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Campus
Visits & Interviews
Campus Visits - Overview
College and university
campus visits are not optional for students. You must tour campuses to experience their atmosphere
and culture first-hand, observe the characteristics unique to each college
and get a “feel” for each campus to see if you fit in before
making a commitment on May 1 of your senior year. You must be sure
to make the correct choice on where to spend four years of your life
as a college student. The college you choose to attend must be
the place that fits you both as a student and a person. If you
end up at a college or university you really don’t care for, it
could be a very unhappy four years or you may end up transferring to
another school.
There are 2 types of visits: Informal
campus visits are where you
wander around the college campus on your own. These informal campus
visits typically happen on a weekend or during the summer when students
and families just drop by for a casual walk-around. There are also
formal campus visits which include scheduled guided tours of each campus,
interviews, and much more.
The information in MyCollegeCalendar details activities that are
part of formal campus visits. However, following the instructions and
activities presented in this online guide during informal visits will
allow you and your parents to make superior observations and more complete
campus evaluations.
It is important the day you choose for a
campus visit is a normal school day. You’ll be able to see the campus under usual operating
circumstances with students and professors active in classrooms, eating
their lunch in the cafeteria, and maybe even experience some scheduled
social events. Also, on a normal school day you should be able
to sit in on a class or two (upon request). Visiting on college
holidays is not particularly good because the campus will look deserted. Mid-term
or final exam week won’t be typical because of the frantic days
associated with testing. Visiting during “Open House” or “Open
Campus” days means you’ll be one of 500 families visiting
the campus that day; you will get virtually no individual attention and
no 1-on-1 time with an admission officer.
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