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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is funny seeing how people use the most stupid reasons to not apply somewhere. And these are mature adults?[/quote]

Well these are 18 year olds having to make their first major life decision among a vast array of choices that are hard to picture--so they fall back on weird impressions.  I think a student's "gut reaction" to a place matters, but it should be taken with a grain of salt--how tired were they that day, how weird was the touring group, how many schools did they see in a row--and parents should think  a bit more carefully on how to introduce a place to an 18 year old--e.g., reminding them that the families on the tour are also just touring, the tour guide is just one person, and many factors that matter are the things you don't "feel" on the visit (e.g., cost, academic reputation, quality of major).  DC did a bunch of touring of random colleges (SLACs, big U's, city U's etc.) sophomore year just as we happened to be traveling so they could mentally picture the kinds of places other schools might be, did "virtual tours" in general on-line research of schools, and then narrowed down and did more substantive visits with the schools to decide where to apply ED.  [/quote]

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