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[quote=Anonymous]Getting back to the prompt - we just visited a bunch of schools with our junior DD this past week. Touring during Covid is hard because you just wander around looking at building exteriors, mom and dad are leading the tour, and you really have no contact with anyone from the college. Some schools have walking tour brochures available to pick up near the admissions office or visitor center, but others do not. It is helpful to tour, don't get me wrong, but it can be hard to get the vibes of the community if you are just an observer and don't have conversations with staff or students. We did poke our heads into a few key buildings (student centers, libraries, a few academic buildings) but otherwise it was just exterior views.

Schools that dropped off the list after tour:

UVA - was at top of DD's list going in, but she disliked how spread-out and huge it was, found it intimidating
UMD-CP - another she really liked on paper but the campus was grim-looking once you get off the central historic quad area, lots of construction both on and in front of the campus, the surrounding area on Rt 1 was unappealing, you can hear traffic, too close to the city for her. We did pop into a few buildings and they were kind of blah inside.

(the traffic noise complaint surprised me because she loved JMU despite the highway running down the middle and was not bothered by the truck noise there - but at JMU she had a friend who is a current student show her around and ate a meal in the dining hall there, and that personal contact, good food, and friendly vibe definitely upped her impressions of the place)[/quote]

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