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[quote=Anonymous]FWIW, as the veteran of 3 kids visiting colleges:
The junior tours are mostly helpful in getting a feel for a TYPE of college (small vs big, rural vs urban etc) rather than learning much about a specific school that you can't learn any other way.  You can do that in a few tours during spring break, or even fairly locally.  Once the acceptances roll in, your child can skip a few days or school and  take some long weekends to visit the top few choices.  [/quote]

As the parent of a rising senior, this is how we approached last year.  We used fall holidays to visit nearby school (not always with an offical tour) to get a sense of scale  and location then used Spring Break for a more curated tour farther away. DC only missed 1 half day.

There are a few long weekends in the fall we plan to use while at the same time DC will be applying to schools, after acceptances come in, we'll use the spring to do even more visits.

What I've learned is that for so many kids it's not a linear process.  [/quote]

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