<p>By far the best college visiting experience we had was at Johns Hopkins for a summer preview day. It featured a panel of faculty, a panel of students, an admissions officer, and a tour led by a student. All took questions. Even though it was 107 degrees outside (the school was prepared with water bottles for us, and cut the tour a bit short), the presentation sold us on the school. Our daughter visited again in the fall and attended classes and stayed in a dorm just to confirm that she wanted to apply ED.</p>