Visit Colleges Before or After Acceptance?

epiphany
Sun, 12 Apr 2015 20:49:40 +0000

“I think it’s great to visit beforehand if you can afford it.”

This is purely anecdotal, but I am merely reporting that the extreme majority of students I counsel can absolutely afford to visit beforehand, yet few of them do. Their admissions results reflect that poor decision, given that they would be the students with the biggest misunderstandings about differences among campuses and programs. Their Statements of Purpose for those colleges were transparent exercises in pain, anxiety, and guesswork. I feel sorry for none of them (i.e., obviously, the many who could have afforded to visit).