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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think now that so may kids apply early decision or maybe single choice early action...they have to narrow it down to one top choice so a visit can be important.[/quote]

Kind of makes sense from that perspective [/quote]

Yeah, and they are forced to narrow it down from a lot of very good similar schools that they have similar chances of getting into--so the criteria become whether they have the right number of trees, the right balance of hills and flatness, but not so right that it doesn't turn into a Hallmark movie set etc.  Which are all just signals of some kind of gut reaction.

For my kid choosing ED we also did some exercises to get at their gut feeling:

Think of two options and name 1 heads and 1 tails, now flip a coin and when you look at it are you happy with the result?

Picture yourself in front of 3 doors each of these 3 schools you're considering.  Decide which door to walk through and picture yourself at the school.  Does this decision feel good/right to you?

It was helpful in them getting to know better what they thought.

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