<p>I won't be able to visit every school I want to apply to because of financial restrictions. How do most people here handle the visiting - do you somehow cram it all in, even if the schools are scattered across the country?</p>
<p>I plan on applying to 6 colleges... i visited none yet :P</p>
<p>We visited a bunch to get an idea of the type of schools. She knew she wanted a smaller college, but we visited mid-size ones too. At a certain point, I stopped the visits, said- let's see where you get in and we'll visit where you have been accepted to. We revisited some, and visited for the first time the school she got accepted to and will attend this fall.
It isn't neccessary to see to know- visit similar sized schools close to home to know whether you want big or small- watch the video tapes that collegiate choice makes- lurk on this site and see what people say about the school- lurk on the schools site, especially the school newpaper and see what's going on</p>
<p>If price is a concern, you can visit schools you are accepted at. This will require a lot of research though.</p>
<p>I applied to schools on both sides of the country and only visited those on one coast before I applied. After I got my decision letters in, I went and visited the schools in California. See this</a> thread for some more opinions</p>
<p>I visited two schools I'm applying to, UWash and Stanford (hahah). And I might apply to UOregon and OSU, which I've visited countless times. If I get a chance, I'd like to visit some east coast schools before I apply.</p>
<p>I havent visited two of the four schools i'm applying to. One is in state and the other is in the midwest. I'm not applying ED to either, so unless i dont get into my ED school, I wont visit them.</p>
<p>I had applied to 12 colleges last year [2 of which I had actually visited]. Then when acceptances came back I only visited two more [the ones I was truly interested in] so overall I only visited 1/3 of the colleges on my list, but overall I think I made the best decision I could have.</p>
<p>Not unless most people are fabulously rich and have time to burn, I live in LA and the best I'll visit is UCLA</p>
<p>Definitely not. I visited 2 out of 13 schools and the first time I'll actually see the school I'll be attending is at orientation.</p>
<p>This is a relief. I think I would go with the idea of waiting for acceptances and visiting the most likely places. I've visited more schools I don't plan to apply to, which seems ironic given my original post.</p>