Schools you toured that you were surprised you liked or didn’t like?
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Anonymous
| We loved Boston College, Notre Dame and Dartmouth's campuses. Lovely with a real heart and soul! |
Anonymous
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We were surprised not to like Williams. It was so high on the list before visiting.
We were surprised to like W&M as much as we did, much better in every respect than we expected. |
Anonymous
| Didn't like BU - bailed on the tour halfway through. |
Anonymous
Yes, at Northeastern although the school wasn’t a fit anyway. Very much into herself |
Anonymous
Would you mind sharing what she loved about Haverford? We are heading there to tour with our son. |
Anonymous
We had a good, engaging tour guide and the students we encountered were friendly, but you have to like an urban school. One of the top choices last year for my DS. |
Anonymous
| DD didn’t like JMU after our tour. Tour guide was a bit weird, which was off putting to her and she ran into way too many people from prior years of her high school and extracurriculars as we moved about campus. Great school in general but definitely was not the fit for her. |
Anonymous
| Pleasantly surprised by Carleton. Almost didn't visit because of the location and because DD had several other colleges she liked and felt pretty settled on for ED1 and ED2 after touring colleges all over the country, but Carleton bewitched all of us and shot to her new ED1. |
Anonymous
| Ours did not like UMW at all and was pleasantly surprised by how much she liked University of Richmond, which is widely hated on this site. She ultimately went somewhere else but Richmond was in her final mix. |
Anonymous
The long drive in on College Lane really set the scene for her - then lots of students were hanging out on Cape Field as we drove by and they seemed to be having a blast. She also commented on how beautful Founders Hall/Green are and her face lit up. There was just something really special about the whole campus for her. And the students we saw all seemed friendly - lots of smiles and eye contact. The library was quiet, but lots of students working together in small groups and all seemed to genuinely like one another. |
Anonymous
Can you share more what you liked? It's at the top of my junior's list, but we haven't been able to visit yet. |
Anonymous
100% agreed - didn't like the setting and is leaning toward a more rural SLAC. |
Anonymous
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Liked Vanderbilt, Rice, and McGill
Did not like Northwestern or Columbia. They both seemed cold |
Anonymous
I’d turn to a life of crime if prison was like UVA. We were pleasantly surprised by JMU’s school of art and design. Absolutely beautiful facilities. Didn’t love the rest of campus so much, though. We kind of dragged kid to Pitt since we were in town anyway. Didn’t expect much, but she loved it and has applied. Lafayette was a bust. |
Anonymous
Also surprised how much we loved Pitt. |