My son and I went to all the campuses and it made a difference for him. Initially, he was mostly familiar with UNC and NCSU because we had been on both campuses several times over the years, for concerts, readings, arts, and sporting events. He knew those two and loved those two … only those two.
But as we visited other campuses, one by one he came to love most of those too. He loved UNC Greensboro when we visited and it shot to his top non-top2 choice. Then we visited Charlotte and it became his top non-top2 choice. Then ECU. He wasn’t as crazy about the campus of Wilmington, but he liked it … and he really liked Wilmington. Then we visited Boone and ASU became his top non-top2 choice. After if was all over, he would have been happy attending any of those five non-top2 campuses. And we visited even more in-state options. The more you visit, the more I think you’ll realize you could like them all.
I think you’ll find you really do like them after you visit.