University visits

[DisneyDaffodil]

Originally Posted by AlisonB

Both our girls went to uni and after doing the rounds with both of them one key thing I would suggest is to take a notebook and make notes! With our first we didn’t do that and quite often we said to each other afterwards ‘which one was it that offered the (insert whatever)?’ And we couldn’t remember!
With youngest dd we had a set list of questions that we asked each uni, main one was contact hours (you’d be shocked at some courses offering 8 hours tuition a week!). Obviously we often asked other questions but at least we had something to compare later on, especially if there was quite a gap.
Our dd’s were quite different - Dd1 wanted to be no more than about 2.5 hours from home, had to be on a campus uni (everything on one site - accommodation, teaching, sports etc) and wasn’t too bothered about the course content. Dd2 didn’t care about anything other than the course - it had to be the perfect one for her!

All worked out well in the end - both girls got their number one choices (DD1 did geography at Loughborough and DD2 did musical theatre at Chichester

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Thank you, great tip about the notebook. I am sure we won't remember everything, so that will be useful.

My DD is only looking at the course as your DD2 did, so I think it will be down to me to check everything else. Pleased that your DDs were happy with their choices