The One(s) that Got Away--unchosen colleges that we still love

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D24 & I went on a U of A tour back in October. Posted info about it here →

Colleges your child crossed off the list after visiting, schools that moved up on the list. Why?

Univ of Arizona: UP. Went on campus tour and an honors college info session & tour yesterday w/D24. Our only other college tour so far as been ASU this past summer. Here are some general thoughts and highlights: DD said she could see herself going here. liked that campus was more compact than ASU. Not so spread out distance wise. also preferred how there’s 1 campus instead of 4. tour guide also walked at a normal pace instead of the “almost run” pace that our ASU tour guide had. Lol. it rained a bit at one point during the campus tour and a staff member came around on a golf cart offering free ponchos for everybody. That was kind of nice. liked how a lot of the lecture halls/classroom buildings, etc were centralized around the main mall. got to go inside a dorm room. DD liked it. Dorm room was bigger than mine when I was a freshman elsewhere many moons ago. tour guide said that the Highland dorms are the most desirable and go first, so be sure to put in your $150 non-refundable hou…