Four ways to get a feel for a college on your own
There's more to visiting a college than a campus（校园）tour. And there's a critical part for students and parents: testing the school on your own.
⒈Go to a dining hall or student union.
The best common place where students relax and hang out is the cafeteria or student center, where you can see what college kids are like in their natural habitat.
"Go to lunch in a cafeteria right at noon, "says Edward Walker, founder of Independent Consultants in Education," "
⒉Sit in on a class.
A lot of high school students aren't sure what they want to study yet when they are visiting colleges, but familiarizing yourself with the academic atmosphere is important. You can come up with a few academic areas that you think you'd like to study and reach out to those classes.
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Chat with anyone walking around campus. Don't let mom and dad do it for you. "Your parents can talk to people, too and then you can compare notes, "says Walker." Talk to various groups of students so you'll get a well-rounded picture."
Tour the community.
Whether the school is in the countryside or in a city center, check out the off-campus area nearest the college.
A. Talk to parents.
B. Talk to students.
C. Many schools offer people chances to sit in on a class.
D. Here are four ways to get more familiar with a prospective（预期的）school.
E. That's one of the best places where you can learn about a school's atmosphere.
F. Big communities are still the major places that attract tourists in our society today.
G. If there's time, tour some of the museums or other points of interest and eat at a local restaurant.
