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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They’re both good schools. [b]OP’s kid should visit both campuses, determine which one is a better fit, and go for it[/b].[/quote]

This.  Assume costs are similar or don't matter, your child will get a feeling of which one is right after visiting both[/quote]

I question the wisdom of this. I feel like impressions formed on a campus visit can be misleading, often just based on the tour guide. Perhaps objective criteria should be more heavily relied upon versus emotional reactions?

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Kudos to you for having a kid who was able to do that. DC1 fairly able to do so, but still swayed by impressions from visit. DC2 wholly unable to do that and some application decisions were influenced solely on tour impressions. [/quote]

Actually I didn’t. ED1 application decision was in retrospect based on positive interaction with coach and not much else. Eventually rejected but in retrospect that seems like a good thing. Just having been on a bunch of these tours, the personality of the random freshman volunteer on the tour can really influence your impression. You are potentially introducing a lot of cognitive errors/biases into the decision process. Like maybe you were interested in the school because it is strong in the area you intend to study but during the tour you saw a kid with an annoying haircut so you decided it wasn’t a good “fit.”[/quote]

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