Which schools did you ultimately decide NOT to apply to and why?

[ChoatieMom]

@enewton

The fact is that you may never interact with the admissions team once you are at a school. So be careful writing off the school over a bad admissions experience. On the other hand, be careful not to attend a school just because you really liked the interviewer.

This.

I’ve probably posted 20 times that our son never met any of the Choate admissions staff, never set foot in the admissions building, never took a tour, and didn’t see the campus until revisit days. He interviewed with an alum at a Starbucks close to our home, and that was it. From posts like those above, I guess that was a good thing. It sure would have been a huge mistake to have passed on Choate due to a bad experience with a tour or admissions.

@enewton

Choate also does not do in-person interviews.

Interesting. This must be new as the school certainly did in-person on-campus interviews when our son was applying. He was granted a local alum interview because we live more than 250 miles from the school.