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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]possibly dumb question, but how did people get an in-person GDS tour prior to applying? The only option available via Ravenna was a virtual "tour" (I think they called it an "open house") which was so sterile and unhelpful in terms of getting to know the culture of the school that we ended up not applying. But we hear people here referencing getting in-person tours, so what did I miss?[/quote]

For this current application season that just ended in March....GDS's Ravenna list had in-person and virtual interview options. (Maybe in-person were filled by the time you signed up?) We chose the in-person option, which starts with a tour led by a current student. This was the same process with our older child pre-COVID. [/quote]
Got it. So you got to go in person when it was an interview (ie, when you had already committed to applying). I was specifically asking about in-person options *before* applying.[/quote]
GDS doesn’t offer tours before you apply. You have to have submitted the initial application and paid the application fee before you can take a tour. It gets lots people all hot and bothered, but it works for the school and they have plenty of applicants anyway, so they have no incentive to change it. [/quote]

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