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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We started group tours and open houses the summer after sophomore year. Interviews don’t happen until at least summer after junior year.

Be careful not to start too soon, or your kid may fall in love with some schools that are out of reach. You need at least a solid idea of sophomore GPA and PSAT scores to get an idea of what’s in range. [/quote]

For us this is the reason we started spring of Sophomore year. We wanted DC to get interested and see the “goal”  of keeping up and getting good grades.  It just “need to Study and take rigorous classes to get into a good college”. DC understands that if grades don’t pan out, then that’s life. This was worth the gamble for us. I’m sure many kids want HYP and cannot get it because lack of qualififications.  [/quote]

I think it’s good advice to wait. We toured a variety of colleges when dd was a sophomore when we were visiting relatives, etc. She had never had more than one B on a report card at that point, so we weren’t concerned and felt like she’d have a shot at a variety of schools (we aren’t concerned with the HPYS nonsense). She fell in love with Vassar, which would be fine...but calculus and physics  junior year were really hard on her GPA and her SAT score is the same as her PSAT score was, which is good but not great. So while I’m not going to tell her to give up, I’ve spent almost a year trying to help her find other schools she likes as much that will be in her range and she can’t help but compare everything to Vassar. And this is a kid who is largely indifferent about most things, so we didn’t expect it to be an issue. [/quote]

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