While on campus, you will have the opportunity to meet with students and faculty, view dorm life, and explore the campus for yourself. This will allow you to draw your own conclusions about each and every school which may, after all, differ from all that you have heard or read. Personal taste and intuition should not be ignored. Since college visits are so vital it should be emphasized that there is a right way and a wrong way to go about your tour. Naturally, some view is better than no view, but don't forget that a visit is your chance to do an in-depth examination of that campus' offerings, and this can't really be managed in a few short hours.
Most colleges have student-run organizations which house students free of charge.
Call the admission office well in advance of your visit to make these arrangements. When you leave, ask yourself if you can picture spending four years on that campus. When all is said and done, you will still be left with some hard choices, but if you do everything described so far, your choices will be informed ones. You should emerge with a small list of from four to six schools which, many counselors agree, is the most reasonable number of applications to submit. They might not be able to put it into words, but something inside is sending a message.