<p>I'm trying to work out a reasonable summer visit strategy for D. She's already visited local Boston schools and is saving some of her top choices for the limited fall days where she can overnight and maybe interview. I think the California school(s) are going to have to wait until she's admitted. </p>
<p>Our goal of visiting over the summer is to 1) help her pare down the list by a lot, and 2) demonstrate interest to those that need to have the interest demonstrated. </p>
<p>The only available options are
Week of June 22-26
Week of July 27-31
Week of Aug 3-7
Week of Aug 17-21
Week of Aug 24-28</p>
<p>I'm trying to figure out which of the following campuses actually have some life over the summer and for which ones it wouldn't actually make a difference which week we visit. We don't intend to hit all of them, I'm just trying to strike a balance. I've grouped them into three trips. I'm guessing that she'll end up applying to 2-4 from this list, and pretty sure Rochester is one of them. </p>
<p>Rochester
Cornell</p>
<p>Michigan
Ohio State (only interested in Honors, which is a safety)</p>
<p>NYU
Penn
Johns Hopkins
Georgetown
UMd-College Park</p>
<p>Any words of wisdom? We're not looking to add colleges to the list, just thoughts on which weeks to visit which schools.</p>
<p>based on this year, I would be very reluctant to narrow list that much.</p>
<p>Get Michigan app in very early, She will know early ( have it in by end Sept) if accepted she can eliminate UMD.</p>
<p>NYU, no campus, have to really want city! and housing is very spread out and much ore expensive, if consideration. Unless D is interested in Tisch, then it is a keep.</p>
<p>What is she interested in studying? that would help, and stats would help.</p>
<p>I’ve said this before, late summer (your last week on the calendar you posted) is a great time, because your highschool child will still be off from school, but most colleges are in full swing at that time, and even earlier. Most of the schools you listed are year-rounders, and while not in “full swing mode” earlier in the summer, are still in “semi-swing mode”.</p>
<p>Pre-orientationers, work-study folks, athletes, and a host of others will be on campus in mid-to-late August. You might not be able to sit in on classes (you might not in October anyway!), but you’ll get the vibe of the school, and you’ll get to meet with Admissions, which will not be overly busy at that time.</p>
<p>If you think about what Admissions does, and when, you can’t beat late summer, especially when compared to February break, or April break.</p>
<p>It’s good you’re thinking about this ahead of time. Most don’t think about it till senior year, and then it’s OMG!!!</p>
<p>I did the Calif. road trip two summers ago with my son (and son’s friend and friend’s mom), and we were lucky enough to hit one of Cal Poly’s freshman orientation weeks. So that could be something to look for. I did the East Coast tour with my daughter in June and we visited a bunch of very empty campuses. It gave us a somewhat skewed view of the schools, so I don’t recommend it.</p>
<p>I think heyalb is right, look for the schools that start in August and plan to see as many as you can then. For schools that have September starts, you might as well see them in June or July. (Some may have summer sessions, but you’d have to check if the real faculty is teaching then and whether the students are high schoolers, or from mostly other colleges.)</p>