<p>Can you use google earth to "visit" colleges. i.e just get an idea of the campus?</p>
<p>Ofcourse, I use google earth most of the time when looking at campuses.</p>
<p>I have 
Its also useful to see the surrounding area. But its still necessary to visit in person</p>
<p>do you guys use google earth 5.0?</p>
<p>I like StreetView for the gritty feel of what streets are like. Also, Microsoft has a pretty impressive Bird’s Eye feature on Bing Maps.</p>
<p>Just be careful because a lot of the time the images will be several years old. I remember checking one school (not sure which) after I returned from a visit and the campus was really different (new buildings, parking lots, etc.).</p>
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<p>I actually just use google street view.</p>
<p>google.com</p>
<p>This is a good option, but often times you can’t get into college interior streets, especially if they are suburban. </p>
<p>I have used Google or Windows Live Maps to get an impression of the campus before I visited, though.</p>
<p>lol wow this is classic. if you can’t appreciate the culture, feel, weather, accents, aroma, etc… of a campus you don’t deserve to visit!</p>
<p>What?</p>
<p>I’ve done it too. Not all of us can convince our parents to drop everything and run around the country visiting colleges.</p>