Schools you toured that you were surprised you liked or didn’t like?
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Anonymous
| We loved Yale and Rice. |
Anonymous
| MIT was underwhelming. |
Anonymous
| Surprised that I liked Bates more than Colby or Middlebury. It seemed like such a friendly place. |
Anonymous
| Loved William and Mary. |
Anonymous
| Completely turned off by the area around Trinity (CT). Liked the Middlebury campus but not the town. I thought Williamstown was more vibrant. |
Anonymous
We didn't at all although we really wanted to! It just seemed very depressing and frankly run-down. Tour guide didn't seem to like the school herself which didn't help. |
Anonymous
| Didn't love the UNC campus, the feel at Richmond wasn't positive for us. Liked Wake, Elon, William and Mary. |
Anonymous
| Our kid disliked Northwestern (except for the lake view) but loved Chicago. And disliked Duke (felt too southern) but loved Columbia. Not what we were expecting. |
Anonymous
| Georgetown is a trash strewn run down dump. |
Anonymous
Looks just like a prison. |
Anonymous
| We were surprised but found UGA to feel huge - taking the tour bus for the tour made the campus seem un-walkable and overwhelmingly big. Crossed it off our list. |
Anonymous
Same, OOS. Beautiful campus, lovely location, nice student body. |
Anonymous
| Vassar and Brown. We are pretty far left but felt it was too much at both. Kids were too odd for our kid - we know a bunch of very normal, mainstream kids who have gone to Brown recently, but that type seemed hard to find. My kid is not a partyer but he wanted others who like sports, pop culture, and other mainstream things. Met very few of them. |
Anonymous
| Did not like NYU- no real campus or sense of community. Same with GWU. |
Anonymous
| My kid strongly disliked Northeastern, Virginia Tech and Washington & Lee. |