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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At our NOVA public, UVA is seen as the be-all, end-all.

My kid is already getting subtle pressure from his alumni parent to do early decision next year. He's rebelling a little bit because he feels like it would be like all the teachers' pets, super-striving people from his high school and other northern Virginia high schools in one place (in his words).

At the same time, it's apparently a great school and it's in-state tuition, etc etc. How does a kid figure out if it's the right fit? Go stay overnight with a friend who is there?

We've been on campus plenty over the years and did a formal tour last spring. My son says right now it's below other schools he's toured, including some big west coast schools and east coast Jesuit/Catholic schools like BC and Villanova. But some of that may be normal teen pushback to the conventional wisdom.

FWIW he is a mainstream, extremely extroverted and social person who does well in school but is not a super-academic intellectual. He loves to play and watch sports.[/quote]

It's like how you know if any other school is the right fit. Is it the size, location he wants? does it have his academic program? And the harder and more subjective one - is the campus culture what he wants? Visiting and spending time with students are good ideas.

We are an alum family too, older kid visited and decided UVA was not her vibe "too preppy." Younger kid wants a smaller school in a more remote colder location with lots of snow.

If your kid doesn't want to ED there, don't force it! [/quote]

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