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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this an American thing to choose a college based on kids impressions from a campus visit? I am a immigrant and this feels so strange and random to me. [/quote]

If my kid is going to spend 4 years and I'm going to spend $100,000+ on something, my kid's feelings at a school are something to consider.  [/quote]

But these first impressions are so irrelevant to the product you are paying for. [/quote]

I disagree.  And with many schools to choose from, how else should a kid pick where to go?  If a kid just gets a "not the right place for me" vibe from a visit,  would you double down and drop $100,000+ and insist he goes there anyway?   Take a risk that he is miserable, becomes depressed, and ends up flunking out?[/quote]

How else you would choose? You can consider graduation rates, graduates salary, where they go after college, class sizes, college reputation, resources, faculty caliber, aid, merit scholarships, etc, etc. [/quote]

And again, if your kid is miserable, becomes depressed, and flunks out--none of that matters.     Who cares what the "graduates salary" is for a school your kid didn't graduate from becomes they dropped out after christmas break their freshman year?[/quote]

Well, if your kids impressions from a campus visit is a good predictor of their graduation rate then you are right[/quote]

The "graduation rate" isn't as important to me as MY specific kid graduating.  [/quote]

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