With a virtual tour, you can see the campus and listen to a tour guide from the comfort of your living room. "Walk" from building to building and across the quads. Follow links to videos, 360 degree photos, and other files to get an in-depth look at various points on the tour.   Every college has yet to be represented, but thousands are already online.  

The best places to start are the websites of the colleges on your list.  Search in the Admissions pages of the site for virtual tours. If the virtual tour on the college's website isn't quite what you expected, you have other options.  We've reviewed some of the better known sites, and summarized our findings in the table below. Our favorites are YouVisit.com (better for students who are looking for rich detail) and Campus Reel (home of thousands of student-created videos about being on campus, in real life).

Searching for virtual visits to universities in the United Kingdom? Our favorite place to start is on this page of the UCAS website, dedicated to virtual tours. 

What are you waiting for?  Get online and visit!