I did too many college visits with my D. Saw over 20 schools. Some were just drive-by’s, especially if we were in a town with a couple of colleges. We always did something interesting to make it worthwhile. She visited three colleges after she was accepted, but one of those was an EA decision so it was do-able in Feb before things got crazy.
With my son, we visited far fewer. Seven total, all within four hours drive or less. Of those, he applied to three. Of the four colleges he didn’t visit before applying, he visited two after acceptance.
If I were to do it again, I’d do fewer visits, as I did with my son, and have kid visit one or two after acceptance. That’s a lot of work as it is and kids are really busy with school in March and April. They still have to keep grades up. With daughter, it was mostly me going crazy, but she enjoyed it too.
I loved spending that time with my kids. My hubby took my son to see one college after son was accepted and they did a bunch of fun stuff, including taking in a March Madness basketball game with two arch rivals. Definitely try to fit in something fun if you can.