@bamamom2021 - completely agree!
@TheGreyKing - You’re right about Binghamton. I have tried and tried to get my son to really take a look there. Coming from a suburban PA public school, he’s used to a level of diversity and academic strength in his fellow students that we just aren’t finding at the smaller privates. He is accepted to honors at Bing with merit, but he just is not interested in really considering it. You can lead a horse to water … oh well, at some point I have to trust that he will end up where he needs to be. And, if not, there is always transfer.
So, yes, I would definitely echo the advice previously stated here - don’t go crazy with the reach school/ T20 tours early in the process. It’s good to get a sense of what you like, but you could be wasting a lot of time better used getting to know the more likely admits on the list and find yourselves scrambling in April trying to fit in visits when there are so many other things going on."
And yes - schools that still do interviews are a godsend. Take advantage of it.