College 101: Visiting Colleges

Questions to ask when making a visit to a college campus, on the topics of: college graduation track record, academics, academic perks, financial aid, academic support, student life, and outside opportunities. Author: Lynn O’Shaughnessy, author of The College Solution and writer for a CBSMoneyWatch college blog.

A collection of articles on college visits: planning before you go, the reasons for making college visits, he best timing for visits, and a college visit checklist. Presented by the College Board's college planning website for students and parents, BigFuture.

Uses reality viewers like Google Cardboard to share its video tours, photorealistic interactive campus maps and GPS-ready mobile walking tours.

Offers 360° tours for more than 1,300 colleges, along with admissions and financial aid tips.

Virtual campus visits for thousands of schools.

This article gives advice for students and their families on how to make the most of their college visits. The campus visit is one of the most important and enjoyable parts of the college application process. Students can use this time to begin to clarify their criteria by visiting schools of all sizes and types, and parents can see firsthand what they will be getting for their investment. Author: Brennan Barnard is the director of college counseling at The Derryfield School in Manchester, N.H. for The New York Times.