Value of Visits? Forum

[Lawfayette]

Is there a consensus on how valuable it is to visit a school post-submitting application but pre-decision? I was thinking it would show interest and potentially increase one's likelihood of acceptance/$$$, but that could also be way off. Thanks!

[cavalier1138]

It can't hurt. I mean, it can if you're a terrible person. But assuming that you are at least halfway socially competent, it can only help for the admissions committee to put a face to the name.

[benwyatt]

adcomms are unlikely to care if you visit but visiting can help give you specific things to talk about in "Why X" essays or LOCI

[KMart]

It doesn't hurt and I'm sure it has an absolutely feather-weighted improvement on your application because it shields against YP. If you can and you want to, do it. If you can't, don't waste money to go out of your way to visit.