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I only visited Princeton after I was admitted. I applied blind.

When did you apply?

It must have been in the '80s or '90s, because these days it's pretty much impossible to get into the Ivies without a campus visit on record (or two, preferably). The assumption is that anyone who hasn't done a visit or do doesn't have enough enthusiasm to attend.

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these days it's pretty much impossible to get into the Ivies without a campus visit on record (or two, preferably).

I doubt that completely, as I know plenty of counterexamples. The eight colleges in the Ivy League

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League

mostly don't have any policy at all of tracking student interest when making admission decisions. All eight of those colleges know that they will get a good yield out of the smallish number of students that they admit.

We did not track visits. We still recommended them though. A lot of kids would either get fired up once they came to visit, or they'd realize they didn't want to go there. Either way, they had better info.

I'll chime in with counterexamples also; I have an ex-girlfriend and a number of cousins who got into multiple ivies (and Stanford) prior to campus visits.

2000. Graduated in '04. Worked in admissions from 04-06.

You must have been a very impressive applicant to have gotten into Princeton without a campus visit in 2000.

I was a strong applicant from a random place in Michigan. Someone in the office must have taken a liking to something I wrote and pushed me into the admit pile. It's not possible to take credit for that.

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