<p>I'm planning on applying and attending ASU. However, I live in NY and it's a bit costly to go back and forth from NY to AZ. Between a campus visit, orientation, and move in day all within a 10 month period, it'll cost too much for me. </p>
<p>So my question is, do you really believe one should go and visit a campus before they make their decision to attend there?</p>
<p>Have you or anyone you know picked a college before they visited?</p>
<p>Have you ever been to Arizona? You must have since it’s kind of odd to set your sights on ASU if you’re from NY.</p>
<p>I know an east-coaster who went to USC and couldn’t be happier despite never visiting before. I think it depends on your personality, for some people the campus visit is a bit overrated. After researching schools beforehand and learning about the culture surrounding the school none of my visits have really been complete shocks or different from what I was expecting. So do the due diligence in researching a school and I don’t think it’ll be that big of a deal, in fact many international students for example attend schools without prior visits.</p>
<p>Nope, never been to Arizona or anywhere in the West. My original plan was to go to school in California but after realizing what would be best for me, I came up with ASU.</p>
<p>I have researched ASU a lot and have even found a few ASU students online and talked to them and asked about every question I could come up with.</p>
<p>I never visited a college before I picked the schools I applied to and ultimately chose. I’ve only been on campus as a current student, and I don’t regret not visiting any schools.</p>
<p>arnoc, what school do you attend and how far was it from your home town?</p>
<p>Bentley College; 35-40 miles away.</p>
<p>I picked NU before I visited, but, that was more based on where I got in and fin. aid.</p>
<p>I would say you could get away with applying to some schools without having visited, but I know I’d want to see the college and get a sense for the atmosphere before I commit to spend four years of my life there.</p>
<p>OP, if you’ve never been to the West, you might want to visit first. Arizona gets pretty damn hot in the summer, and it’s quite a different world from NY…</p>
<p>two of the schools i’m applying to I will never visit or go there unless I get in and decide to go there… live in a different country so logistics are a little difficult haha.</p>
<p>I decided to attend Harvard without ever visiting the campus. However, I have been to Boston twice before, so the East Coast is not foreign to me. I live in California BTW.</p>
<p>Eh, a lot of colleges are alike you don’t need to attend every one of them to get a good idea what a school is about. And Arizona State’s huge in size and the largest in enrollment anyway - you’d end up creating your own experience there.
However, it’s a bit odd you’re willing to consider spending the next 4 years in Arizona/Phoenix when you’ve never even been there.</p>
<p>In the olden days (like the 1970s), people picked colleges sight unseen all the time. Seriously, I didn’t know a single person who made college visits, yet they all managed to adjust to their situations and most of them graduated. Your college experience will be what you make of it…a positive attitude will carry you a long way.</p>
<p>I just don’t see how it would be worth the trip. I mean you can get all the information you would want and need online. The only thing that would be a problem is not getting to see the dorms really.</p>
<p>ferryboat10: There’s a lot to do around ASU. At least a lot more than there is to do in my town. The only thing about NY that I like is NYC. But I live on Long Island and it’s not the greatest place. So I can see myself being happy there at ASU. I like a busy and crowded place and ASU is exactly that with TONS of students.</p>
<p>athomewithkyle, are you sure you wouldn’t rather go to U Arizona? Tucson is a lot nicer than Tempe, in my opinion.</p>
<p>Being from Arizona,</p>
<p>I must say that you should visit the school before you decide to attend. The campus is really sprawled, the weather is something you need to experience first hand, and just the overall environment will be SO DIFFERENT from NY.</p>
<p>A lot of people don’t like it here. A lot of people do. I would hate for you to decide to come here and be one of the people that Arizona, and Tempe more specifically, doesn’t fit.</p>
<p>man. i’m surprised how many people have agreed the OP shouldn’t visit.<br>
i only applied to eastern LACs, and i live in pennsylvania, and after i did my visits, my views on each school totally changed. i dramatically reordered my list of schools and preferences.
arizona and long island are completely different worlds. maybe if the OP lived in connecticut and was considering school in new hampshire, or something…but his situation would bring him to a REALLY different environment and i personally think you should visit first. you may immediately decide you hate it when stepping foot on the campus or even your first step into arizona..it’s happened before! there are lots of large, heavily populated universities…asu is certainly not the same as all of them!</p>
<p>We live in Washington and D is considering schools all over the country. She is using the internet and we are talking to as many people as we know from other parts of the country. Obvioulsy she would like to be able to visit, but it’s a luxury that we, and I’m sure many others (although maybe not on CC) can’t afford.</p>
<p>jaf1991: I have looked at U of A already and from what I’ve seen I like ASU better. Also, Tucscon may be better than Tempe, but I doubt it’s better than Phoenix. There is also now a light rail that runs through the center of the Tempe campus that will take you to downtown Phoenix. It opens in December I believe.</p>
<p>Yeah kyle, if you are seriously considering the school, I would try to get out there and check it out. Not for the information, but in order to see the campus because there’s only so much you can get from photos/virtual tours.</p>
<p>Definitely visit!</p>
<p>What you read online and especially what the students say will be HIGHLY BIASED AND OPINIONATED.</p>