@homerdog " Which schools did you visit in OH? I think we may end up with a roadtrip there and would love your itinerary! We are mostly looking at LACs there…"
Are you searching for your dancer? If so at her age I wouldn’t concern myself with specific colleges rather those with varying characteristics. Large public colleges, rural colleges, urban colleges, LACs etc. The nice thing about Ohio is that there are a lot of colleges and different types of colleges and for the most part it can be done reasonably cheaply. Visit an LAC such as Oberlin, Kenyon or Denison, a large state flagship such as OSU, a private urban research university such as Case Western etc. and as a future safety for someone who might want to continue dancing, Ohio University, a mid sized public college town type with a very LAC feel. You could easily visit OSU, Denison (or Kenyon) and OU in a couple days and Case and Oberlin in another. There are others to recommend but these would give you a variety of types and be doable in a few days. Your child may find they like the atmosphere of a large university or the options of a mid sized public or private research university. She may want the small LAC feel but decide that rather than a rural campus she would rather be near a larger city. As she gets older she’ll begin to refine what she likes and what her interests are and then your visits can get more specific. Enjoy.