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[quote=Anonymous]We also were turned off by the Princeton AO. At Yale the vibe was "students come here because they're interested in such a cool variety of things, and they love learning from each other, and from the professors here, who are, themselves, also interested in such a cool variety of things"; at Princeton the vibe was "students come here because they're interested in going to Princeton".

UCLA was good — upbeat and helpful info session; funny and personable tour guide; pretty campus. We were there during what must have been one of the last weeks of school, as we walked around campus in the evening and there were several end-of-year club / greek graduation parties, with students dressed up and wearing robes and taking group photos … it gave off a very fun, "college" vibe.

At UVA the student body felt like there were a lot of The Plastics from the movie Mean Girls. Very polished, but not friendly. OTOH, at W&M, students felt like Cady from the very beginning of the movie — bright-eyed, curious, eager to connect. That made a real impression.

Agree with assessments of Georgetown — one of our kids liked it, but we (parents) felt it was a bit run down / didn't live up to expectations.

The MIT tour was good; really appreciated the "certificate of piracy" or whatever it's called that they mentioned in the info session. Kids didn't end up applying there in the end, but came away from the tour really liking the school.[/quote]

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