<p>Title basically says it all. My dad and I are thinking of taking a drive to New Haven this weekend, but really don't feel like taking a guided tour and such. Can we just walk around the main areas (without entering any buildings)? Or do we need to do the whole info session / tour deal?</p>
<p>You can walk around, go in the library but not any buildings. The campus is mostly on public streets. It is very pretty (maybe not this time of year)</p>
<p>You can access some buldings such as Freshman commons and many of the classrooms. The Colleges are gated but Old Campus is open. Yale’s tour is pretty good – very good salesmen chosen as tour guides!</p>
<p>Yale is very open, you could easily go into any academic buildings without anyone caring. </p>
<p>Entering residential colleges is a tad more sketchy, but I don’t think anyone will mind as long as you stay in the court yard/public areas.</p>