Schools track your level of interest, so attending an information session or campus tour can help.

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Steven Maida said he saw so many people swarming that he thought it was a campus tour.

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Ms. Knight recently conducted a series of user studies at Carnegie Mellon casting Data as a campus tour guide.

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And an hour-long campus tour by a current student.

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Before the game, the team took a tour of the campus, making stops at the Hall of Fame, Cadet Chapel, Michie Stadium, and Trophy Point.

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The lucky folk over at Refinery 29 got a tour of the New York campus, complete with games room, library and, well, you imagine it and they probably had it.

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Once there, you can take hot-air balloon rides over the Sonoran Desert, kayak in the Verde River or tour Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural campus and winter home, Taliesin West.

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