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[quote=Anonymous]The day our first kid was born.  Really.  We started saving that day.  We kept talking about our own college experiences.  We have college memorabilia scattered throughout the house.  Even when the kids were tots or only 5/6, if we were driving through the town and it had an interesting college or university then we drove around it a little or got out to go to stretch our legs and ended up at the bookstore or student union.  When we're with friends we talk and tease about our schools.

By the time our kids were in middle school I think most of them had pretty good ideas of the types of schools and features that they found attractive.  We told the kids (about each school) "Wow, that's exciting that you like XYZ School.  Well, study hard because it is a tough school."  Then we asked why they liked the school.  It didn't matter if it was NOVA or Columbia, we asked their opinions.  We never really pressured on grades because the kids seem to understand that they needed to do well if they wanted to choose the school they wanted to attend (although we did say something to that effect, like do you want to go to the school you choose or do you want to go to the only school that will choose you).

So we didn't do the vacation visits sophomore or junior year.  At that point we were just taking a weekend or two days during the week to swing by the school and check it out during junior year or sophomore year.  I think I miss the vacation thing because it seems like a rite of passage but things have worked out fine for our three oldest and we'll probably stick to what works for our family with the two youngest.[/quote]

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