Visit Campus

Visit a diverse, dynamic student community. Learn about cutting-edge programs and meet top-notch faculty. Experience a gorgeous wooded lakeside campus near the third-largest city in the United States.

Can it get any better? Come and see for yourself.

Experience life at Lake Forest College with an immersive campus visit. We'll customize your experience to your interests so you get a sense of what your life could look like in the Forest.

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Explore Our Visit Options

We offer several excellent options for first-year and transfer students to get an in-depth look into life at Lake Forest. You can visit campus in person by scheduling a personal visit, attending an open house event, taking a self-guided tour, or exploring campus from the comfort of your home by taking a virtual tour.

We are currently offering group visits from schools on a limited basis. Please click here to submit a request. Contact our office at admissions@lakeforest.edu for more information. If you want to register for a personal visit, please click on first year student or transfer student below to submit that request.

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First-Year Student Visits

A visit could include:

campus tour
meeting with your admissions counselor
chatting with a coach
talking with current students
lunch in the Caf (admitted students)
sitting in on a class (admitted students)
professor chat (admitted students)

Request a personal visit

Please let us know how much time you can spend with us, and we will craft your visit to fit your time frame. We ask that you please schedule your visit at least 48 hours in advance.

Transfer Student Visits

A visit could include:

campus tour
specialty tours for the arts, sciences, and residence halls
meeting with your admissions counselor
on-site admission appointment
chatting with a coach
talking with current students
lunch in the Caf (admitted students)
sitting in on a class (admitted students)

Click here for all of our transfer visit options.

Transfer Visit Day

We are excited to welcome prospective transfer students and their families to campus for our Transfer Visit Day on Friday, April 5. Take a tour of campus, meet your future classmates, and engage with various departments to learn more about their services!

Register for a Transfer Visit Day here.

Lake Forest on the Road

Meet our admissions counselors out on the road as our first-year counselors attend high school visits and college fairs across the country and our transfer counselors visit our top local community colleges.

Self-Guided Tour

There’s no right or wrong way to see our campus. It’s beautiful any time of the year, and our small size makes it easy for students to get around. We’ve put together a short self-guided walking tour with some notable locations for you to experience campus when it’s convenient for you.

Click here to explore the tour.

Virtual Tour

Explore the College from the comfort of your own home. Our interactive tour will walk you through all of our major buildings on campus and includes 360 photos of major spaces in each building as well.

Explore our virtual tour here.