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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would also not spend a lot of time visiting reaches, except for potential ED schools. DC got into some, but not the ones I would’ve thought more possible, and in the end, there was plenty of time to go visit after acceptance.[/quote]

+1 we focused on visiting safeties, in-state matches. The goal was first to narrow down any preference for type (big/small, urban/small town, etc) and then to find safeties they really liked.

With DC1 the "type" tours were a few days in Sophomore year spring break to see schools a short drive away. He had a strong preference for the big school/college town/big sports school. Used junior year spring break to visit a few of those.

DC2 had tagged along on the sibling's "type" tour and attended a summer pre-college program before junior year at a LAC. From those experiences she was pretty focused on small, rural schools. We found it most helpful to attend some open houses early in junior year. Those are generally on weekends so she didn't need to miss school. It let her see more of the programs and facilities she was specifically interested in. Then, junior spring break was used to visit about 5 schools that were farther from home. Also used a couple random days off school to take standard tours at in-state schools.[/quote]

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