Ten Visited by One Family!

My family (wife, son, and myself) have completed our college visitations. I’ll share my memories thereof below, though some are over a year old.
We visited ten colleges in all. We were looking for a small college, to continue the [...]

Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, VA

Submitted by: Scott Pace and Carrie Pace
We attended an open house on February 15 and 16th at Virginia Intermont College (http://www.vic.edu/) in Bristol, VA. It was overcast and a long drive from Northern, Virginia – about 6 hours. The school has national championship equestrian team, one of the few four-year [...]

Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA

Submitted by: Carrie Pace and Dana Johnson
We took a tour of Wilson College (http://www.wilson.edu/) on February 5 and it was rainy, cloudy, and windy. But thankfully it didn’t rain during the tour. Its a really nice place (campus) and I would fit in well here. The admissions lady told us a lot [...]

GMU and Washington & Lee

Submitted by: Chris and Pam H.
We took Chris to visit GMU as well as Washington and Lee (near VMI in
Lexington, VA –about a 3 hour drive from Alexandria). Bottom line: GMU
was just too big and Washington and Lee was just right. We were very
impressed with the historical campus of W&L. It’s a [...]

George Mason University (Feb 2008)

Submitted by: Gretchen and son, Stefan G.
We were the only ones who showed up for a 1:30 scheduled tour at George Mason U so we got a private meeting with one of the admissions officers and a campus tour by 2 wonderful students, one a junior from Richmond, VA majoring in government and [...]

A self-guided tour of NOVA Community College at Annandale. (Feb 2008)

Submitted by: Gretchen and son, Stefan G.
I remembered what Alexa and Mr. Pereira said about community colleges when queried by some of the parents at the junior parent meeting–I was glad to hear what they said because I too had wanted to ask if it would be a good fit for students who didn’t seem [...]

Drew University

Drew is a beautiful campus located in Madison, New Jersey, about 30 miles from New York City. Enrollment is approximately 2,700. Class sizes of 20 or fewer. Entering students receive a personal IBM laptop.
Everyone seemed friendly though Goucher seemed much more so. Our guide showed us a dorm room that the residents volunteer to [...]

Goucher College

We visited Goucher, near Baltimore. Beautiful campus! 1,450 undergraduate students, 10:1 student-to-faculty ratio, small class sizes. Friendly staff and students. Groups were yelling “Come to Goucher!” among other friendly things. One student swiped her meal plan card to pay for our lunch in the cafeteria! I thought the food [...]