It’s also important to determine the overall feel for the campus. “Admissions at every college will claim that their campus is friendly, but you have to see and observe it yourself,” she says. Ask yourself the following: are kids walking alone or in groups? When you pass students, do they say hello or smile? Does everyone generally look happy? How is your tour guide interacting with students you pass by? Another suggestion is to find the campus newspaper office and pick up multiple editions. This way, you can get a better idea of what’s going on, rather than just reading the current day’s paper. Robinovitz says these are just some of the factors to determine whether or not you can see yourself fitting in at the school.