To Visit or Not To Visit?

infinityiseight
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:37:30 +0000

See, I think that I must be in the majority that wouldn’t apply to a school without visiting. School stats obviously only tell you so much. Plus then you have the experience of being immersed in a whole new environment (hooray for learning more about people, right? )

Plus, in a more cynical vein, I think that it does help you in the admissions round, perhaps especially at UChicago: I made the trek from Pennsylvania to Illinois this summer and interviewed and toured and all that, and I’m sure that helped me move from potentially-denied to deferred (even if my interview was utterly horrendous and awkward). Is this fair? Maybe not, since many interested, interesting applicants may not have the chance to travel. All I know is that I’m really glad that I got to see Chicago (the city and the university), and that visit most certainly fanned the flames of my love :)