College List with no Visits?

ucbalumnus
Tue, 01 Sep 2020 15:21:56 +0000

Lindagaf:

Yes, many students and parents are having a hard time choosing colleges without the ability to visit, or have tours.

Let’s have some perspective though. Not so very long ago, you applied and your first visit was when you got to campus on move in day. And there are MANY students who still do that. Families who can’t afford the traditional college visit experience, kids who live far from the college, international kids, and even kids who do enough research that they don’t feel a need to visit.

Also, lots of students do not prioritize the aspects of college that can only be discovered on a visit. For example, students who care about the affordability, academic programs and courses offered, and prestige factors over the experience factors may not find visits to be as useful in deciding.

In addition, with the possibility of more remote or distance learning (depending on whether and when medical advances on COVID-19 occur) could mean that the experience difference may be smaller than it was previously (e.g. if a year or few are done at home remotely versus on campus, or if the on campus experience is highly restricted with social distancing measures).