Another "which LAC for Premed"

Elpsaa
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:33:29 +0000

I’m going to disagree with you here. While it’s fine to go on a regular day if the admitted students days don’t work with your schedule, schools have different opportunities for admitted students. Especially at a small LAC, that may be the only day that your student can sit in on a class. A class of 16-20 is disrupted when there are extras there, and they don’t allow that every day. Depending on the school, a dorm may not be on the regular tour - and you can’t just stop a random student and ask to see their room (even if they didn’t report you, your daughter would certainly disown you!) In addition, some schools have events in the evening for accepted students to see what college life is like - going to a comedy show, an orchestra recital, etc. They don’t usually allow visitors admission.

In addition, all the LACs we visited had academic fairs on admitted student days. You could talk to professors in almost every department, and some had their premed advisor there as well. Some had club fairs to see what the options were for students. It is very different from a regular visit, and gives kids an idea of the energy of the students and faculty on campus.