Making college visit count

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Reading this thread made me dizzy and sad for your kids. Most colleges don't care about demonstrated interest, and the ones that do don't care very much. UVA, for example, is on record that it does not track interest.

Parents who think that they need start scheduling tours in sophomore year to get an edge over other applicants are on overdrive.

I cannot take a month to tour colleges the summer of Junior year. I work. We have been visiting 2-5 schools per year since Junior High during family vacations. The post basically asks, is there a sign-up sheet we should know about? Answer seems to be "not for the schools you are thinking about".

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Anonymous wrote:You can see in the common data set whether demonstrated interest is considered for a given college. For some SLACs it is.

Ok thanks! Nah, no SLACs here. Old fashioned comp sci or engineering, maybe premed (mother can hope right?). Technical magnet HS, girl, strong grades. No legacy, not URM. Has a shot, nowhere close to a guarantee. We'll see.

I am not losing sleep over that 70K yet. I would hate to find out down the road that some school did not admit her because we did not register for a tour, though.

You have a lot to learn. Many top SLACs have well respected engineering and computer science, and stellar pre-med programs. Pick one to visit on your vacation. You may be pleasantly surprised.

Harvey Mudd?

Hmmm. Ok, will add to CA list!

Do Cal Tech, UCLA, and Harvey Mudd in southern CA then head up north for Cal and Stanford. Just make sure you’re being tracked.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This post, with its mix of pseudo-nonchalance and type a worry, cracks me up.

Non-chalance stems from the fact that our state school is strong in child's area of interest. If I lived in another state or if my daughter wanted to study another subject, I would be less relaxed.

So you feel good about VA Tech? OK, copy that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This post, with its mix of pseudo-nonchalance and type a worry, cracks me up.

Love you. OP is on track to be that parent on the tours.

The one who says, “eh-eh-eh, excuse meeee, is their a sign in sheet?”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This post, with its mix of pseudo-nonchalance and type a worry, cracks me up.

Love you. OP is on track to be that parent on the tours.

The one who says, “eh-eh-eh, excuse meeee, is their a sign in sheet?”

^ there. My bad. Not my device’s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Reading this thread made me dizzy and sad for your kids. Most colleges don't care about demonstrated interest, and the ones that do don't care very much. UVA, for example, is on record that it does not track interest.

Parents who think that they need start scheduling tours in sophomore year to get an edge over other applicants are on overdrive.

I cannot take a month to tour colleges the summer of Junior year. I work. We have been visiting 2-5 schools per year since Junior High during family vacations. The post basically asks, is there a sign-up sheet we should know about? Answer seems to be "not for the schools you are thinking about".

Jesus, Mary and Joseph you made your junior high school kids visit colleges? You're really THAT parent . . .

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This post, with its mix of pseudo-nonchalance and type a worry, cracks me up.

Love you. OP is on track to be that parent on the tours.

The one who says, “eh-eh-eh, excuse meeee, is their a sign in sheet?”

Nope, I ask anonymously on DCUM! You guys are too funny.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. Reading this thread made me dizzy and sad for your kids. Most colleges don't care about demonstrated interest, and the ones that do don't care very much. UVA, for example, is on record that it does not track interest.

Parents who think that they need start scheduling tours in sophomore year to get an edge over other applicants are on overdrive.

I cannot take a month to tour colleges the summer of Junior year. I work. We have been visiting 2-5 schools per year since Junior High during family vacations. The post basically asks, is there a sign-up sheet we should know about? Answer seems to be "not for the schools you are thinking about".

Jesus, Mary and Joseph you made your junior high school kids visit colleges? You're really THAT parent . . .

*takes a bow*

MIT has the COOLEST glass blowing lab. You should check it out. My 6th grader was mesmerised. Harvard has a great museum of natural history. Princeton has great architecture. It is all good.

[Anonymous]

Wow. We are planning to visit 5 schools total. Because we are only considering in-state and with his stats, have a good sense of options.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. Reading this thread made me dizzy and sad for your kids. Most colleges don't care about demonstrated interest, and the ones that do don't care very much. UVA, for example, is on record that it does not track interest.

Parents who think that they need start scheduling tours in sophomore year to get an edge over other applicants are on overdrive.

I cannot take a month to tour colleges the summer of Junior year. I work. We have been visiting 2-5 schools per year since Junior High during family vacations. The post basically asks, is there a sign-up sheet we should know about? Answer seems to be "not for the schools you are thinking about".

The post also asks what time is too early.

[Anonymous]

Enjoy your “vacation.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This post, with its mix of pseudo-nonchalance and type a worry, cracks me up.

Non-chalance stems from the fact that our state school is strong in child's area of interest. If I lived in another state or if my daughter wanted to study another subject, I would be less relaxed.

But have you checked stats to see if your DC has the record to get in?

If she does not continue to generate a record that is consistent with a full scholarship at our flagship state U, we won't need to worry about Ivies. Second tier state U is pretty decent as well.

OMG I hope you are URM or you are hopelessly out of tune. Flagships don't give merit scholarships.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Reading this thread made me dizzy and sad for your kids. Most colleges don't care about demonstrated interest, and the ones that do don't care very much. UVA, for example, is on record that it does not track interest.

Parents who think that they need start scheduling tours in sophomore year to get an edge over other applicants are on overdrive.

Any university with over 34,000 applications a year doesn't need to track. SLACs no longer track either. I can't think of a single school we visited that did. The only ones that do are the ones that have financial issues or need your kid for a particular reason, like a 36 ACT score, and, generally, you don't want to pay to attend those.

[Anonymous]

College visits don't mean anything to the institutions anymore. http://blog.cambridgecoaching.com/ask-an-expert-do-colleges-consider-campus-visits-in-their-admissions-decision

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This post, with its mix of pseudo-nonchalance and type a worry, cracks me up.

Non-chalance stems from the fact that our state school is strong in child's area of interest. If I lived in another state or if my daughter wanted to study another subject, I would be less relaxed.

But have you checked stats to see if your DC has the record to get in?

If she does not continue to generate a record that is consistent with a full scholarship at our flagship state U, we won't need to worry about Ivies. Second tier state U is pretty decent as well.

OMG I hope you are URM or you are hopelessly out of tune. Flagships don't give merit scholarships.

I can't talk about all schools but UMD CP absolutely does..full merit scholarships and some that include stipends.

https://www.financialaid.umd.edu/scholarships/banneker_info.html