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[quote=Anonymous]From touring with 3 different kids

Loved Brown and Wesleyan, hated downtown Middletown and surrounding, depressed area so didn't apply to Wesleyan, planned to apply Brown RD, but got in to ED school

Northwestern was gray and depressing, tour guide was awful - only talked about ski club - didn't apply

Michigan was a love fest for our student - great campus, vibe, etc

Vanderbilt- loved the campus and Nashville - talked to a random student who couldn't wait to get out of there, turned our student off

Vermont - great school, beautiful campus, Burlington is adorable but a little small, but after the diversity of Montgomery County, our student felt it was too white

Wisconsin - gorgeous city with lots of water around, was going to be a RD applications, but got in ED elsewhere

Visted Pitt and Penn State on consecutive days (were our child's safetys), kid went into it thinking Penn State ahead of Pitt, came out the other way around - really liked Pitt (surprisingly vibrant campus in a city, with Pitt athletics plus Steelers, Penguins and Pirates available to students) v Penn State (in the middle not nowhere, while students looked happy, we heard to much about the happy cows and ice cream, which turned out kid off)

We visited Wellesley, in Massachusetts with one of our daughters, and we all felt it was by far the most beautiful campus, but, it wasn't in Boston and DD decided all girls wasn't for her

I feel like there were a few years where we spent every long weekend visiting colleges. Am sure I am forgetting some visits (UVA on a really hot day, one kid liked the secret societies, one kid was completely turned off), but above is what I remember[/quote]

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