<p>See topic title... again >_></p>
<p>I don't have enough time to book a flight to Chicago and visit the campus this summer. Would that negatively impact my admissions?</p>
<p>No, it won't.</p>
<p>agreed with phuriku. Not everybody has time, energy, or financial resources to visit Chicago.</p>
<p>There are other ways to show interest. Request information, posts cards, local interviews, etc. With or without these, it is helpful to show one knows what U of C is and why one wants to be there. Ted O'Neill, on the Admissions website specifies precisely what they are looking for when evaluating candidates. Paying close attention to that would be more beneficial than visiting.</p>
<p>The real value in visiting is to see if you like the place. That can be done after being admitted and before you plunk down your deposit.</p>
<p>I've never visited, even when I had the opportunity too. It didn't affect their decision and I'll be one of the few people who will see Chicago for the first time when I enter campus on the 20th...</p>
<p>^^ Probably more than just a few. I know a bunch for whom O-Week was their first visit to campus.</p>
<p>Sometimes campus visits are counterproductive. They are dependent on a select few people (your tour guide, your admissions counselor, your overnight host), the weather, and they way the buildings look. I think we get points for a pretty campus, but whatever points we get are counterbalanced with our temperamental weather, and whether you like the few people you meet is a total toss-up.</p>
<p>Showing expressed interest at small LACs matter (i.e. class of 700 and below etc.).</p>
<p>I didn't set foot on campus until the April Programs.</p>