Why are seniors doing school visits right now?

[Anonymous]

Interviews and auditions. Plus there was a pandemic so a lot of kids just couldn’t go see the schools they were interested…and now they can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain what's going on with several kids I see doing trips around the country right now? (Parents are posting pictures on Facebook.) Shouldn't they be working on their applications right now? If they already submitted their applications, why aren't they waiting till they hear where they've been accepted before spending time and money on these trips? I could see doing visits to decide on which school you'll go to once you've got acceptances in hand. It just seems like it's too late for choosing which schools to apply to, and too early to decide which school to attend.

My kid's applications are done and he's been accepted to 7 colleges and is waiting to hear from 4 others. Later, he'll shadow a student for a day at the top 2 or 3 he's most interested in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you are way too judgy for someone that knows nothing about the college admissions process. Demonstrated interest, including in person visits and interviews, matter a lot at some schools. In addition, some seniors already have some acceptances in hand and are making decisions and others will still be applying ED2, which is binding and needs to be decided on beforehand.

My kid's gotten extra merit aid for visiting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they’re visiting places they’re confident they’ll get into. We couldn’t visit schools before because of the pandemic. If we wait until after they know where they get in, we probably won’t have time to visit all the schools (if they get into more than a couple.)

+1

[Anonymous]

When people post pictures of themselves touring schools, they're making it their FB friends' business.

[Anonymous]

Why are parents (ok, moms) posting pics of their students visiting colleges?

-Not on social media because this type of narcissism annoys me.

[Anonymous]

"who says they haven't heard from the schools? My kid applied to nine schools, and she's already heard back from 5."

Who says this? The moms who post the pictures of their cross country adventures. Two of them wrote clarification posts because they were getting congratulated by people who were following along on their trip. Lots of people, not just me, thought that if they were flying all the way to a school at this point, that meant they'd been admitted and wanted more info before deciding whether to enroll there.

My kids would kill me if I told everyone on Facebook where they were applying, especially for their reach schools. The last thing they want is Aunt Amy assuming that they got into a school that rejected them and then bringing it up over the holidays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are parents (ok, moms) posting pics of their students visiting colleges?

-Not on social media because this type of narcissism annoys me.

Why not? People post pics of their pets and their food and their vacations. What’s the difference?

[Anonymous]

Maybe because your young adult isn't a pet nor a tasty gourmet meal? If the kid wants to put it on social media, that's one thing. But the mom shouldn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe because your young adult isn't a pet nor a tasty gourmet meal? If the kid wants to put it on social media, that's one thing. But the mom shouldn't.

+1. If I’d posted on social media like this (especially schools I might have been interested in but didn’t get in), my kid would be very irritated. This is about them and what they need; it’s not about the parent.

[Anonymous]

Potential ED 2 schools

[Anonymous]

Everything that everybody says above, plus, with COVID, this year's seniors did not do many visits during their Junior year.