<p>I know it is impossible to visit everywhere, but many if not most of your questions would be answered by a visit. After a visit you will either 1. love it, 2. hate it or 3. still not be at all sure. If it is the first or second, the visit was very well worth it. If the third, well you only wasted a day. Do it in connection with scheduling a tour and an on campus interview. You will get a lot of information; most importantly you will get the vibe of the place. My S loved it from the moment he stepped on campus. He just knew it was the right place for him, and he still loves it. But some visitors have the opposite reaction and hate it, and that is equally (if not more) important to know. (And if a survey of one is at all meaningful, which I really doubt, my S is an English major, does not do drugs, is an exercise fiend, has a lot of friends, but only one of whom is a varsity athlete … but he didn’t have varsity friends in high school either so that may not be meaningful).</p>