Making a campus visit

[bsteinma]

I was admitted to Minnesota's mechanical engineering program and was unable to attend the recruiting weekend this past weekend. I am in the process now of trying to schedule a campus visit, but I'm not entirely sure what I should try to incorporate into my visit. I talked with an academic advisor and was informed the way they usually go about individual visits is by setting up meetings with individual faculty members. Since I will be driving 6 hours I feel it would probably be best to get as much accomplished there as possible. Could someone offer their input as far as what I should try to include in my visit. How many faculty members should I try to meet with? Should I at least try to meet with the department director? Should I try and find someone that could give me a tour of the University campus or at least the engineering campus? Should I try to also set up a meeting with a financial aid advisor? Any input at all will be greatly appreciated.

Thank You,

bsteinma

[BongRips69]

Since you've been accepted, the department will probably be receptive to helping you setup a visit. I drove 5 hours for a pretty crappy visit when this wasn't the case. I'm still considering the school, it was just hard to get people to agree to meetings without any reason. Meet with everybody you can... grad students, professors, etc.

Why a financial aid advisor? No funding?