<p>When applying undergrad, some school weigh heavily on applicants showing interest in the school by visiting, during the application process. Obviously, you can not see all schools if they are spread out.</p>
<p>Does the same hold true for law school acceptances? Does it help to visit? It surely is harder to visit while you are in college than when you were in HS.</p>
<p>Any thoughts?</p>
<p>I really doubt it would make a difference. Schools don’t care much about demonstrated interested, certainly not interested demonstrated by visiting. I’m not even sure how many of them even offer tours to students that haven’t been admitted, though I doubt they’d stop you. And you’re right that it’s tough to visit, since a lot of applicants are in school, the application season is during the school year and turnaround can be a lot faster than in college.</p>
<p>It makes no difference. UVA, I think, does on-campus interviews for people on its waitlist, but I think too many avail themselves of that for it really to make a difference.</p>
<p>Visits are more customary after admission, when trying to narrow down the choices.</p>
<p>DS visited two schools before acceptance and sat in on classes. It was very useful to see the differences between schools, and he did meet some admissions counselors. He didn’t get the impression that they made any special notes regarding visitors at that point in the process. DS’ impression was that the majority of schools are strictly numbers-driven, and visiting would have had no impact at all.</p>
<p>DS did establish personal relationships with a few admissions people. He first met them at a law school conference, and again during law school visits after application. He was surprised by how many of the admissions counselors remembered details from meeting him at the LSAC law school conference he attended. This was more for the mid-and lower ranked schools, though. The top schools were swarmed at the conference, and it’s doubtful that they could possibly remember individuals. </p>
<p>Two of the counselors really went to bat for him when he was on wait-lists. (One counselor told him that she went to the professors on the Admissions Committee to talk about the fact he was a really good candidate, and he ended up on the waitlist at that school even though his numbers were lower than their usual match.) DS did visit his wait-list schools and had meetings with Deans at that point - wait-list visits were more stressful and potentially carried more weight. One Dean ended the interview by joking with him about candidates who had become so annoying during their visits and follow-ups that they were rejected. </p>
<p>DS is attending the wait-list school where the counselor went to bat for him, and is doing very well. He has been asked to give tours to prospective students, and has occasionally offered feedback to the admissions department when a tour goes particularly well. In one case he did report back that a candidate was really a jerk. He’s not sure how his feedback is handled, but has gotten the impression that sometimes a file note is made if the visitor has already applied.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I think my son will visit 2 or 3 bit am glad the rest can wait until he is accepted!!</p>