Everyone has a different perspective about college visits. Speaking just for myself, the most important thing about colleges is the academic reputation and quality followed by personal taste. Your personal taste is adjustable to the environment. I don’t know of a single college that’s all negative nor all positive to any students, and you don’t choose a college purely on “vibes” or social scenes alone. In other words, you go to the “best” college based on its academic reputation and its quality programs and then fit yourself in. For any college, large or small, I’m sure there’s plenty to like about. Since so many kids speak of their “dream school,” this particularly works out very well if one does get into that dream school.
So, that’s how we approached it, i.e., we only visited two from the list of colleges that offered admission to my son. Since these two colleges were easily accessible from one trip, this approach saved us a plenty of valuable time and money. I’m not advocating this approach – post-admission visits as opposed to pre-admission – to anyone since everyone has different needs. If you can spare the time and money needed for pre-admission visits, I don’t see why not.