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In addition to what SoCalGirl said, if you have a coworker or friend who has a child enrolled at a school that you are visiting, make arrangements with that student for coffee and a chat. That really helped my daughter to get the real opinions from current students that were not filtered through the admissions office PR machine.

Read some issues of the student newspaper while you are on campus. Many prospectives find the student newspaper provides a good wrapup of what was going on at the school as well as the political and philosophical leanings of the student body.

It may sound odd, but look at the school calendar. If the school starts classes after Labor Day or has a very lengthy Winter Break, the Spring semester may not end until late May or early June. Many employers and internships want the students earlier rather than later. If the school has a huge winter break but expects the students to do something related to their field during the time, do they help place the kids into positions for that month in January.