Did you change your mind during your revisits?

Prep School Admissions
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<p>Hey. Those of you who are already in bs or have kids in bs, could you comment on the role that revisiting played in determining which school was the best fit. In other words, did revisit only confirm what you suspected? Or did you end up choosing a completely different school based on the revisit experience than you would have, had you not gone to revisits?</p>

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<p>It did for me. I went to the revisit and found that the school was not exactly what I wanted. Don’t get me wrong, it was a fantastic school. One of the top in the nation and very prestigious. But I didn’t feel like the size of the school was right for me. I guess that is something that you can read off paper, but every school has their own “feel”. That’s something you have to go there to experience, and see if it is right for you.</p>

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<p>We changed our mind during revisits. If you can attend a revisit day, I would recommend it. If your child is accepted to many boarding schools, and some of the revisit days conflict, I would recommend asking schools to allow you to visit on days which are not their official revisit days.</p>

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<p>Only when you have comparable options. Suppose you have been admitted by one of your “reaches” and one of your “safeties” only, chances are you won’t revisit both, and even if you do and the reach doesn’t impress you as you expected, the decision to give it up for the safety would be extremely hard. Would you rely on your long time research of the school or the one day experience? While the safety school “feels great”, does it have what you need most for the next four years? And, don’t think this is an unlikely scenario. The revisit experience in two such schools may be very different. </p>

<p>If you have a few schools on par to choose from, the decision could be very easy - go with whichever makes you “feel good”; or hard if all or none stands out but knowing you won’t have a wrong choice makes it easy after all.</p>