Anonymous wrote:I have a senior, but have older kids too. OP, it really depends on when your child shows interest. My son was not interested in discussing or visiting colleges in 9th or 10th grade, which is fine. He did visit siblings’ colleges for family weekend and that was a good starter for discussing what he liked, didn’t like, size, location, Greek like, clubs, majors, etc. Even if your child isn’t interested, you need to start visiting one or two on long weekends in fall of 11th grade. Then visit more on all the long weekends in 11th grade and take a day off here or there. To answer your question, my son visited 10 and applied to 7 of those. He also applied to 5 more schools he hasn’t visited that are similar to schools he visited and loved. If the school considers DI, we visited. Enjoy the process. The college visits one-on-one with my kids have been some of my favorite memories with them as teens. They engage with you a lot and you have 100% of their attention for 2 days.