What school dropped off the list because of your visit?

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Many schools cancelled spring break this year, due to covid.

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I thought the tour guides at several schools actually disliked the school. In the future I would avoid a lot of contact with the guides. Not helpful.

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Anonymous wrote:Our Harvard visit was very disorganized and our tour guide seemed very arrogant. Harvard Square seemed nice.

Harvard was " this is what we need you to do for us". Yale was more " this is what we can do for you". Princeton was hot and sleepy and 'this is a high level grind" with some fancy places to eat and eventually really popular cultish reunions.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought the tour guides at several schools actually disliked the school. In the future I would avoid a lot of contact with the guides. Not helpful.

Why is this not helpful? If the tour guides can't even muster up enthusiasm, it's probably a bad sign. I would find that extremely helpful!

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Anonymous wrote:I thought the tour guides at several schools actually disliked the school. In the future I would avoid a lot of contact with the guides. Not helpful.

I think they get worn out giving the tours. My students were influenced by them more than I was but it was usually to confirm their feeling about the school. Although, Binghamton got deleted because of the tour guide who i admit was awful enough that I considered reporting her to the school because you'd really have to overlook her if you were on the fence about attending.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the tour guides at several schools actually disliked the school. In the future I would avoid a lot of contact with the guides. Not helpful.

I think they get worn out giving the tours. My students were influenced by them more than I was but it was usually to confirm their feeling about the school. Although, Binghamton got deleted because of the tour guide who i admit was awful enough that I considered reporting her to the school because you'd really have to overlook her if you were on the fence about attending.

What did she do wrong? Also, could you share your opinions about Binghamton? Thank you!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the tour guides at several schools actually disliked the school. In the future I would avoid a lot of contact with the guides. Not helpful.

Why is this not helpful? If the tour guides can't even muster up enthusiasm, it's probably a bad sign. I would find that extremely helpful!

The tour guide simply signed up to complain about the school in 2 cases. Really excellent schools. One overnight the guide smoked pot in front of my kids. I thought very inappropriate. Another guide made it clear this was her third choice school after not getting into Amherst. Sorry you didn’t get into Amherst but you did get in here. So get over it.

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Anonymous wrote:Davidson College. Don’t know why exactly but my DCs hated it.

+1
We did too.

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I have four children and have visited numerous schools...our thoughts:

UVA...admissions was arrogant and impersonal...they do not register your visit...they do not care much....that read is heavy..One child went there to grad school (law) and loved it. But with undergrad, no one liked the campus much... vibe was a bit snobby.

W&M...plays up the quirky vibe. Served my bright and shy daughter well...she went there and loved it...the other three...not their scene. I was a huge fan, of course, as I went there.

W&L..too small, too claustrophobic..too archaic.

Wake forest...cheaper W&M without the better restaurants and the area was a bit downtrodden .

ND..cold, yet vibrant , cloistered, but spirit was infectious...(1 son went there )

Elon, 3 called it a bit phony...I liked the groomed stepford vibe

USouth Carolina...sketchy is what son called it

College of Charleston..."like going to school on a vacation in a budget hotel'....(I wish this school was better, because i love this city)

Colgate...at first she loved it and then she went in the dorms. And is the middle of absolutely nowhere

Lehigh..at first she loved it, and then the hills and the old buildings brought things down.

Bucknell...way to fratty, and what do we do if we don't frat?

Quinipiac..."like summer camp.".I actually thought is that a bad thing?

Syracuse...the town was a downer...but near a great mall, and they have underground tunnels for the cold. Still wonder that might have been an Ok choice.

Providence...the town was a downer...but boy, the staff was so friendly.

Duke...pretentious, gothic gloom, but if my kid got in...i would have forced them to go?

Fairfield...Old fashioned was his response...but I wonder if that may have been an Ok choice for business.

Mary Washington..mini W&M without the prestige

CNU...lovely...no engineering, which what he wanted. and it is in Newport News..so nope

Villanova...unfortunately saw in a deep freeze., Campus is just not that pretty and undergoing construction at the time..lost out to Boston College for this daughter.

Va Tech..drive by..too big..she said too much stone...really?

JMU..drive by..highway in the middle..nope.

There were others, but thats my main input

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Anonymous wrote:I have four children and have visited numerous schools...our thoughts:

UVA...admissions was arrogant and impersonal...they do not register your visit...they do not care much....that read is heavy..One child went there to grad school (law) and loved it. But with undergrad, no one liked the campus much... vibe was a bit snobby.

W&M...plays up the quirky vibe. Served my bright and shy daughter well...she went there and loved it...the other three...not their scene. I was a huge fan, of course, as I went there.

W&L..too small, too claustrophobic..too archaic.

Wake forest...cheaper W&M without the better restaurants and the area was a bit downtrodden .

ND..cold, yet vibrant , cloistered, but spirit was infectious...(1 son went there )

Elon, 3 called it a bit phony...I liked the groomed stepford vibe

USouth Carolina...sketchy is what son called it

College of Charleston..."like going to school on a vacation in a budget hotel'....(I wish this school was better, because i love this city)

Colgate...at first she loved it and then she went in the dorms. And is the middle of absolutely nowhere

Lehigh..at first she loved it, and then the hills and the old buildings brought things down.

Bucknell...way to fratty, and what do we do if we don't frat?

Quinipiac..."like summer camp.".I actually thought is that a bad thing?

Syracuse...the town was a downer...but near a great mall, and they have underground tunnels for the cold. Still wonder that might have been an Ok choice.

Providence...the town was a downer...but boy, the staff was so friendly.

Duke...pretentious, gothic gloom, but if my kid got in...i would have forced them to go?

Fairfield...Old fashioned was his response...but I wonder if that may have been an Ok choice for business.

Mary Washington..mini W&M without the prestige

CNU...lovely...no engineering, which what he wanted. and it is in Newport News..so nope

Villanova...unfortunately saw in a deep freeze., Campus is just not that pretty and undergoing construction at the time..lost out to Boston College for this daughter.

Va Tech..drive by..too big..she said too much stone...really?

JMU..drive by..highway in the middle..nope.

There were others, but thats my main input

You obviously toured UVA with a chip on your shoulder, having gone to William & Mary yourself. UVA doesn't "register your visit" because they are on record that they don't track student interest and don't take it into account in admissions. I think that's a good thing: the act of applying alone should suffice as "demonstrated interest."

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Anonymous wrote:I have four children and have visited numerous schools...our thoughts:

UVA...admissions was arrogant and impersonal...they do not register your visit...they do not care much....that read is heavy..One child went there to grad school (law) and loved it. But with undergrad, no one liked the campus much... vibe was a bit snobby.

W&M...plays up the quirky vibe. Served my bright and shy daughter well...she went there and loved it...the other three...not their scene. I was a huge fan, of course, as I went there.

W&L..too small, too claustrophobic..too archaic.

Wake forest...cheaper W&M without the better restaurants and the area was a bit downtrodden .

ND..cold, yet vibrant , cloistered, but spirit was infectious...(1 son went there )

Elon, 3 called it a bit phony...I liked the groomed stepford vibe

USouth Carolina...sketchy is what son called it

College of Charleston..."like going to school on a vacation in a budget hotel'....(I wish this school was better, because i love this city)

Colgate...at first she loved it and then she went in the dorms. And is the middle of absolutely nowhere

Lehigh..at first she loved it, and then the hills and the old buildings brought things down.

Bucknell...way to fratty, and what do we do if we don't frat?

Quinipiac..."like summer camp.".I actually thought is that a bad thing?

Syracuse...the town was a downer...but near a great mall, and they have underground tunnels for the cold. Still wonder that might have been an Ok choice.

Providence...the town was a downer...but boy, the staff was so friendly.

Duke...pretentious, gothic gloom, but if my kid got in...i would have forced them to go?

Fairfield...Old fashioned was his response...but I wonder if that may have been an Ok choice for business.

Mary Washington..mini W&M without the prestige

CNU...lovely...no engineering, which what he wanted. and it is in Newport News..so nope

Villanova...unfortunately saw in a deep freeze., Campus is just not that pretty and undergoing construction at the time..lost out to Boston College for this daughter.

Va Tech..drive by..too big..she said too much stone...really?

JMU..drive by..highway in the middle..nope.

There were others, but thats my main input

LOL, that seems like you put a lot of work into it. Let's just summarize it for you, I'm a frigging negative loser that has no life and is a miserable human being...I probably don't know it but my family hates me. Took me 30 seconds, have a nice weekend.

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Anonymous wrote:I have four children and have visited numerous schools...our thoughts:

UVA...admissions was arrogant and impersonal...they do not register your visit...they do not care much....that read is heavy..One child went there to grad school (law) and loved it. But with undergrad, no one liked the campus much... vibe was a bit snobby.

W&M...plays up the quirky vibe. Served my bright and shy daughter well...she went there and loved it...the other three...not their scene. I was a huge fan, of course, as I went there.

W&L..too small, too claustrophobic..too archaic.

Wake forest...cheaper W&M without the better restaurants and the area was a bit downtrodden .

ND..cold, yet vibrant , cloistered, but spirit was infectious...(1 son went there )

Elon, 3 called it a bit phony...I liked the groomed stepford vibe

USouth Carolina...sketchy is what son called it

College of Charleston..."like going to school on a vacation in a budget hotel'....(I wish this school was better, because i love this city)

Colgate...at first she loved it and then she went in the dorms. And is the middle of absolutely nowhere

Lehigh..at first she loved it, and then the hills and the old buildings brought things down.

Bucknell...way to fratty, and what do we do if we don't frat?

Quinipiac..."like summer camp.".I actually thought is that a bad thing?

Syracuse...the town was a downer...but near a great mall, and they have underground tunnels for the cold. Still wonder that might have been an Ok choice.

Providence...the town was a downer...but boy, the staff was so friendly.

Duke...pretentious, gothic gloom, but if my kid got in...i would have forced them to go?

Fairfield...Old fashioned was his response...but I wonder if that may have been an Ok choice for business.

Mary Washington..mini W&M without the prestige

CNU...lovely...no engineering, which what he wanted. and it is in Newport News..so nope

Villanova...unfortunately saw in a deep freeze., Campus is just not that pretty and undergoing construction at the time..lost out to Boston College for this daughter.

Va Tech..drive by..too big..she said too much stone...really?

JMU..drive by..highway in the middle..nope.

There were others, but thats my main input

I know 4 kids is a lot but still....how and when did you find time to visit call of these?! How close are the kids? Did some double up and visit together?

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No chip...the kids got in...just their trip report..

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Anonymous wrote:No chip...the kids got in...just their trip report..

Your kids are just as miserable as you! Awesome, you did well!

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I took the opportunity to grab some time with the kids...we drove most places and got hotel deals ..I treasure those memories. The youngest tagged along.. but had to repeat a few as he was not paying attention of course.