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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He’s telling you he wants to take a break from looking at schools. Which is reasonable, since he’s just a sophomore. So stop visiting for a while. Take a break until spring of junior year. [/quote]

I don't see how people wait that long and still see a lot.  I'm a single parent, and I work a job that gets busier at school breaks, so that doesn't help.  Plus I have 2 kids who do sports which fills up weekends.

How many colleges do most people see?  [/quote]

We saw 5 (all relatively local-ish - or within a couple hours drive.) DS applied to one other school that was 5ish hours away without touring first.  He got in but they gave no merit aid (we couldn't afford sticker price) so we didn't end upgoing to see it. We did go to 2 of those 5 schools again once DS was closer to applying for a second look.[/quote]
I’m an upthread poster who made our child add one more school…which became their love….and this describes us too. Mostly local, a few on a drive, and one applied without a visit (which we would’ve done after being admitted, which happened, but it wasn’t one of the top two in DCs mind).

In contrast, a good friend took their DC to 10 different schools on several separate trips all over the Southeast (often combined with a vacation or pre planned trip to extended family). DC got into all 8 applied to….but, like ours, only the top two really had a chance with DC.

In both our cases, while “money” set the top limits (and therefore limited what the “real” options were), final decisions were NOT based on money as the top two choices were within a few thousand dollars/year of each other.[/quote]

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