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[quote=Anonymous]With #1 we toured broadly to see a variety of types of schools...

Disliked -- 
VCU because of the urban environment.
Randolph-Macon because he definitely didn't want a small school
Georgetown - not tour but attended a summer program, another one where he didn't like the urban setting.

Liked - 
VT - size, school spirit, green space (ended up there)
JMU - similar to VT, acceptable back up but really didn't have as good a program for his major
U of Delaware - also felt similar to VT/JMU

#2 tagged along on a lot of DS's tours and attended a short summer program at a LAC. After that she was very focused on small schools.

Disliked
W&M - bigger than she wanted, was just something about the vibe that didn't feel right (she was not great at articulating likes/dislikes so we got a lot of the "vibe is good/bad")
CNU - campus felt overly pristine, Greek life felt really dominant (mainly because all the tour guides were in Greek life), felt like business/"leadership" were the priorities, not sciences since none of the tour guides had a science major and none of those facilities were included on the tour. (obviously, they do have plenty for the sciences but this is her impression from the visit)
Allegheny College - seemed very remote, run down campus, too far from home. And touring on a rainy day definitely didn't help.
St Mary's College of Maryland - I was surprised she didn't like this one, I loved it. Too isolated (no town to walk to) and again not the "vibe."

Liked
Washington College - one of her first visits, for an open house. Loved the environmental center. Cute town. It helped that the first visit was an open house so she could see what she was specifically interested in vs. the standard tour since those all start to sound the same.

Juniata College - Liked this more than I expected. Pretty remote and town IMO is meh but she liked the environmental science professors she met, their off-campus ES semester, feeling on campus, school traditions, lack of greek life, music director. Also benefitted from first visit being an open house.

Mount Holyoke - I think she was surprised how much she liked MH, but in the end she decided she didn't want all-women's. Liked all the school traditions, beautiful campus, lake/forest right on/next to campus. [/quote]

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