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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Worst: Kenyon - DD checked in but they apparently didn’t check her in properly so we missed the tour (they call visitors by name for small group specialty tours so we just waited for her name to be called). We finally followed up and eventually got an absolutely awful 10 minute tour that they pretended was the tour we were supposed to be on. It was all very disorganized and the tour guide was confused about what tour she was supposed to be giving. It’s also the only school that didn’t send us a post-visit survey about our visit. So either they don’t care or, more likely, they never did manage to check her in despite her checking in repeatedly so they have no idea she was ever there. Which would be really annoying if she wanted to apply since they consider demonstrated interest.

For a $400K product, it definitely reflects poorly on the school when admissions is so disorganized. Most of the schools have been fine and interactions have gone as expected. We had particularly great experiences at Skidmore and Occidental. [/quote]

Our experience at Kenyon was great both at their "junior day" and when my kid did the official visit as a commit.  [/quote]

We had a wonderful visit at Kenyon as well, and it's impressive to me how much focused follow up they do as opposed to just spamming marketing emails. My dd never ended up applying as she got into her ED; my ds went along for the visit and liked it so much he is applying this year, even though it never would have been on his radar otherwise. I think all this thread really goes to show is that, depending on the day and the family, everyone could have great, good, mediocre, or terrible visit anywhere. I've done almost 30 college tours at this point and, even when they toured the same school, my dcs sometimes had very different experiences. I believe all the Bates love on this thread and it's a wonderful school, but it was probably one of our worst tours and info sessions of all.[/quote]

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