Hey, simple (poll) question. How many college visits did you all go on/plan to. (List them if you want!)
I’ve been on 6 college tours and I will go on one or two more once I hear back from the places I applied, but those will be repeats from this past summer/fall.
Haha people basically know me as the college kid. I’ve toured nine schools but have been to a bunch more:
Uf 2x
Ucf2x
Penn state
Pitt
Ohio state
Georgetown
Maryland
William and mary
Fgcu
Highly recommend touring a bunch. I toured around 8 and it definitely helped me get a better feel for the schools I was looking at (there’s only so much you can learn about a school and its vibe from just research/without visiting). Touring helped me figure out what I liked in a school, didn’t like, aspects I felt were necessary, and ultimately helped me pick and realize what my top choice is 
Boston College
Boston University
Brandeis University
Bucknell University
Connecticut College
Fordham University
George Washington University
Hamilton College
Haverford College
New York University
Northeastern University
Tufts University
University of Connecticut
University of Virginia
Wesleyan College
William & Mary
Ended up at the last school on the list
In order, daughter visited-
Wesleyan
Mount Holyoke
Smith
Williams
Bard
Vassar
Lafayette
Lehigh
Colgate
Hamilton
Haverford
Accepted ED to Haverford!
University of Florida
Florida State University
University of Central Florida
Florida Institute of Technology
We visited 18! Did a tour of 7 in Northern NY and New England as Spring Break junior year (deliberately mixing up size, rural/urban mix, more traditional vs. progressive), 4 in Ohio (1 trip), 5 in Pennsylvania (two trips), and 2 in CT.
The first trip helped clarify what we were looking for but was also a bit overwhelming. Based on reactions to what we saw, the college counselor made (great) suggestions, and we never did more than 4 in a trip after that.
Four schools got re-visits (as they were in the running for ED), but we figure that we’ll have a chance to see the others again only if they’re still in the running after decisions are made.
I’ve driven around UCB, NYU, Columbia, & Northwestern. Haven’t formally visited a school.
For D2: UChicago, Macalester, Carleton, Lawrence, Knox, Rose-Hulman, Kenyon, Oberlin, Wesleyan, Mount Holyoke, Haverford, Swarthmore, Dickinson, Grinnell, Reed, Whitman, Pomona, Harvey Mudd, Caltech, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
D1: Carleton, UWisconsin, Mount Holyoke, Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Dickinson, Gustavus, American, Georgetown, GW, Haverford, UChicago.
We like to shop. Wove in a lot with vacations over a couple year period for each.
I applied mostly to schools on the east coast/New England (which is pretty far away from me), so we planned a single trip out there and did 10 tours in the span of a week…there was a lot of driving between states lol. I’ve also toured three other schools closer to me.
I haven’t done any
This looks like we were awful parents, but both were athletes, so there are some OVs and UVs and showcase tours mixed in with “vacations” and intentional trips over a span of 5 years… (there were also some "drive by’s that I didn’t list). In chronological order:
DD:
CMC
UT Austin
UCB
UCLA
Cal Poly SLO
UCSD
U Houston
Rice
Linfield
Oregon State
Lewis & Clark
Seattle Pacific
U of Washington
Puget Sound
Westmont
San Diego State
UC Santa Cruz
SF State
Sonoma State
Chico State
UC Davis
Scripps
Pomona
Chose Pomona (ED)
DS (Got to share a few with big sis):
UCLA
Cal Poly SLO
UCSD
Oregon State
Lewis & Clark
Seattle Pacific
U of Washington
Puget Sound
SJ State
Santa Clara
Stanford
SF State
USF
UCB
Pomona
Boston U
Boston College
Amherst
UMass Amherst
Vassar
Columbia
Haverford
Swarthmore
Georgetown
GWU
Notre Dame
Kenyon
Wheaton
Chose Vassar (RD)
Wow. Just goes to show, no matter how hard-core you think you are, there are always others out there that are harder-core! Rolled over extra unused vacation days from prior year for the big visit years.
D: Davidson, Bowdoin, Middlebury, Williams, Wesleyan, Carleton, Brown, Princeton, Stanford, Olin. Ended up at Olin.
S: Colby, Bates, Bard, Skidmore, WPI, Wesleyan, Conn College, Macalester, Carleton, St. Olaf, Grinnell, Trinity U, U. of Puget Sound, Whitman. Final destination TBD!
Colorado College
University of Colorado at Boulder
BU
Tufts
University of Vermont
Georgia Tech
UT Austin
Santa Clara
USC
Columbia
Princeton
Lehigh
Lafayette
Swarthmore
Michigan
Applied to to 5 on the list above and probably 5 more that we didn’t visit. Applied ED1 to Swarthmore
Landed up at Swarthmore !