<p>-have 1 safety (quite likely i’m going here)
-rest of application will be slacs
-if affordable and accepted i’ll go to slac
-i believe through contacting students, reviews, reading their site, wiki, online tours/videos i can get a pretty good feel for the college. do you believe to really “get” a college one must visit? these slacs will be for the most part outside of driving distance.</p>
<p>ty!</p>
<p>It depends on whether you have criteria for college selection that depend on things that can only be found upon visiting.</p>
<p>But note that small LACs can have distinct “personalities” that you should look into in order to see if you will fit in at those schools.</p>
<p>Thanks for the response. I don’t (as far as I know) have criteria that can solely be found in visiting. As far as the distinct personalities…</p>
<p>Public safety is most likely. Applying to multiple LACs. The odds of me getting accepted and getting an affordable offer isn’t likely. I most likely won’t have a choice between colleges. If I do, is it reasonable to visit after acceptance to discern a school personality? </p>
<p>And for “interest” shown in the colleges…</p>
<p>A distant LAC would be understanding of no visit, right?</p>
<p>Yes, a post-acceptance visit can be done if you want to observe the actual campus environment (rather than the presumably idealized version found on the web site).</p>
<p>Some hints can be found on sites like <a href=“http://www.collegedata.com”>http://www.collegedata.com</a> , such as percentage of students in campus housing, percentage of students in fraternities and sororities, etc… To the extent that such factors are of interest to you, you may want to look them up before visiting, so that you can put some context into your observations and know what questions to ask for more details.</p>
<p>one thing you could do is contact LACs you are interested in and ask if they could put you in touch with any students that live in your area that you could meet up with this summer when they are home on break. </p>
<p>Some students do not have an opportunity to visit an OOS campus between getting selected and making a decision. If it is coming down the line and you are deciding between schools and have not visited, I feel pretty strongly that many students have to have a campus visit to ‘be sure’. </p>
<p>Other poster may not realize you may be going to college fall 2014 and so unless you can go face to face with a student over spring break…</p>
<p>If it turns out you are going to safety school, make the best of it 
A positive attitude is essential!</p>