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[quote=Anonymous]A few years back, Jay Mathews, the WaPo education writer, suggested NOT to visit schools first due to the cost but to apply and then visit (obviously, this does not hold for schools that count interest). Our DD and best friend were looking at similar schools and engineering programs.  We did what WaPo suggested. We toured Virginia Tech, UVA, W&L, GMU and other local schools that made sense. After DD got into EA engineering programs at Purdue, Ga Tech and others one of us flew with her to tour.  In the end she was was deferred then waitlisted at a SCEA, got into three state universities EA and waitlisted at all the Ivies she applied to (two legacies). The other family toured every ivy and got into none.  It's just TOO expensive for one or two parents and a child to tour a lot of schools.  Dig up the Jay Mathews article and do what he says.  If a school like W&L appeals (It does look at demonstrated interest) then tour but most don't look at it. That's easy to figure out.[/quote]

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