<p>Right now I have a ton of school to look at by the end of April, or at least a lot compared to the amount of time I have left in the month. I'm considering crossing NYU off the list of schools that I want to visit. While I would get new info about the specialized program that I'm in there, I'm not sure how beneficial it otherwise will be relative to the cost of travelling. Since I've already visited the school and took a tour. do you think it would be alright to not visit again?</p>
<p>The accepted student visit is much more informative and can have more of an impact than a regular visit. The accepted student visit either puts a school more prominently on your list, or knocks it off at second glance, even if you thought it was “the one” earlier in the college selection process.
When you see the particular program at NYU that you are interested in, during a more program focused accepted student visit, you may be less impressed, even though you like NYU overall.</p>
<p>If you need to make the visit to make a clear Yes/No decision, then do try to re-visit. But surely by this point your list is very short based on what is going to work out financially. Anything that hasn’t clearly made it onto a Yes/No short-list is not worth any further time.</p>
<p>We are not revisiting any, it is not in our budget. My daughter will be making her decision on the basis of her visits last year and the syllabi, and to some extent her interactions with other accepted students online. She thinks it is fine.</p>
<p>My son was accepted to 10 schools. There was no way we could revisit them all. He picked his 2 favorites in the midwest and 2 on the west coast that he had only seen in the summer. It felt really important for him to see those 2 campuses when he could attend classes and get more of a feeling for the students. When you visit as an accepted student, I think it feels more real.</p>
<p>Overnight stays and classroom visits after being accepted completely reshuffled my daughter’s list.</p>
<p>I agree with just picking 2 or 3 of your favorites and just revisit those. I think it is extremely important if you are truly undecided. Our D was struggling with 2 schools the last couple weeks and after the revisits it definitely sealed the deal with one of them.</p>
<p>I would narrow your acceptances down to the final 2 (based on everything from bottom line cost, housing available for upperclassmen, program requirements, travel to and from, campus environment, etc.). Then go back a re-visit the final 2. If you can’t afford to do so, then re-visit your #1. After the re-visit, you’ll have a better idea if it is indeed your #1.
If not, then plan to re-visit #2.</p>
<p>Agreed. Definitely visit your number one choice again if you can only visit one or two. My son’s number one choice throughout the entire process was eliminated completely after the accepted student visit. After seeing it early in his junior year, he just wasn’t that impressed by it during the senior spring visit.</p>
<p>Now that you have received your acceptances, narrow down your favorites, and visit the top 2-3. There is no need to visit a school that you will not likely attend. That would just be a waste of time and money (which I assume are limited for most seniors.)</p>
<p>Crazy. You visit to see where you want to apply. You visit when you apply to interview and let them know you applied (demonstrated interest). You visit for accepted students day. Then Orientation, often in the summer. By the time Mom and Dad drop you off at college, only to come home to the Parent’s Day notice, the school is old hat First time I set foot on my college campus was on Move In day.</p>
<p>D is revisiting his top two (of 7 acceptances). If for some reason the visits change his mind on both of those, we will quickly regroup.</p>
<p>I think that I will not visit NYU, simply because of money. It’s very expensive to be able to get a flight in time, and I don’t really think it will really change my mind about the school.</p>
<p>I think it depends. One of our kids was going to be going to college 3000 miles away from home. We felt it was important for her to spend a night on each campus which was NOT permitted accept for accepted students. So…she visited both schools and one other that was about 1000 miles away. The school that was number 2 on her list dropped OFF completely after the overnight. She absolutely hated the place…just didn’t like the feel of being there. AND I will say…they rolled out the red carpet for her. </p>
<p>The issue with us was the distance from home…it wasn’t like she was going to be able to come home or have us visit if she was a little homesick or needed some extra TLC. In the end, the one school 3000 miles away was her choice…and largely due to that overnight visit (although I will say…it was number one all along).</p>
<p>Visits for us were really only possible last fall. My S is on the varsity baseball team, so getting away on the w/e now is just not doable. Even this week – Easter break – he has mandatory practice every afternoon, and two games.</p>
<p>I am visiting with my son to Case Western in 2 days and then to Gatech next week. My son is interested in biomedical engineering. He is also considering UCSB if he gets Electrical Engg there but we wont know till May 1st.</p>
<p>My question to parents – what should I look for in the college visit, from a parent’s perspective. This is my first post accepted visit to any college. We have been to UCDavis and UCSantaCruz last year before we applied.</p>
<p>Both Case Western and Gatech have overnight programs for students, so I will be relatively free. I want to make most use of my time so that I am ready to give my input when he is finalizing his decision.</p>
<p>Please help.</p>
<p>SJRcalderone - yes, we know all about baseball. I’m not sure where you’re from, but here in the NW suburbs of Chicago, we just sat outside for 2 1/2 hours in 40 degree weather yesterday. I swear with wind chill it was like 20.</p>
<p>BTW - Were you forced to switch to the BBCOR bats like we were? And only 2 games???
We had 6 last week, and 6 this week, counting DH on Saturday. Good luck on future games.</p>
<p>As far as re-visiting - Yes, if you can do it. My D did an Accepted Student overnight stay at a large out of state Engineering school, and she wanted to go to a class or two - and the girls she got put in with cut class! But when she got home from the visit a Purple Acceptance Package was waiting, so that worked out ok. </p>
<p>And when she did a re-visit at NU, she did get to go to a class, and talk to a Prof who was great and sealed the deal.</p>
<p>For anyone who is going to revisit, we actually found the organized accepted students’ days less helpful than visiting on an ordinary day, though meeting other potential freshmen can be nice.</p>
<p>If you can revisit your top two, do! If you visited a school that interests you during the summer, I strongly suggest you visit again during the normal school year.</p>
<p>My D absolutely hated one of her top 2 schools after doing the accepted student visit. She knew right away it was not a good fit. We had visited in the fall but it was on a Saturday and a large chunk of the student body was away at a football game.</p>
<p>If she had not gone for that 2 Nd visit, she probably would have gone there, and been very unhappy.</p>
<p>We hear you, SJRcalderone!
Baseball is brutal in terms of trying to get college stuff done during spring break - 3 games and 3 practices this week (3.5 hr practice yesterday on break!). None of the surrounding districts have their breaks coordinated, so they can’t even drop to 2 games.</p>