an expense paid visit program

Parents Forum
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<p>How significant is it to be (or not to be) selected to a paid visit program like "Taste of Carleton" for its admission?. How competitive is it?</p>

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<p>I’ve never heard of anything like this. Can you describe it? How does it work? Do you apply to it? Are you invited? Gimme some deets. :)</p>

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<p>There was a thread earlier this year about students who had received all expense paid visits and then were waitlisted or rejected by those same colleges. There’s no downside to going on a visit like that, but it’s not a guarantee either.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/959852-they-love-me-they-love-me-not-when-colleges-court-students-then-reject-them.html?highlight=invited+visit+rejected[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/959852-they-love-me-they-love-me-not-when-colleges-court-students-then-reject-them.html?highlight=invited+visit+rejected&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>If it’s an invitation based on PSAT or SAT scores, and no other information (such as no application for the program was required), then it means that one is in a category of people (scores, URM status, etc.) that the college is interested in recruiting, but it doesn’t mean that one will definitely be admitted if one applies.</p>

<p>For instance, S was a very high scoring URM and was invited to and took advantage of a free flight to visit Wash U fall of his senior year, a program that Wash U offered to high scoring students from around the country. Wash U only knew he was black, and had high scores. They didn’t know that his grades were mediocre because he was lazy and disorganized. S didn’t apply to Wash U so I can’t prove that they wouldn’t have accepted him.</p>

<p>Students who get fly ins after submitting their applications, however, probably are locks on admission unless they do something horrendous like get failing grades or suspended second semester. The fly-in offers that come after applications are submitted are similar to likely letters.</p>

<p>I think that students who get fly-ins after submitting applications for such programs (When S was a senior, Swarthmore and I think Grinnell sent him during the fall invitations to apply for fly-in programs) are likely to be admitted if they apply. Presumably only students whose fly-in apps indicate would be excellent applicants are offered such fly-ins.</p>

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<p>Thank you for the link.</p>