<p>^ This is fine if you make enough money to visit these schools. For me, my family could only visit schools that were within driving distance of an hour; there was no such thing as flying cross-country to visit schools in other states. I’d also rather ‘burn’ time on an application than burn MONEY on a visit.</p>
<p>I visited some schools before applying, but only ones that were close to my home. Then again, I mostly applied to schools that were close to my home. And when I applied to graduate school, I only visited ONE school before being admitted (also close to my college). I was admitted and visited my top choice later, and it turns that my off-campus assessment of it was pretty accurate.</p>
<p>Sometimes I suppose that it can be informative, but that doesn’t mean that I support the idea of doing it. That is, however, coming from a working-class background where insisting on a week-long college tour before even applying is absurd at best, selfish at worst.</p>