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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids have *applied* to these schools but we never toured.  In my mind, the only reason to tour a school before senior year is to figure out where you want to ED.  Those schools weren't in contention so we didn't visit.  In reality, the kid will get into just a tiny fraction of where they apply so there's no reason for the time, expense, or frankly getting their hopes up until it becomes a real choice.[/quote]

OP: I'm interested in this approach. DC is a junior. Do most families here mostly tour potential ED schools? Do you wait to tour other schools after getting acceptance?

How about safeties? Do you tour those too so DC can know there is a safety they would like?[/quote]

Our MO with DC1 was to take them to see a small, medium, and large school in rural, suburban, and a city location - not really paying attention to ranking, but also making sure they aren’t all highly rejective. We’re on the east coast so that part could be tackled relatively easily by car. After DC figured out what they were looking for, we went on specific east coast college tours. DC wanted to apply to some UCs, we told them we’d go if they got in. They ended up getting into 2 schools a plane ride away so we went to both admitted student days spring of Sr year. Ended up at a UC.

Next kid has had the benefit of being on many college campuses with DC1 and has decided they want a warm weather college town (as does most everyone these days). That’s a little harder to easily tour because they tend to be quite spread out and maybe only have 1-2 per state they’d consider. We’re going all over creation during their spring break and they will probably see each school they plan to apply to except maybe 1.

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