Of the schools on this list, which care about you visiting?

Applying to College
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While I do not intend to apply to schools blindly, I won’t be able to visit every school I am interested in this summer. Of the list below, could you tell me which schools put a mark against you if you don’t visit or a mark for you if you do (in terms of admissions)?

University of Pennsylvania - Wharton
Stanford
Harvard
Duke
NYU – Stern
Northwestern
University of Chicago
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Los Angeles
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
USC
Boston University
University of Wisconsin – Madison
University of California – San Diego

Sorry it’s so many…still narrowing things down.

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<p>oh and claremont mckenna too. last one i swear. THANKS!</p>

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<p>Stanford makes it clear on their website that visiting does not affect your chances one way or another. Harvard won't care, although you'll want an interview with an alum, at least. The UCs don't care at all.
Claremont definitely DOES want you to visit.
DK about the others. State schools like Michigan and Wisconsin usually don't keep track.</p>

<p>You should be visiting to be sure YOU want to attend, though.</p>

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<p>UChicago and CMC are worth visiting to show interest, and probably CMU as well. You can visit NW too if you are in Chicagoland. </p>

<p>Try to interview when you visit!</p>

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<p>You should definitely visit Berkeley if you are seriously considering going there next year. Its a very unique environment and I would strongly recommend visiting to see if you like it. UCLA is your standard upper class LA area. I would also definitely visit NYU if you havent been there. You want to be sure you dont mind not having a campus feel. I know none of these schools cares if you visit or not, but its just a good idea IMO.</p>

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<p>I would never commit to a school w/o visiting it. It is just there may be certain schools I only visit after I am accepted (as I can't go to all of them this summer). This way maybe I can at least go to the ones that are critical of those that do not visit.</p>

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<p>Duke tells you (during an on-campus visit) that visiting has no impact on admissions....</p>

<p>I got 2 scholarships at USC without visiting (before invitation to interview)...</p>

<p>Those are the only two I applied to/know about..</p>

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<p>visiting a school has no impact almost anywhere. if you arrange an interview, the interview is evaluated, but in this day an age a school cannot give bonus points to those who can afford the time and expense to visit them. it just isn't in line with their goals of who they want to enroll.</p>

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<p>Five years after this post I’m not sure this is still true.Many colleges keep track of “indicated interest” which includes e-mail correspondence, phone calls and visits.</p>

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<p>I’d love to go to Michigan or Boston U. Too bad they cost too much and I’m not about to be in debt. Madison and the University of Minnesota are my two choices, but I think I’m going to go with the University of Minnesota.</p>

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<p>I’d like to visit NU in Chicago, but I know that it does not help the decision.</p>

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<p>My advice - dig deep into the admissions process, especially at the higher level colleges where questions are asked during interviews or during application process (short answer essay, etc.) about your thoughts/ideas on campus - Ran into this during one application and ruled out applying because didn’t have time to get to the campus, form opinion and answer question in proper context (IMHO) Now waiting for admission outcome from classmate that just “winged it” on these types of questions during the same ivy league application…</p>