Heading out to visit colleges before you decide where to apply or enroll? Go prepared and know it's okay to ask the students you see on campus about what they like or don't like about their college. This student-to-student guide will help get you started.

1. Student-to-Student:
Questions to ask
on a College Visit

2. Student-to-Student:
1. Why did you choose_________?

3. Student-to-Student:
2. What would you change about
your college?

4. Student-to-Student:
3. What would you fight to keep
unchanged at your college?

5. Student-to-Student:
4. What do you think makes your
school distinctive?

6. Student-to-Student:
5. What are the major campus
issues?

7. Student-to-Student:
6. Have you been challenged in
your coursework?

8. Student-to-Student:
7. How large were your classes
freshman year? How large are
they now?

9. Student-to-Student:
8. What do students do on the
weekend?

10. Student-to-Student:
9. How effective is the faculty
advising system?

11. Student-to-Student:
10. How is the relationship between
the students and the
surrounding community?

12. Student-to-Student:
11. How important/active is the
Greek system?

13. Student-to-Student:
12. Does the student body have a
voice in the university?

14. Student-to-Student:
13. Have you ever met the college
president?

15. Student-to-Student:
14. If you had to select a college
from the start, would you make
the same choice?

16. Student-to-Student:
15. How many years will it take to
earn your degree?

17. Thanks for reading!
Student-to-Student Questions to ask on a College Visit
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