<p>Ok, so I live in the Midwest, but a lot of the schools I'm interested in are located in the South, Northwest or California. I'd like to get out and see something new for college. </p>
<p>I took a trip down South this spring to see family, so I got to see some schools. But I'd like to se a couple more and I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it down there. </p>
<p>The Seattle area is probably not going to be possible, but I'm interested in a couple schools up there.<br>
California might be possibility for a family vacation and I've got family in Arizona, so it is not completely out of the question to go down there.</p>
<p>I know things have probably changed a lot to this regard because of the economy, but how often do schools do this? What schools do this?
Are there schools that will at least pay for part of your plane ticket if they really want you?</p>
<p>Ok, so I should probably tell you my stats and what not.
White male, middle class(but not poor enough for need based travel aid)
I’m a rising junior.
GPA: By graduation: 4.2 W, 3.85ish UW
ACT: 30-32, I’m studying for them right now.
Some ECs: Eagle Scout, Eucharistic Minister, School Ambassador, job since 14, other clubs like Model UN, mock trial. Minor role in school paper. </p>
<p>Most of these will be for admitted students though, right?</p>
<p>The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’t University (located in Minnesota) will pay for a visit. They’ll also send you a t-shirt. Check out <a href=“http://www.twocolleges.com%5B/url%5D”>http://www.twocolleges.com</a></p>
<p>EDIT: You need to have gotten something in the mail from them. You could probably just request information from the home page…</p>
<p>Whitman has such a program for minorities, though in my experience, they have a very broad definition of “diverse”. Geographical diversity could very well fall under their definition. If nothing, you should definitely apply if you’re interested.</p>
<p>You are probably extremely unlikely to get a paid visit out to any college unless they are a fourth-tier LAC. However, it is worth a shot, but you have to consider they have to pay close to $500-$1000 dollars per person they do this with. If the person ends up not applying or choosing to go there, then the college just wasted all of that money they could have used on improving facilities, scholarships, pay raises for professors, increased mailings, etc. </p>
<p>It is much better to just apply, see if you get accepted, and then do the visit to see if the college “fits”. They will surely understand if you can’t travel halfway across the country to see their school due to time or financial concerns so long as you express interest in other ways like requesting an interview, signing up for their mailing list, etc. You can get a good enough feel for the college by doing this.</p>