Most schools encourage campus visits. This helps applicants pick the school where they 'fit'.
These applicants can then mention a few points they liked about the school in their respective essays.
This is a pretty good system - it works both for the school and the candidate.

But a campus visit just isn't possible for some applicants e.g International residents.
So how do such candidates cope with this handicap?
Can we really learn a lot about school culture by looking at websites and blogs?

Thoughts anyone?