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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Believe it or not my kids were heavily influenced by the Facebook group set up for admitted students at the various universities. They seem to learn more about possible activities on campus, housing options, majors as well as connecting with other potential students at the University. It may be that walking around the campus is not necessarily the best way for your student To figure out which college she wants to attend[/quote]

Everyone is tired.  And some of your DC's friends (like my DD's friends) are disappointed at where they didn't get in.  And some are [u]still [/u]truly undecided (or want to go elsehwre than where their parents want them to go).

And let's not even get into APs, finals, prom, summer jobs, and leaving home.  We all have rose-colored memories of high school years, and they will too, but it takes perspective to build those :)

Chiming in on the Facebook thing though, in hopes that some college admissions folks somewhere are lurking on this thread -- my DC doesn't use Facebook (doesn't even have an account, never has) and none of her friends do either.

"That's for parents and old people" (i.e., 20-something college admissions staffers)

I think it's sweet that the schools want the new freshmen-to-be to reach out and connect -- but wouldn't Instagram or Snapchat (yes I know the new version is ugly, but still...) be a better (or at least an alternate) route for this?

I know my DC is much more favorably disposed toward the one school on her list that actually set up an Instagram tag for all the incoming freshmen...(many of them are already following each other)

Just a thought[/quote]

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