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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  We prefer east coast school, we have been to MD, VA, PA, and NC so far and plan to explore Boston next.
merit aid is nice to have, not a must.

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OP, we did this exact trip last spring-- one parent, a junior, and a freshman sibling. Like you, we thought merit aid would be nice to have but was not absolutely necessary for us. DC didn't have test scores yet at that point, so we weren't sure how wide a net to cast. Schools were not doing official tours in spring of 2021 unless you were an accepted senior, so we made the trip to give both teens a sense of the city (neither had ever been to Boston) and the campuses and neighborhoods. We walked around (and, when possible, did self-guided tours from the schools' websites) BU, Northeastern, Tufts, and BC, and also eyeballed Suffolk and Emerson on Boston Common. Walked around Harvard just for the heck of it (DC never intended to apply). Thought about also taking a look at Brandeis and UMass Boston, but decided not to. (In retrospect, I wish we'd looked at Brandeis for the younger child, but hindsight is 20/20.) We stayed at an AirBnB in Back Bay. Parking was an expensive nightmare, but the apartment was great.

Based on that experience, we ruled out Tufts and BC. DC applied to BU and Northeastern and both are still high on their list; we are waiting on decisions now. Good luck to your child. [/quote]

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