Question about College Visits to School

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t realize the person who came to my school was also the person who read my app. Tell you kid

Wait, what?

Yup and that person can be a powerful advocate for your kid. My oldest connected with the admissions rep on a school visit and then again a few months later at an event at the home of an alum who lives in the area. They had some shared interests and hit it off. When DC was accepted, the rep wrote a note saying DC's essay was one of the funniest he'd ever read.

Wow, thank you. I had no idea.

Since business cards for kids aren't a thing, is there a good way to make sure they remember you? (Outside of being memorable, I mean)

Email afterwards to thank the rep and mention something specific about your conversation -- "Great to talk to you about your experience on the newspaper staff." Try to go to any other admission events in the area. I'm also remembering now that at some point later in the year the admissions VP visited DC's school, so DC met him as well as the rep. DC was unhooked and definitely an on-the-bubble candidate for this school (T5 USNWR). The school counselor was literally agape when he learned DC had gotten in. Maybe 90% of life actually is showing up?