Eat the food!

When you're visiting colleges this summer don't elect to go off campus for lunch. If possible, have lunch in the college cafeteria.

Even if this thought grosses you out, you should give it a try... especially if you're going to be eating that food for 9 months out of the next year. It's good to know what you're up against- or have to look forward to when you get to school.

Some schools have grocery options- where you can have $XX amount of credit that you can either use in the cafeteria or in an on-campus grocery store. )I personally think this one is pretty cool, I would have loved that option my first year. Find out the options your school has- it's definately something to look into because if you don't like the food options that sometimes are included in your dorm price you can end up spending a lot of extra money eating off campus or buying extra groceries.

So, just one more thing to conisder as you make the trek around your region this summer to check out colleges.