How many college visits, and how far did you travel

[Anonymous]

Know what's important to you (alleviate the guilt). Start from there. I wanted to make sure DD saw her instate likely match and reach school. Once I knew the match school was ok with her, the pressure was off me. We also saw some schools I thought would be good matches when we were traveling somewhere else. None of those ended up on her list. Beyond that it was up to her to make the time and she wasn't willing to visit - too far, too much time to travel, she was busy w/friends and sports teams. I think sort of deer in the headlights. All visits that happened were as an admitted student - all were out-of-state. She ended up making a very good decision. Every kid, every decision-making journey is different.

[Anonymous]

I did quite a few with my now sophomore daughter as she was checking out schools where she might play soccer. I think we did about 15. I enjoyed the travel with her and we got pretty good at making an assessment within an hour or two. I would recommend looking at a range of schools. Before we really started the process she was all about going to a big school with the highest level team. By the time we were done though she ended up at an Ivy covered D3 where she could play right away and the academics were a good fit for her. I am starting the process earlier with her now sophomore younger brother who wants to go Ivy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Columbia, Yale, Dartmouth, Amherst, Harvard, all in one week.

Which is the safety school?

Over the years DC has also visited several other universities and colleges for extended summer programs, including Virginia, Cal, Stanford, Georgetown and UCLA.

Got it, DC has been programed so that ze does not need a safety school. Good luck!

I am sorry that I did not answer your initial question, because it would seem boastful. Since you insist, however, DC applied single-choice early action to one of the schools I initially mentioned, and was admitted to the school (which they now attend).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Columbia, Yale, Dartmouth, Amherst, Harvard, all in one week.

Which is the safety school?

Over the years DC has also visited several other universities and colleges for extended summer programs, including Virginia, Cal, Stanford, Georgetown and UCLA.

Got it, DC has been programed so that ze does not need a safety school. Good luck!

I am sorry that I did not answer your initial question, because it would seem boastful. Since you insist, however, DC applied single-choice early action to one of the schools I initially mentioned, and was admitted to the school (which they now attend).

I enjoyed this particular exchange very much. The second poster, insisting on "which is the safety school", and "got it, DC has been programmed so that she does not need a safety school. Good luck!", was being snarky, and was clearly trying to make the first poster feel bad or insecure. So the first poster's comeback that not only had her or his child applied to one of those schools they had visited, but had been admitted early, was perfect.

[Anonymous]

12

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Columbia, Yale, Dartmouth, Amherst, Harvard, all in one week.

Which is the safety school?

Over the years DC has also visited several other universities and colleges for extended summer programs, including Virginia, Cal, Stanford, Georgetown and UCLA.

Got it, DC has been programed so that ze does not need a safety school. Good luck!

I am sorry that I did not answer your initial question, because it would seem boastful. Since you insist, however, DC applied single-choice early action to one of the schools I initially mentioned, and was admitted to the school (which they now attend).

I enjoyed this particular exchange very much. The second poster, insisting on "which is the safety school", and "got it, DC has been programmed so that she does not need a safety school. Good luck!", was being snarky, and was clearly trying to make the first poster feel bad or insecure. So the first poster's comeback that not only had her or his child applied to one of those schools they had visited, but had been admitted early, was perfect.

+1.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Columbia, Yale, Dartmouth, Amherst, Harvard, all in one week.

Which is the safety school?

Probably Penn

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Columbia, Yale, Dartmouth, Amherst, Harvard, all in one week.

Which is the safety school?

Probably Penn

DCUMers love to dis Penn this way. But Penn acceptances have been rather elusive recently at my kids' highly regarded/ranked/competitive/hated local public high school.

[Anonymous]

12, all over the country spaced out over two years. Doing too many at a time can cause burnout. DC ended up at the first school she visited, but looked very seriously at the others, and is very happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:12, all over the country spaced out over two years. Doing too many at a time can cause burnout. DC ended up at the first school she visited, but looked very seriously at the others, and is very happy.

Oh and she went back to that first school again for a second visit. Its just a few hours away by car or train.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Columbia, Yale, Dartmouth, Amherst, Harvard, all in one week.

Which is the safety school?

Probably Penn

Actually, based on the fact that the poster used a very particular phrase, "single-choice early action", my bet is on Harvard or Yale, as both of those are single choice early action schools. Penn, another excellent university, is early decision, I believe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Columbia, Yale, Dartmouth, Amherst, Harvard, all in one week.

Which is the safety school?

Probably Penn

Actually, based on the fact that the poster used a very particular phrase, "single-choice early action", my bet is on Harvard or Yale, as both of those are single choice early action schools. Penn, another excellent university, is early decision, I believe.

The SCEA referred to where the kid was allegedly accepted, not which was considered the safety school. I assume the safety school poster was asking in jest but people seem to have taken it super seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Columbia, Yale, Dartmouth, Amherst, Harvard, all in one week.

Which is the safety school?

Probably Penn

Actually, based on the fact that the poster used a very particular phrase, "single-choice early action", my bet is on Harvard or Yale, as both of those are single choice early action schools. Penn, another excellent university, is early decision, I believe.

The SCEA referred to where the kid was allegedly accepted, not which was considered the safety school. I assume the safety school poster was asking in jest but people seem to have taken it super seriously.

I thought so also, that perhaps the safety-school poster had meant it in jest, but then - when the other poster responded with a list of all the additional schools his or her child had visited - then the safety-school poster followed up their post with the seemingly-snarky, sarcastic, intended-to-make-you-feel-bad, "got it. DC has been programmed so that she does not need a safety school. Good luck!"

[Anonymous]

Damn--too many of you are taking this way too seriously...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Damn--too many of you are taking this way too seriously...

If you're talking about the posters snarky remark, after awhile you get tired of rude and boorish comments in the forums hence a retort to his remark. Not necessarily taking it too seriously but just enough already of the snark.

Moving right along.....