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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another approach which I've read about on here a few times, is to tour *after* the offer has been received. [/quote]

Disagree on not doing any tours before acceptances. Go to a handful of very different schools early on to get a sense of what your kid likes - SLAC, state school, urban campus etc. We deliberately started with places DC was unlikely to apply to take the pressure off and just get a feel for "type." We then toured a few potential ED schools, and waited for the rest.[/quote]

I completely agree (with touring different types of school before admission--and even before application!)

Several years ago my younger son (high school class of 2022) tagged along with my older son (high school class of 2020) to tour a school the older son had been admitted to (large SEC school.)    Older son ended up not choosing it, but younger son fell completely in  love with it!   For the next year and half, he knew that was the one.  Then in the summer before his senior year, we convinced him to tour a smaller local school, and he completely changed his mind.   He ended up applying to other small schools, and ended up going to one of those (even though he was accepted at that big SEC school!)   If he waited until acceptances before touring any schools, he probably never even would have applied to any small schools.[/quote]

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