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[quote=Anonymous]If there was an expectation in your family that you would go to college after high school, did your parents take you to visit many different campuses?  [b]No, finances were limited, so I was only able to visit GMU, JMU, and VA Tech.  All other campus tours came via the web and brochures.[/b]

Did you go on full tours, or just kind of stop by and look around on your own?  [b]Did the full tour of all three of those. 
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Did you get to choose which colleges you visited?  [b]GMU was a given since it was so close to home.  I only got to visit the other two because we were on trips that already had us in those areas.  I actually had zero interest in actually attending any of the 3 schools I toured.[/b]

Did your parents have any limits on what you could not visit (for example, if a college was very far away)?  [b]Basically, my parents said they would pay the application fees on 5 colleges and that's all they could afford.  I knew I would be paying for college via loans, so there were no geographic limitations imposed.  I just knew that if I picked a school far away from home, chances were good that I'd have to spend most breaks on campus alone if I couldn't save up enough money to travel.  Also, I knew that if I picked a college that required a plane trip to visit, my dad would never come because he's terrified of flying. [b]

And finally, what year did you graduate high school and what area did you grow up in? [b]Graduated high school in 2000 and I grew up in NOVA.[/b]  [/quote]

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