Students should introduce themselves when visiting colleges, do research on the college website and guides before visiting, visit when classes are in session to talk to students and attend classes, ask questions themselves rather than their parents, walk around campus independently to experience student areas, and keep detailed notes of impressions from each visit in a file.

1. Making the Most of Your
College Visits

2. Introduce Yourself
let them know who you are

3. Do Research Before You Visit
look around their website
look them up in a college guide

4. Visit the College When
It Is in Session
talk to lots of students
visit a class or a professor in your major

5. Ask Lots of Questions
? ? ?
you ask, not your parents

6. Walk Around Campus
on Your Own
get a soda or coffee in one of the student lounges
read the bulletin board or newspaper

7. Keep a File of Your Visits
take notes, during or after
write your impressions, not just facts