How important are campus visits?

tostito
Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:16:44 +0000

I know the number one thing most people look for in a school is academics, but has the beauty/ugliness of a campus ever been a make or break for you?

I have a friend going to UNL because they offered him full tuition - he’s going there now and he HATES it, he doesn’t like the campus, the town, and especially the weather, he’s freezing (we’re from south Texas).

I wonder because there aren’t any “well known” colleges within 6 or 7 hours, and at that it’s only 3 (Rice, UT Austin, and Texas A&M). I’m still a junior, but I’m starting to think about visiting campuses, just that the colleges I’m looking at aren’t close together at all…they go from Atlanta to Boston to Chicago, and that kind of distance for a visit gets pricey.

So, how important do you think it is?