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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For public schools I wouldn't bother. It felt like a college fair, which my DC also hated. It's a very superficial presentation and interaction. I would not miss class for this. Grades in grade 12 are really important and too much is missed in an hour. If it's during lunch or a study hall, then fine.

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Colleges wouldn’t invest in visiting if it was superficial. If the college is spending money on travel, they care. If they care, you should care. Or, keep arrogantly thinking you know better. [/quote]

There are two reasons a school would make the effort and investment. Only the second one matters to me in helping DC decide whether to skip class to attend.

(1) To market the school and drum up more interest in order to get more applicants. This helps the school improve its selectivity number. (When the denominator (number of apps) rises and numerator (number of students accepted) stays the same, the percentage of students accepted goes down and makes the school look more desireable.)

(2) To give the AO extra insight into top applicants to their school - either by meeting them in person and seeing what they’re like, or even so
Ply seeing if they sign up and show up.

DS doesn’t care about 1. He has his list of schools. But 2 would be worth his time for sure. [/quote]

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