<p>My universities are all many hours away, and I was supposed to visit earlier this week but my plans got ruined. I'm mainly torn between two schools, the Univ. of Vermont and Umaine. I can still visit during the next two days, but I was thinking about just basing my decision on the information that I have since I only have a few days left to decide. Is this a bad idea? Would the visit be worth it?</p>
<p>I’d say visit if at all possible. There are small intangibles that will make one campus stand out over the other from a personal standpoint.</p>
<p>You really should visit. Since you’re really at the end of the month here I’d say you should choose without visiting, but then visit that choice before depositing. If you like it good, but if you don’t then you should probably head to the other.</p>
<p>VISIT. It’s important to get the actual FEEL of the college you’ll be going to.</p>
<p>And if you can, by any chance (which is slim since you have to decide in 2 days), visit for a few days in a row so you can imagine what it’d be like to live there day after day.</p>
<p>U Vermont is nicer and in a better town–much better overall.</p>
<p>I would definitely visit if I were you. It’s important to know what it’d be like to live there and you can’t really get that experience from information the school sends you.</p>
<p>Definitely visit. Before visiting a few schools (GWU, Minnesota, Georgetown, Indiana, Washu…) I really thought I would have liked them, but after visiting i didn’t apply to a single one. On the other hand, I hadn’t considered Northwestern, Upenn, or Purdue until I visited with one of my siblings and appied to all 3. Basically, the only way to get a good feel for the college is to visit in person. Reading websites and hearing other peoples descriptions are helpful, but you need to be there in person</p>
<p>I wouldn’t recommend anyone attend UMaine without visiting first, because its a really nothing town.</p>
<p>You’ll spend 4 years at the college you choose. There are plenty of intangibles, things we recognize at a gut level when we see them even if we can’t put our finger on why. I strongly recommend visiting; in light of the importance of this decision, I can think of few reasons not to do so if at all practical.</p>