College tours: how many colleges per day?

[Anonymous]

Just wondering at what point your head explodes.

[Anonymous]

3 to 4.

[Anonymous]

Full tour and info session ? 2 per day was our max.

[Anonymous]

It would be fairly challenging to make the schedule work for more than 2, so 2 is max.

But 1/day is much more tolerable, and ideally no more than 3 or 4 over the course of a college visit trip.

[Anonymous]

2 per day max if they’re close (eg: American University and George Washington University on the same day), 1 per day is more comfortable.

[Anonymous]

IF you are going over the summer, I have found that several are only offering 1 tour per day and at the schools my child is looking at, they were all at 9:00. So we can. only do one in a day.

[Anonymous]

2 tours and a drive through at most (ie: tour Amherst & Smith or Smith and Mt Holyoke, drive through UMass or Hampshire).

[Anonymous]

Presentation plus tour, 2 per day, onemorning, one afternoon, (Boston University + Tufts).

We did the Boston area in 3 days, 2 each day, and thankfully, it was NOT our first tours (6-12 maybe?), or my head would have exploded! Kid at that point took notes, asked questions, and was able to rule out 3 from the visit (will not apply to those 3).

[Anonymous]

We just did a college tour and the official tour lasted two hours; however, we also visited the school (within the college) where my child wants to study, which lasted another hour or so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2 per day max if they’re close (eg: American University and George Washington University on the same day), 1 per day is more comfortable.

+1

[Anonymous]

i would say one. they all run together if you do too many all close together

[Anonymous]

The most we could ever do was two per day. Most were one per day due to driving distance between them.

[Anonymous]

We did two per day on several days in a row for spring break and we were all fried. If I could do it over, each day would be one college tour and one pure “let’s get a feel for this area” with sightseeing and fun places to eat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:i would say one. they all run together if you do too many all close together

+1

This gives time to reflect and digest the college you just visited. Although sometimes it is a real fast 'NO' within like 15 min

[Anonymous]

Ask your kid for their opinion - they are not all the same. My younger DC didn't want to do more than 2 formal college visits in total, much less 3 or 4 in one day.