Getting to know the campus in person before applying for a PhD programme I am applying for a PhD programme at Columbia which doesn't accept departmental tours. However, I am going to New York in late September and wanted to make the most out of my visit by trying to get to know Columbia. I've seen on the website that prospective students should contact their departments about doing a tour, but the answer that I got was to just do a general tour instead. However, I can't really find much information about it online and am not sure which type of tour would suit my interests the best - I don't want just an architectural tour, but an informative tour targeted at prospective students. Any suggestions? This type of tours isn't really a thing in my country, so apologies for my ignorance :)