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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having visited 4 junior year is plenty, putting pressure on him to do more is just going to accelerate what can be a very difficult and stressful parent/kid relationship through the college application process. Next step is to meet with college counselor (most schools have one meeting with kid and parents late junior year) to see if the schools he loved are even possibilities in terms of admissions.  And to get suggestions for reaches and safeties that are in some ways similar in feel and that he might like to apply to (and/or visit) but truly, the visits after the first 3-4 all seem the same, and going on tours with parents just doesn't tell a kid much of anything.  Our DDs got much much more out of visits in the fall of senior year going on their own to their possible top choices, and staying with kids they knew from their schools or sports teams, or waiting until they were admitted (if not binding early decision) to make a final decision. Those are the visits that really gave them an idea of how they would fit in, not the glossy packaged presentations and tours, for that can mostly just do the virtual tours on line, once a kid has decided the big questions (engineering/science or otherwise specialized school versus liberal arts college/general university, small versus mid-sized versus large, city vs suburban vs rural, close to home vs medium distance vs other side of the country or world).  Books can help, make available to him Colleges that Change Lives, and the Fiske guide.  He can find a set of schools that seem in some ways similar to the schools he loved, but are possibly safeties or more certain admits by using the books. He doesn't need a final list or plan until November, so take some of the pressure off now. I agree that summer visits are completely useless. [/quote]

Good advice. Only caveat is that many SLACs like to see you show interest, so I recommend doing those visits late junior or early senior year, before you apply. [/quote]

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