<p>what exactly did you do? do you meet people who already attend the school? are they really boring, or fun? did you go to all the school's revisit days that you got accepted to? thanks! :)</p>
<p>Newly accepted students are usually paired with a current student, and go to classes with them. Different groups and forums (fora?) for the parents. Many threads on here from last year about revisit days. A search for "revisit" will bring them up for you.</p>
<p>I searched it and that is EASILY one of the most helpful threads I've read on here.
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-admissions/289281-revisit-days.html?highlight=revisit+days%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-admissions/289281-revisit-days.html?highlight=revisit+days</a></p>
<p>Grejuni posted this, and I think that it is really important:
"When we first looked at boarding schools, we were just so stunned by the beautiful facilities and campuses. We were comparing them to the school she was in at the time, and the boarding schools were just coming out way ahead. And everyone seemed to talk about weekend activities, sports, vegetarian food, international travel, extra courses, art buildings, ap classes, college counseling. It was a blur after a while.</p>
<p>We used the reivisit days, which do include classes, meals, dorm life, large gatherings, etc to just take a harder look. We weren't comparing the schools to her public school anymore, we were comparing them to eachother and really trying to answer the question about how this particular student will fit in and maximize her potential and each of these particular schools. We had to ask questions about advanced classes, questions about senior year (still so far off), etc. In other words, we stopped dreaming about the idealized version of boarding school and got into the particulars.</p>
<p>Now, perhaps you have taken meticulous notes, or you have a friend you trust who can tell you inside information about residential life, or you have a clear favorite for multiple reasons. And if you are international, this truly may not be worth the trip. But our initial rankings of the schools 1, 2, 3 came out 3, 2, 1 after a harder look."</p>
<p>That is great advice... I mean My school ranks from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and then 6 have changed(just from interviews, tours and what they send me) to 3, 1, 4, 2/5 and 6.
A part of that is me realizing that a school's title doesn't mean the world(still important tho!)</p>
<p>From just interviews my ranking has gone from 1,2,3 to 1, 3.....,2. So, yea, my interview made a pretty big impression</p>
<p>yeah, that happened to me. i thought i was going to like all of the schools i applied to, however, i ended up not really liking one of the schools i applied to after seeing it. </p>
<p>do any schools not do revisit days? and what is this about staying the night at schools? </p>
<p>thanks. :)</p>