Spring is here and college road trips are back! After two years of lockdowns and remote-learning, college campuses have not only opened their classrooms to their own students, but they are also opening their doors to in-person college tours! This is great news for high school students eager to visit the schools they may be applying to in the fall.
College visits are important for your student for many reasons. If your student has already compiled a list of desired colleges, spring break is a great time for your student to visit some of these colleges so that they can observe the different academic and social environments inherent in each of the schools that they visit. College visits during spring also provide an opportunity for your student (and you) to see the campus during an academic session and possibly learn more about the college by speaking directly to students and professors you may meet during your visit. We think it is important for high school students to visit college campuses. Here are some reasons why taking the time to visit colleges can be important for your student and for you:
· College information sessions and campus tours will give your student a much better sense of what the college is like and whether your student would be happy there.
· The investment taken to visit a college campus prior to applying to college can save significant time and resources as your student begins to narrow their list of colleges to which they will apply in the fall.
· The visit will give your student a sense of the college’s facilities, dormitories, academic intensity, and social scene. These are all important elements of making college decisions.
· Visits can be an important way for your student to deepen their research of colleges in order to narrow their list, or to solidify their college preferences.
· The visit gives you a valuable opportunity to speak with current students enrolled at the college.
There are many colleges that have recently opened for in-person campus tours and information sessions. Here are some of the colleges that are conducting in-person events for prospective students. Be sure to get on the Visitors page of the college website and register for a tour:
COLLEGE | LOCATION |
Amherst College | Amherst, MA |
Barnard College | New York, NY |
Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA |
Boston University | Boston, MA |
Brown University | Providence, RI |
Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA |
Clemson University | Clemson, SC |
Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA |
Florida A&M University | Tallahassee, FL |
Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA |
Hampton University | Hampton, VA |
Haverford College | Haverford, PA |
Howard University | Washington, D.C. |
Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD |
New York University | New York, NY |
Oberlin College | Oberlin, OH |
Pomona College | Claremont, CA |
Rice University | Houston, TX |
Seton Hall University | South Orange, NJ |
Tulane University | New Orleans, LA |
University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI |
University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA |
University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison, WI |
University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA |
University of California, Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN |
Vassar College | Poughkeepsie, NY |
Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT |
Williams College | Williamstown, MA |
Xavier University | New Orleans, LA |
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Have fun and check out our next blog for tips on how to get the most out of your college visit!