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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have to figure out what kind of school your child wants first.  City school, flagship or SLAC?  So, initially pick schools to visit to rule things out.

A general geographic area is also helpful.
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A lot of people find that touring some local schools can help their kid figure out what they want in terms of size, campus, and neighborhood. [/quote]
+1 VA actually has a wealth of school types fairly close together. We took a few days in the summer after 10th, when DC was ready to think about schools but had zero frame of reference of ideas about preference yet, and visited VCU (large, urban-integrated, public), U Richmond (small, suburban with campus, private), CNU (small, public), and W&M (mid-size public). DC had already seen a fair amount of GMU for the large suburban campus public, and was enrolled in Mary Wash’s week-long summer program, so we didn’t need to add those (which are obvious choices, being so close to us).

It was extremely helpful for DC in starting to narrow down preferences for size and campus type. We were then able to focus the few days DC has during the school year to do visits and open houses at schools that would actually be of interest. [/quote]

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