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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My current 11th grader got dragged as a 9th grader to an older sibling's tours (but I did tell him that's when his tours started!).

We would have toured schools in 10th grade but everything was closed. We did go to one school 2 hours away during spring break because he was interested. They were only doing tours for 11th or 12th graders then.

So [b]this Fall, we prioritized going to the Open Houses of our state schools[/b]. We went to 6 of them and it was great to see how each school had something really good.  I am glad we got those tours of the state schools and we don't plan to do anymore in the spring so he can focus on his school activities and AP tests.  I do remember with my older kid that the Open Houses in the spring were limited to admitted students only.   This summer we plan to do some road trips for out-of-state options.  I've been looking at fly-in programs that he can qualify for as a URM. [/quote]

We did a couple open houses this Fall too for my junior and it was much more useful than a basic tour. She had a firm academic interest and at the open houses was able to see special facilities related to that and talk with faculty of that program. Places where she did a regular tour she came away feeling like she wasn't sure what they offered in that program. I explained that's what the website is for or she could email faculty to answer her Qs but still it didn't not give as positive an impression from the visit.[/quote]

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