have no way of narrowing them down at this point! Sigh. At least twin is mostly narrowed down to top two (*with a reach still outstanding).
Most of them are large and she has already had two official tours at USC. USC is going to come down to how much aid she is offered and if she is even admitted but I donāt think there is any written rule regarding demonstrating interest equaling admission. UCLA, and Cal are both crap shoots and like USC I highly doubt they look at the number of tours someone does how many times they call the admissions office with questions. Maybe I am 100000000 percent wrong on that thoughš¤·āāļø
Oh man. Good luck with that one. D24 really wants to visit Utah because she initially liked the self guided walking tour we did and they have a ton of health science related majors. As it is WUE school it could also be the most affordable due to the agreement to accept CSU tuition as well and I donāt think they have a 2 year housing requirement like SDSU does.
I would not worry about missing admitted student days. There are some advantages to an admitted day (one of which is that you just show up and they have done all the planning for you), but you can get the same or better info with a bit of legwork.
Does your D24 have a major planned. If so, I would reach out to admissions, tell them you canāt make admitted students day, but you can come on x day, and ask if any students in admissions are in your Dās major. If so, you would like a customized admitted student tour. You could do the same thing if your D is particularly interested in a club or activity. If admissions is not helpful, try the parent facebook page, and ask if anyone knows a student in the major that works in admissions. Parents love volunteering their kids for things. (And if you canāt get/create an admitted student tour, a regular old tour is not really all that different. It just might have some younger kids on it.)
When my D22 went to visit her college, I hunted down a mom in town who had a daughter at the same college and we got them connected by phone. We met with her when we visitiedāshe was the only non-curated voice we heard from (admissions, her coach, captain of her teamāthey all had a reason to be overly positive). And that kiddo was a huge reason my D22 felt comfortable EDing.
You can also ask if your daughter can visit a class (you could ask admissions or the major department, or you can find someone from your town or thru the parent facebook that will let you tag along with their kid) or visit the dining hall. Just going into the dining hall and getting the vibe is huge. Another fun idea is to attend a basketball game. You can see how spirited the school is (if thatās something you care about) and itās a great venue to watch the students in attendance.
Also, be sure to pick up the school newspaper (or find it on line). You can tell what a student body cares about by what is in that paper!
And, stop by finanacial aid if you have any questions or concerns. The good thing about not being at admitted students day is there should be no line on a regular day!
dropping in from the Class of 23 to say it is possible. Difficult, but possible. My kid applied to 12 or 13, canāt remember. Most were rolling, a couple were EA, we did not do ED.
The thing is, with a kid with decent stats, you may open up more opportunities once the app is in: honors, scholarships, etc, and most of them have additional essays and such
So even the best-laid plans can end up with multiple additional requirements during the fall.
Just be aware of that!
But yeah, my kid submitted every application before school began, and that was HUGE. (He was in the musical and model UN and there would have been zero time if he hadnāt)
This is a super unusual year with so many California schools having admitted student events on the same day.
You are right in that USC does not track demonstrated interest for admissions. They do track for other things. USC has several admitted student days in April - some weekdays and some weekends. If she has visited before and it comes down to money, you might wait until after she receives her financial aid package.
I havenāt tracked all of the admitted student days, but this is what Iāve found so far. Let me know if you find other CA schools to add to this list.
April 6: UCD
April 13: UCLA, UCB, UCSB, UCSD, UCR, SLO, SDSU, CSULB, SJSU, Chapman, Santa Clara
April 20: UCM
Heās now low in the purchase funnel, and the admissions folksā¦i.e. sales reps, want to close the dealā¦so yep, the good ones will bend over backwards for you!!
Same will happen with @anniep625 - not all, but most schools will help you set up meetings with groups, academics, and more - or theyāll get you direct contact info.
They have to close their deals!!! Their companies need customers!! And this late in the game, the students are telling them - maybe itāll be me!!!
Three of D24ās top acceptances have lined up in a crazy coincidence. Utah State on 3/22, Univ of Utah on 3/23 and then ASU has one of their many days on 3/25. Flying in from CA to SLC then a flight to phoenix and home.
Everyone should apply to USC !!
I mean, they donāt make you jump through hoops interest wise.
And they have no ED. Yes, a merit deadline - but not ED.
Any student who seeks a big named private should be forced to apply to USC. Congress shall mandate it!!
Seriously, they take a lot of the nonsense pressure stuff away!!!
USC does not have ED, but they do have EA. If one wants to be considered for a merit scholarship and they arenāt in an audition based major, a student needs to apply EA. Some REA schools have disclaimers that allow students to apply to other schools EA if they are doing it in order to be considered for a scholarship. However, not all schools allow that.
Yes - but they have nothing binding.
Most believe you should apply EA anyway - so itās a win.
I suppose if youāre waiting on grades - then maybe you want RD.
The point being - from Ivy to the WUSTLs of the world, etc. - they all try to lock you down. OK, thereās a few with the REA or SCEA but Iām talking in general and even that is stressful even if the intent isnāt to be. They pressure you, stress you - we let you in Spring or not at all - but roll the ED 2 dice and maybe itāll change.
And USC doesnāt (that Iām aware of).
And they yield 41% - so theyāre doing something right!!
Neither of my kids had interestā¦but after WUSTL unsuccessfully put the ED screws on my kid and especially me, the parent - both in person and in communication, the stress that came with it (he wanted them, dad wanted a deal) - this is just a better way and so i applaud them for that!!!
Thanks! If admitted I think we would visit USC just for fun even if we donāt know the whole financial aid package, unless it is really low.
At least your Utah days are back to back and have the option to do Arizona on the same trip.
Just starting to plan our Utah trip. It will be a quick one (fly in Friday afternoon, and leave Saturday evening), but I really hope it will be worth it. Thankfully we have a free rental car and I found a decent Fairfield Inn by the airport that will work.
This is hilarious lol
Itās ALWAYS worth it - even if you decide itās a no!!
I will just note again, as previously related, USCās rather onerous application was more than enough deterrent for my S24.
I believe the ācorrectā answers to this question are actually Case Western (not pre-professional) and Northeastern. Private, early action, no supplementals.
I fully agree that the application isnāt one of the easy ones to crank out. I also am a bit skeptical about DI not being a factor. D24 applied and took advantage of several opportunities to have one on one discussions with admissions as well as current students (some of these were specific to Marshall). If nothing else, she had a lot of material to make her why USC essay quite compelling and they are clear that essay is important.