The fall college-tour season is here once again. And for many prospective students — especially those who are first-generation and unable to travel — that means scouring institutions ...

With Campuses Closed, College Tours Move Online Colleges are ghost towns, but officials are trying to reach prospective students with virtual visits and Zoom meetings.

Colleges are closed to tours. Standardized tests have been canceled or rescheduled. And they have no idea when they'll get back to school to finish out the year.

Families and high school seniors are navigating expanded online options to "see" a college and future campus life since many facilities are closed to tours because of COVID-19. Several experts ...

With the pandemic curtailing travel and in-person campus tours, virtual campus tours surged in popularity last year -- but not all colleges welcome third-party operators enlisting students as guides.

One tool Tole found helpful in his planning: College Scoops, an online service that for $99 a year (or $9.95 a month), offers virtual guidebooks to 101 colleges, designed to be useful to both ...

U.S. News and World Report estimated that families spend between $1,000 and $3,000 per college visit, depending on the proximity of the institution. These days, however, an in-person tour isn’t the ...

Tremendous growth seen in online college tours.It's the time of year when students visit the colleges they may attend in the fall. Except this year, students can't visit. And while many colleges have ...

10. Lecture halls and classrooms. Experts say college applicants should ask to observe an undergraduate course in a subject they are interested in during their college tours.

With virtual campus tours, applicants explore collegesYouVisit Inc. uses 360-degree images to guide visitors from place to place at universities such as Yale, Columbia and UC Riverside. A virtual ...

“The best you can do your child is simplifying the process. Don’t embark on a multi-state college tour. One family we know visited 20 schools. In the end, let the child talk and really listen.