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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are good times to do college visits? These posts make me realize we really need to visit a bunch of schools on the early side. DS thinks he know what he is looking for (big state flagship with great sports (as a fan) and great academics) but it sounds like so many people were so wrong about what they thought they wanted. I think it is just that so far my kids' only exposure to colleges in any way has been college sports. [/quote]

If it is not because of ED or REA, I see no urgent need to visit schools before receiving acceptance.  Kids can apply to many schools without visits for EA or RD.  This is why at some level I really think that ED or REA is just putting unnecessary pressure on kids and families, to find out as much information before hands and commit to that.  The Rice admission director basically said that when a kid apply ED, they know that you are committed to come, so they are trying to build a case to admit you, by focusing on the positives and giving credits of doubts on the negatives.[/quote]

I'm not paying for application fees for schools my kid isn't at all interested in. I see too many kids who just start applying like they're free apps when they get bored waiting for their first choice to get back to them. Waste of time and money, and creates pointless work for admissions to get back to the kids who actually want to go there. It's not that hard to visit a few schools to get a sense of what your kid's target schools are rather than spamming applications out sight unseen.[/quote]

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