Jay Mathews of the Washington Post (and the author of Harvard Schmarvard, one of our favorites) has a great take on visiting college campuses. I've shared it before, but since he's bringing the topic back up, I'll go ahead and share it again. Here's his latest post.
His idea that you can just see what you want to see on college campuses, that you can have a little fun without toting a clipboard and taking notes, also works for counselors.