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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do people find the time to visit 10+ schools during the school year, especially when the schools are not close? Are these summer visits? Done over spring break? Wondering how we will make this work when kid has weekend extracurricular commitments. [/quote]

We started early, beginning Sophomore year.  Including local schools, have been to 26.  15 of which were formal tours/info sessions.  We happen to road trip vacations/visit family and have made stops along the way and/or visited schools while in town visiting family.  So most of these visits, save for using a spring break have been summer/holiday visits.  So downside is school is not in session.  However, the visits have been helpful in identifying what is liked/disliked.  And actually pretty fun.  Went to visit Williams, for example.  It was on a Sunday in the summer, so about as dead as could be, but have never been to through the Berkshires before.  It was beautiful and peaceful.  Did a self-guided tour. Learned a bit about the school and area, realized it is way too rural, but enjoyed an area of the country that we may never have cause to get to again.

In some places it's easy to hit a lot of campuses, particularly Boston area for example.  Could just drive by Boston U. and say "nope"  because we have been to similar campuses and know thats not the preferred vibe.[/quote]

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