How many schools will you have visited by April 15?

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How many schools?

1
2
13%
2
2
13%
3
6
40%
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5
33%
5
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0
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0
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0
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9
0
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>=10
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 15
giga17
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How many schools will you have visited by April 15?

Post by giga17 » Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:17 am

To all prospective students, how many schools will you visit? I'm guessing most people will decide between 3 to 5 schools.
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Izaac
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Re: How many schools will you have visited by April 15?

Post by Izaac » Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:22 am

Humpf, there is no "zero" option! :?
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TakeruK
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Re: How many schools will you have visited by April 15?

Post by TakeruK » Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:01 pm

I visited 3 Canadian schools in one trip when applying for MSc programs and I visited 3 US schools in the last month for PhD programs (2 schools were in one trip, the last school was within driving distance). Although I was lucky enough to be invited to more the 3 open houses, I decided that visiting more than 3 schools would take too much time out of my MSc work! Also, I could cleanly narrow down my choices to 3 very close programs and chose to visit them!

So 3 turned out to be a good number for me!
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