College Campuses: Should you visit them?

[Manty]

Question to those who are in college/have visited multiple colleges.  My parents seem to think that I'm being stupid for not wanting to visit any colleges, but I don't have any desire to.  I've visited Penn State (my dad went there) and I thought it was pretty cool but it's not like I was that interested or anything.  I always expected to just graduate from high school and go to Penn State, graduate, have fun, and move on with my life with whatever I want to major/study in.

I guess visiting a college campus and listening to a tour guide for 2 hours sounds fun to some people, but I guess I could use some convincing.

Any tips?

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[indyjones]

Go to the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.  Also St. Olaf has amazing lunches.  DONT GO ON LE BORING TRIPS

[Manty]

Nice edit, but sorry I'm not looking for colleges to visit.  I'm looking for reasoning behind visiting colleges and if people think it's a waste of time or something worth doing (if you could relate this to my situation then that would be good too, but I'm mainly looking for opinions).

[indyjones]

Nice edit, but sorry I'm not looking for colleges to visit.  I'm looking for reasoning behind visiting colleges and if people think it's a waste of time or something worth doing (if you could relate this to my situation then that would be good too, but I'm mainly looking for opinions).

I SAID LOOK AT THE U OF M

[Bisjac]

i never seen a point in visiting a school lol.

all you need to know is on paperwork.

[Burger]

I SAID LOOK AT THE U OF M

Yeah, university of michigan. The real u of m.

[King Leo]

Visiting as in going there and look at things? What would be the point of that? I don't get it :S

[Bisjac]

if the school has a pretty court area and your parents can confirm there is a separate female living area so they can sleep at night.
yeah that's important.

all schools have everything. parents cant window shop that stuff.
a degree is a degree. if you can afford a state U or something amazing, its all in name and looks impressive on a resume. thats it.

[Monocle]

Its not a matter of it being fun, but taking a tour of the campus is important, I'm glad I'm not going to the college I originally got accepted to because it'd have been about an hour long walk from my apartment to the classrooms.

Basically its to familiarize yourself, when you get to college there's no 'ok 1 month of loving around to get you ready' no, day 1 = work. Its good to familiarize yourself with where you're going and such. If this at all makes sense...

[Regulith]

Visiting a college actually made me change my mind on what to major in, and it's nice to see what equipment and facilities they have, though that'll probably only happen at art schools

I guess if you're touring boring schools I dunno what to say

[Manty]

Its not a matter of it being fun, but taking a tour of the campus is important, I'm glad I'm not going to the college I originally got accepted to because it'd have been about an hour long walk from my apartment to the classrooms.

Basically its to familiarize yourself, when you get to college there's no 'ok 1 month of loving around to get you ready' no, day 1 = work. Its good to familiarize yourself with where you're going and such. If this at all makes sense...

I get what you're saying but I'm agreeing with Bisjac more.  I don't have any preference of size/location/type of college, and my parents won't even be in the states for my freshmen year.  I'm expecting to end up at a college on the east coast (specifically Penn State or one of the branch campuses), and the nearest family is my dad's parents.  I know familiarization is important but you can't possibly familiarize yourself in a 2 hour tour with some guide who probably won't really care anyway.

Also, I haven't sent in applications or anything.  I'm going to be a Senior next year.

[Monocle]

I get what you're saying but I'm agreeing with Bisjac more.  I don't have any preference of size/location/type of college, and my parents won't even be in the states for my freshmen year.  I'm expecting to end up at a college on the east coast (specifically Penn State or one of the branch campuses), and the nearest family is my dad's parents.  I know familiarization is important but you can't possibly familiarize yourself in a 2 hour tour with some guide who probably won't really care anyway.

Also, I haven't sent in applications or anything.  I'm going to be a Senior next year.

Oh, forget that then, lol.

[Manty]

Oh, forget that then, lol.

Thank you, lol.  I really have absolutely no idea why this is necessary.  Luckily I can get out of this trip if I provide them with "sufficient" reasoning as to why I don't want to visit colleges...  TIPS ARE APPRECIATED.

[Monocle]

Tell them it'd be costly to travel.

Tell them it doesn't matter until next year because your idea of what you want to major in could change, so your idea of which college you want to attend could be different.