College Rep Visits to High Schools (public)
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Anonymous
Not true. |
Anonymous
| My kid’s friend at McLean high school went to the Harvey Mudd presentation and was the only kid there. He is attending now. |
Anonymous
Any examples? I’m awed by how much information is on the websites or available by a simple google search. |
Anonymous
There are two reasons a school would make the effort and investment. Only the second one matters to me in helping DC decide whether to skip class to attend. (1) To market the school and drum up more interest in order to get more applicants. This helps the school improve its selectivity number. (When the denominator (number of apps) rises and numerator (number of students accepted) stays the same, the percentage of students accepted goes down and makes the school look more desireable.) (2) To give the AO extra insight into top applicants to their school - either by meeting them in person and seeing what they’re like, or even so Ply seeing if they sign up and show up. DS doesn’t care about 1. He has his list of schools. But 2 would be worth his time for sure. |
Anonymous
I expect successful visits would help them understand how competent the counselors are, the general caliber of the students, the vibe of the high school, etc. It would give some life to processing the holistic stats. And help them understand why some programs, like IB, can create strong applicant pipelines for certain programs. From what I read on here, and what I can see online at my sophomore's university, the fancy private schools and selective magnets get more relationship management type of experienced AOs (older looking mid-career types). The other schools get the peppy recent grad types. And those young AOs change and rotate territories more often. So I suppose that part of the school visit process for the younger AOs is "learning the territory" and getting the school-specific context. For the fancier schools and experienced AOs, it's likely more about prestige management, yield, and maintaining an applicant pipeline at preferred "feeder schools". Those are my inferences from a limited amount of evidence and checking to see if my high school junior would likely see the same AOs as my college sophomore. I have a lot of names from webinars and post-acceptance e-mails (was not tracking this intentionally but realized I had the info). |
Anonymous
Only exception: Michigan. |
Anonymous
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Why would your kid NOT meet with a representative ov a college that they were interested in?
I can’t see any downside to doing this — and there are many possible advantages. |
Anonymous
The downside is they are missing class. Still, my senior is going to go to the ones to which she plans to apply. |
Anonymous
PP here. My kid asked about: -Study abroad options -Housing (how many years guaranteed) -Accessibility of clubs (competitive?) -Double major/minor options -Class sizes in intro classes -What makes school different than its peer schools |
Anonymous
Ask questions specific to yourself. "I am interested in two potential majors at your university. How would you recommend an undergrad at your university make a decision between these programs of study?" Ask for hard to get stats. "Do you have statistics on what % of freshmen get research opportunities?" |
Anonymous
Yeah, that’s the downside. I wish these were before/after school or at lunch. My DD will prioritize a few of these this year but she thinks it will be a headache if one conflicts with a quiz or test. |
Anonymous
Your kid can miss class. Land the helicopter |
Anonymous
Not every school has crazy grade inflation like yours; some schools you actually have to go to class and do the work to get an A. And it’s my kid’s choice whether she wants to skip class for this or not. |
Anonymous
You sound neurotic |
Anonymous
The counselor should schedule them during lunch or after school. |