In our case, it helped to get an idea of what different types of campuses were like—rural was WAY more rural than any of us were familiar with, snow fences in area near campus was a new experience for us living in warm climate, urban campus with buildings scattered around the city was yet a different environment. We also visited a few Us nearer and in cities which had dorms and more of a college feel. All of these were helpful to us all so we could consider pros and cons of different settings.
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