<p>The title really explains my predicament. I was by no means lazy my junior year, but I really didn't look too much into colleges. I focused on test scores and GPA and the like, but didn't visit any colleges or anything. I now have a wide-open summer, and was going to visit colleges. I have realized that it may be sort of a moot point to do so, as I wouldn't get a feel of the campus, without any classes going on or anything.</p>
<p>To those who visited over the summer, and are currently attending a college, did that summer visit give you a proper gauge of how you like the college, or not?</p>
<p>There are always summer classes going on. Not to mention, the information about class sizes/TAs and whatnot can always be obtained. It’s important that you see the college campus, surrounding town, and get a general feel for what the school is like. A visit over the summer should be fine.</p>
<p>Awesome, thanks. I was starting to believe that I was doing myself a disservice by not visiting already, but I kind of forgot that schools have summer classes.</p>
<p>There aren’t always summer classes going in, it depends on whether the school has a summer session. Many LACs do not. You may find some students on campus doing research, for example, but not all schools have classes in session. I think summer visits are fine. I do think it is important to go back for accepted students visits before making a final decision if you get in, though (I think that is a good idea even if you visited during the school year). My D applied to 8 schools last year. She visited 3 of those over the summer or while they were on spring break, ended up choosing one of those for attendance (after going back for accepted student days).</p>
<p>I agree with both of the above posts (with summer classes going on it will still be hard to get the exact feel of the campus because there will be less students).</p>
<p>Also, visiting during the summer isn’t that much different then visiting on a morning on a weekend (which lots of ppl do during the school year)-campus is kind of dead either way.</p>