StudentPoll wanted to explore what type of organized or less structured activities or experiences students engaged in during their visit to their first-choice school. Of the 451 students who reported they visited their first-choice school, nearly all indicated they saw facilities of interest to them while 74 to 80 percent said they participated in the following: a formal tour of campus conducted by a student guide, a meeting with members of the admissions staff, and an exploration of the campus on their own without a tour guide. Some 61 percent of students also indicated that they talked to professors.

Interesting subgroup differences:

• Students intending to major in business were much more likely to have talked to professors during their campus visit compared to those intending to major in the natural sciences, math or engineering.
• By household income, 84 percent of students reporting a family income of $75K or higher said they had explored the campus on their own, compared to 67 percent of those with family incomes in the $50K-$75K range and 71 percent of those with family incomes of less than $50K.