How to Turn Your Campus Visit Into The "Why This College" Essay

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How to Turn Your Campus Visit Into The "Why This College" Essay

Write everything down right after the visit.

Bonus points if you can take notes during the visit. At the very least, share your impressions right away with a close friend or family member who can later help jog your memory. Most students I work with visit colleges well before they start writing the essays and can’t remember their general impressions, let alone the specific details of buildings or major requirements that show you’re paying attention.

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Surprising Questions to Ask — and Not to Ask — On Your College Visit

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Surprising Questions to Ask — and Not to Ask — On Your College Visit

DON'T ASK QUESTIONS YOU CAN FIND ANSWERS TO ONLINE

If your question can be answered with a quick Google search, you're doing it wrong. I completely understand how overwhelming the college application process is and get that families will schedule a frenetic back-to-back tour schedule, (another no-no, see #2), but this is just a waste of your time. Asking if this college has fraternities or a journalism major is such a forehead smacker. This is your unique opportunity to get answers that could help narrow your stressful college search - why would you waste it on such an easy question?

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