Where Did All The College Visits Go?

If you haven't noticed already, your high school's college visit calendar is probably looking bare as colleges and universities reorganize their admissions operations to stay lean in tough times. Admissions offices at MIT and Harvard are cutting staff, scaling back on travel and marketing budgets and starting to focus more on recruiting locally. What does this mean for prospective Bay Area college applicants? It's more likely that you'll have to reach out to out-of-state colleges on your own or rely on multi-school college fairs (like Exploring College Options) to have a chance to talk face-to-face with admissions staff. We'll keep you posted on any fairs coming through the Bay Area this Spring.