Just curious about how many schools other applicants are planning on re-visiting. We have 5 schools that we are still strongly considering. Hoping to hit them all for revisits.
We are revisiting all 5. Have already made the schedule and notified current school that kid will be absent a bunch but will keep up with his work.
Parents on another thread recommended no more than 3, but we are going to do 4. Just so hard to decide! Maybe we will see you at Tabor --we are going April 4th.
We are probably doing three revisits.
@mass2020mom we are going April 7. PAbbey only had one day so we had to work around that. We were stunned with our acceptances and it has occurred to kid he can only go to one school and will have to tell the rest no. Is anyone having their child write those letters/emails themselves?
I did. It hurt me to send it in. I felt so grateful that the school wanted me but I couldn’t go because I was going somewhere else. @VACAlover I mean some kids do this entire admissions process alone. I’ve heard stories where parents just sign the documents and don’t do anything and just let the kid take Skype Interviews.
This has been on my mid as well @GryffinHunter and wondering if I/we as parents should be doing this for our DD as she may run into coaches, etc. throughout the year. Could you describe how you did it if you don’t mind? Call, note, etc. Happy to do this in a PM if your most comfortable. Thanks!!
I just sent a note thanking the admissions department. Milton actually gave me a card with the space to write if I wasn’t coming and I decided to thank them in the process.
Thank you @GryffinHunter, this is a long process and want to make certain we tie things up neatly and professionally.
I would recommend you to revisit all the schools and have a better feel, if your schedule permits.
I know it is not easy to get to know the school well with just one more visit, but it is still better than not going. It is where your child spends 4 years and therefore, it is more difficult to choose the right one than to be accepted. 
And when it comes to an actual stage of selecting one from many, I believe that the one that your child feels most comfortable should be the ‘right’ one to attend, rather than choosing by reputation or ranking.
Re-visit days are a critical component to the process. It is a very different thing to look at a school hoping to get in vs. looking at the same school knowing you can go. Call it “phase 2” if you will. 4 years is a long time to go to a school you won’t be truly happy in. Academics are only one portion and being “in place” to see how you actually feel while standing there cannot be discounted in the decision process.
DS is going to revisit both schools he was admitted to. This is a very pricey purchase, second only to our house purchase so far. We should at least go for the test drive! (Sorry about the mixed metaphors.)
Sometimes what starts out as #1 on your list changes after revisits as it did in our case. My daughter has enrolled in what was #4 and we are all ecstatic though she would have been happy in #1,
Hmmm, we ended up only revisiting one school. DS loved it, so we cancelled the other. So much for the sensibility of test drives.