<p>GCSU has an admission rate of around 62%. I assume you have checked how that compares to the other schools?</p>
<p>Did Knox and Ursinus give you FA packages when they admitted you? Are these acceptable to you? If so, then why don’t you just visit your Tier one and Two schools and forget the rest?</p>
<p>And, if they didn’t give you acceptable packages, then why are they still on your list?</p>
<p>My diplomatic suggestion is for you to to listen to what posters have said-- no need to defend or explain away everything. Just.Listen. As many have said, time, cost and sheer number of schools not near each other makes your current goal impractical. You don’t have the time to drive to most of these places. You don’t need a parent to go with you. As you said, you have travelled in Europe by yourself, and you are about to be in college by yourself. And to be perfectly blunt (not diplomatic) the parents here on cc have been far more helpful to you than your own parents. If you want to see a larger number of schools and you want to save $, you are going to have to fly and arrange transportation (taxi, bus, shuttle, etc). Many kids visit colleges without their parents tagging along. If your parents refuse to let you go alone, then you are going to have to cut your list severely. Time to politely tell your parents that you want to go BY YOURSELF and that you would appreciate their giving you a budget so that you can plan your visits.</p>
<p>My point of this thread was to help plan where I would be visiting with limited info. NewHope helped me with that, but that’s where I was heading for in this discussion. I wanted to know what part of the northeast to go to first, etc. I now have a generic plan where to go.</p>
<p>GCSU’s admission rate is a lot less then 62% during EA. They sent me a paper stating only 30% of the class will be filled with EA people and a lot of people got deferred. It’s more about GPA/SAT scores for EA for them, maybe it’s not holistic to RD? I got accepted to Knox and Ursinus (also Lenior-Rhyne and Hiram), but I won’t receive my FA packages until March. I can’t even file FAFSA until January 1st. I did receive a $10,000 per year scholarship at Knox, Hiram, and Lenior.</p>
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<li>cross-posted with Jym*</li>
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<p>If 30% of the class is filled with EA applicants, what percent of the EA applicants are accepted?</p>
<p>I understand where all the posters are coming from and I’m not going to visit all the colleges because it will depend on each individual financial aid package. If I don’t get a good package then I will not be going to that college. A lot of these schools are not close to each other, so even if I did fly by myself I would have to rent a car to visit the other schools. My father wants to go with me, so he can see the schools as well. I only have one chance to visit these schools. I don’t think a parent would let there child go somewhere when they’ve never visited it. My parents are helpful, but this is the first time their through this process. My older brother just went to a technical college. My parents have never even heard of any of these schools before I told them about it. No one I know has heard of these schools.</p>
<p>GCSU has an admittance rate of 53.6% for EA and an admittance rate of 62.5% for RD. It says that they go more in-depth for RD decisions, so I think EA was just more stats based. I will find out in the of January if I’m admitted, but it’s obviously not a top choice.</p>
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There are many threads on cc about students travelling to see schools by themselves. It is not at all uncommon. If you are under 18 it is unlikely you will be able to rent a car by yourself.</p>
<p>Havent read the whole thread, but it sounds like you dont have enough information yet to plan the trips. If you have to wait until your FA packages arrive, then this is a bit premature to be worrying about. If on the other hand your family wants to plan a family vacation over spring break that will allow your mom and the baby to have some fun time while you and dad visit a few schools, then pick the area that has the most schools you want to see and go there for the holiday.</p>
<p>I know I can’t rent a car, that’s why it wouldn’t work. My father and I are taking two road trips in Feb and April. My mother and siblings aren’t going because my grandfather is coming to visit during spring break. My spring break starts on March 30th and I won’t receive all of my FA packages until March, so I am just making a general plan now. I won’t have much time to plan because spring break is in March, so I may have to register for some visits and I may cancel later. </p>
<p>In Feb, I may also be auditioning for Cornell’s theater scholarship. I could submit a video, but they suggest I do it in person and I will be visiting Cornell in Feb, so why not.</p>
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Am confused, ec. I informed you that you you can’t rent a car in response to the quote above, from your post #86. Then you say you know you can’t rent a car. </p>
<p>It is unlikely you will have any problem registering for slots for schools admission tours. That is the least of your worries.</p>
<p>If I were you, I’d ask your dad to go with you over spring break. Sorry you will be missing your grandparents visit (hopefully these are your moms parents), but you obviously want to see schools and spring break is an optimal time to go and see as many as possible for the time you have available.</p>
<p>If you are wondering if schools ar open for tours over MLK weekend, the best thing to do is to look on their websites. It varies from schoool to school, so asking here won’t get you a helpful answer.</p>
<p>Have you asked any of the schools that have accepted you thus far if they will fly you in for a visit?</p>
<p>I knew I couldn’t rent a car, I was just saying that all these schools are not exactly close and one would need to rent a car to visit all the schools after flying to one location. It would cost more money to fly & then rent a car with my dad then it would be to just drive from Georgia. I just hope there is no snow storms in Feb!</p>
<p><em>cross-posted</em></p>
<p>Of course you have to anticipate the possibility of weather issues up north in February, so budget that into your travel time. If it is going to take a day just to drive to/from the area the schools are located, that doesnt leave much time to see the schools.</p>
<p>My dad is already going with me during spring break and during presidents day weekend, we are driving though. Also, with driving you can cancel trips easily. Hiram and Allegheny are the only schools on my list that I know will pay for me flying. I will ask them if they will give us gas money instead. </p>
<p>I looked on several schools websites and there all closed for MLK day. I have a 4 day weekend for presidents day, so I will be visiting Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. I have already wrote my anticipated plans, but we plan on leaving Thurs afternoon.</p>
<p>BTW, with the cost of gas and lodging, it may actually be cheaper to fly and rent a car for you and your dad. And if the goal is to see as many schools as possible, then wasting a day each way to drive is impractical.</p>
<p>If hiram will fly you up , then why dont you fly up over MLK weekend (if the admissions office is open)
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<p>The problem with flying is that I won’t have all my acceptance/financial aid packages by the time I would have to book a flight. I don’t understand how it would be cheaper to fly and rent a car even with gas and lodging. Also, so much more can go wrong when flying (delayed/canceled/etc). The schools are only a couple hours away from each other (6 at most), so we wouldn’t be driving a whole day. We would only be driving a whole day driving to and from the college visits.</p>
<p>Hiram has no classes on MLK day and we are planning on visiting Ohio during spring break, so maybe they will give us gas money instead. I applied to 3 other colleges in Ohio and Earlham, so I would want to visit them all together.</p>
<p>That is the point- ec. It will take a day to get to Ohio and back, regardless of where you go in between. And if gas is say $3.50/gal and you have to drive approx. 750 miles each way to/from Illinois (estimate about $250 or so in gas), not to mention possibly having to stay overnight in a motel ($99 or so for each stay) you have already spent $450 and lost 2 days in travel time.</p>
<p>Keep in mind there is no perfect school and you need reasons to pare down the list. </p>
<p>After acceptances and aid packages are in, look for reasons to exclude rather than include schools on your visit list. Financial viability is the foremost factor. If you can’t afford it, out it goes. You also don’t need to see a school to know it may not be the right one. Rural is rural whether it be Iowa, NY, Wyoming or France. If living in a rural area in one place is not your cup of tea, cross off all the rural schools, there are more options. Once you have pared down the list, limit your spring break visits to the 3-5 (at most) top choice schools and have more in depth visits at each. This will give you a much better feel for which school you want to call home.</p>
<p>If you are going for a week and have the time to do the driving, then yes, driving makes sense. If you are trying to see as much as you can over a long weekend, do consider looking into cheap airfare. Even if you are unsure of how many schools you plan to visit, you can consider, for example, fling to Pittsburgh or whatever airport is closest to the schools you may visit in PA and plan accordingly, especially since you said Allegheny will reimburse you to travel to visit. This is a no-brainer.</p>