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[quote=Anonymous]We went on two tours with our sophomore of a couple schools that we could see within driving distance over a long weekend, including one big city campus and one in a smaller town with a land grant school. We were very transparent that we did not expect any sort of decision from them about whether they wanted to attend either school.  It was just a low stakes way to help start to think about what sort of place they might prefer living and learning for 4 years.  We kicked it into higher gear during junior year (7 more schools), when I do think it’s important to get some college visits done.  By the summer before senior year, when offered an additional opportunity to tour, they declined saying they felt like they’ve seen enough schools and knew which ones they wanted to apply for, including ones they hadn’t visit yet.  It feels good to head into the fall with no pressure to tour and allowing our kid to spend their limited extra weekend time to complete applications. We fully expect that we still might need to visit or revisit schools next spring once we know where they get admitted.[/quote]

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