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[quote=Anonymous]We toured campuses the summer before 12th grade. It didn't matter that most students weren't on campus. We wanted DS to get a feel for geography, urban/rural, etc...

We turned it into our summer holiday, but touring the northeast colleges and McGill.  This was very valuable to wake-up DS and made him see he was about to actually leave home and live in one of these places! It helped him build his short list, in which he included none of the rural colleges we'd seen, but all the urban/suburban ones.

Then the final decision point came during Admitted Students Days, which were also supremely useful - he was leaning towards one, but after visiting again, talking to profs, eating the dining hall food and visiting dorms (which a lot of colleges don't allow you to do during initial tours), he changed his mind and opted for his number 2 pick.

You don't need to go NOW, but you do need to visit a bunch so your kids can create a shortlist, before they start their essays.

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