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[quote=Anonymous]Graduated HS in 98, lived in the burbs of Philly.

My brother is only 1 yr older, so I was brought along on the spring break trip to tour colleges for him during his Jr year. Did a tour of the major VA (JMU, UVA, W&M, Mary Washington, maybe some others) and MD (UMCP, St. Mary's and something else by Baltimore) schools. I think we might have seen U of DE as well. My brother took a separate trip to Penn State main campus, but I wasn't interested in that one. Did tours at all of them. We had already done summer programs at some PA schools, so we already saw a few of those. My brother needed some prodding, so my parents choose the schools to visit.

My parents said if we went somewhere on the affordable side, they'd pay for the entire thing. I had seen enough schools with my brother, so there was no college tours for me specifically. I didn't ask for any - I liked JMU and wanted to go there. I can't believe they let 18 year olds drive these decisions. I had good grades and SATs, wanted to major in math, but didn't really look at anywhere with a strong math/stats program. It turned out fine in the end - I'm well employed, but my 18 yr old decision making was seriously flawed.[/quote]

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