<p>Some schools do begin interviews when students are in their junior year (for late spring and summer) so look into each school’s schedules.</p>
<p>Summer vists are helpful, especially in the beginning when trying to judge the importance of various parameters. It is better to have a visit during the school year, but in reality it is difficult to do more than a few of these due to high school commitments. </p>
<p>So do some summer visits. Be prepared to do visits during senior year too, especially in April for “accepted” colleges. Many have “accepted students weekends”. </p>
<p>Better yet, make some of the applications EA Early Action (NOT binding ED). That will give a chance to spread out visits to schools with known acceptances.</p>