<p>I'm sitting here trying to pull together several different trips to various regions for D13's college tours. Ideally there are several weekends in Oct/early Nov. that work, but I notice that many schools hold their "parent's weekend" during this time. Is it crazy to try to tour a school on one of these Saturdays? They're pretty hard to avoid. I barely remember parent's weekend when I was an undergrad.</p>
<p>I think the problem with this would just be getting a hotel room and finding parking. Indeed, you might be able to go to some concerts or events designed for parents, and that could be fun. Make sure regular tours and info sessions are being offered on those days.</p>
<p>I guess it really depends on the school, but getting hotel reservations, finding somewhere to eat, parking, getting a on tour, these would all be things I’d be worried about. Many schools have the Jr class honors and ring ceremonies during this weekend adding to the possible traffic. Pay special attention to schools that have sporting events. Our sons school does family weekend on an away football game because there’s just no way to handle the traffic of family weekend and a home football game, but it’s insane nonetheless. Personally, if there’s anyway to avoid it I would, however if you can’t, you can’t.</p>
<p>All of our target schools are in or near major cities, so I’m not that worried about the hotels. It just seems that at least one school is having a parent event on any given weekend. Just something else to complicate logistics (sigh).</p>
<p>I would check with the schools individually. Some schools won’t offer tours during big events like this so you might just be out of luck on that anyway. You could always do a self tour and get an idea of how active parent’s weekend is and get a good idea of how active the student body is on weekends.</p>
<p>Yes, it’s crazy because of the crowds. Then again, many schools don’t offer tours on any weekends. You should check.</p>
<p>some schools do have campus tours in case the Parents didn’t get one before and to attract younger siblings 
so you need to check with the admissions office of the schools.</p>
<p>With two in college right now, we visited more than one college during parents’ weekends. Although they are crowded, I do not think it’s a reason to avoid the school altogether. Better to visit then, when lots is going on, than during a break.</p>