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Visiting Colleges

One of the best parts of my job is visiting colleges. This year alone I have visited schools in Southern California, British Columbia and the Midwest. Each school has its own feel and special programs. At one school in Canada you can get your Bachelors degree in Business and your Commercial Pilot’s License all in one. Capilano University, just outside of Vancouver has the most state of the art film department of any school on the West Coast. One of the reasons I visit so many schools is so I can help students, not only with which schools they should visit, but with how to make the most of those visits!

The tour guides can be a wealth of information, as they give a student perspective. Here are some questions you might want to ask the tour guide when visiting:
  1. What are some unique programs to your school? For example, one school I visited recently has a nationally renowned cycling team and an equestrian team. I wouldn’t have known that if I hadn’t asked. 
  2. Where do students live? What percentage lives on campus? How easy (or hard) is it to find off campus housing?
  3. What happens on a typical weekend?
  4. What surprised you the most about your school?
  5. What other schools did you consider? Why did you choose this one over those?
  6. How do students get back and forth from the airport to campus?
  7. What has been the best thing about this school?

Here is a partial list of colleges I’ve visited:
Agnes Scott College
American Jewish University
Amherst College
Arizona State University - Phoenix 
Arizona State University - Tempe
Arizona State University - Barrett
Auburn University
Augustana College
Bard College
Barnard College
Belmont College
Beloit College
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Boston College 
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
Cal Tech University
California College of the Arts

California Lutheran University
Carleton College
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Carroll College
Capilano University
Case Western Reserve University
Central Washington University
Centre for Digital Media (Graduate)

Chapman University 
Citadel - The Military College of South Carolina
Claremont McKenna
Clark University
College of Charleston
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College of the Holy Cross
College of Wooster

Colorado College
Columbia College Chicago
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado State University
Columbia University
Cornell College
Davidson College
Denison University
DePaul University
Dickinson College
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Dillard University
Douglas College
Drew University
Drexel University
Duke University
Earlham College
Eastern Washington University

Eastman School of Music
Eckerd College
Elon University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Emory University
Emerson College
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Evergreen College

Fisk University
Florida Southern University
Furman University
Georgia Institute of Technology
​Gonzaga University
Grinnell College
Harvey Mudd
Haverford College
High Point University

Illinois Wesleyan University
Ithaca College
Kenyon College

Knox College
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Lafayette College
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Lawrence University
Lehigh University
Lewis and Clark College

Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University New Orleans
Macalester College
​Marist College
Marquette University

Mills College

Morehouse College
​Mt. Holyoke College
Muhlenberg College

Naropa University
New York University
North Carolina State University
Northeastern University
Northern Arizona University
Northwestern University
Notre Dame
​​Oberlin College
Occidental

Oglethorpe University
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Oregon State University 

Oxford College of Emory University
Pacific Lutheran University
Pacific University in Oregon
Pepperdine University
Pitzer College
Pomona College
Pratt Institute 
Prescott College
Providence College
Quest University
Reed College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rhode Island School of Art and Design
Rhodes College
Rice University
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Ringling Brothers College of Art and Design
Ripon College
Rollins College
Salve Regina College
Santa Clara University

Savannah College of Art and Design
Scripps College
Seattle University
Simon Frasier University

Skidmore College
Smith College
Southern Methodist University
Southwestern University
St. Edwards University
St. Martin’s College
St. Olaf College

Spelman College
Stanford University
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Steven's Institute of Technology
Susquehanna University
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
Temple University
Texas Christian University
The New School 
Thompson Rivers University
Tradecraft
Trinity University

Tulane University
Union College
United States Air Force Academy​
University of Arizona 
University of the Arts
University of British Columbia - Okanogan
University of British Columbia - Vancouver

University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis

UCLA
University of Chicago
University of Colorado – Boulder
University of Colorado – Colorado Springs
University of Dallas 
University of Denver
University of the Fraser Valley
University of Idaho

University of Memphis
University of New Orleans
University of North Carolina- Asheville
University of North Carolina- Charlotte
University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill

University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
University of Portland
University of Puget Sound

University of Redlands
University of Rhode Island
University of Rochester
University of San Francisco
University of South Carolina
University of Southern California
University of San Diego
University of Tampa
University of Texas - Austin

University of Victoria
University of Washington
Vancouver Island University
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Villanova University
Wake Forest University 
Warren Wilson College
Washington State University
Wellseley College
Wesleyan University

Western Washington University
Wheaton College (in Massachusetts)
Whitman College

Whittier University
Whitworth University
Willamette University
Williams College

Xavier University 
Yale University
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Teri Thompson is a Certified Educational Planner and a member of the Higher Education Consultants Association. She subscribes to HECA standards of good practice and is an associate member of IECA and professional member of PNACAC.     © 2021 Thompson College Consulting
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