Visitor: Kaitlin from Oregon

Please describe the most unique/best part of your campus visit experience.

The city and campus are beautiful! The staff couldn’t have been any more friendly. School spirit was very cool. I had a great visit!

Please share any tips, suggestions, or recommendations for future visitors to do/see on campus? In Missoula? In Montana?

Visitor: Sarah from Washington

Please describe the most unique/best part of your campus visit experience.

How nice the staff and employees were, the hike to the “M”, exploring Missoula

Please share any tips, suggestions, or recommendations for future visitors to do/see on campus? In Missoula? In Montana?

Hike to the “M” and take a few days to explore Missoula.

Visitor: Jane from Illinois

Please describe the most unique/best part of your campus visit experience.

My visit to UM was the first time my family had ever been to Montana. My mother and I were looking at a map of campus and current UM students asked us where we were going and gave us great advise on places to go and see before we left campus.

When I visited campus I felt like the faculty and current students working the visit day were truly interested in me and what I was looking for in my college visit to UM.

Please share any tips, suggestions, or recommendations for future visitors to do/see on campus? In Missoula? In Montana?

Experiencing campus and the entire town of Missoula. I feel like they go hand in hand, you can’t have one without the other. Hike to the “M” on Mount Sentinel, go to the Iron Horse for dinner, buy a shirt at the grizstore and stay at the Campus Inn with the best Grizzly football timeline in the lobby.

Visitor: Dylan from Washington

Please describe the most unique/best part of your campus visit experience.

When walking through the city of Missoula noticing how welcoming and nice the citizens of Missoula were

Please share any tips, suggestions, or recommendations for future visitors to do/see on campus? In Missoula? In Montana?

Definately have to do the “M” hike

Visitor: Chance from Idaho

Please describe the most unique/best part of your campus visit experience.

I don’t know the exact date of when I came, but my best friend and I came to campus over summer for University of Montana’s first ever Griz Night. It was so much fun playing games, going on a scavenger hunt around campus, eating in the food zoo, using the work out center, and learning more about the university. We got to stay overnight in Craig Hall, and meet other future students. I think the best part of my experience was being able to REALLY see the campus, staying in the dorms, actually using the facilities, and getting to know current UM students.

Please share any tips, suggestions, or recommendations for future visitors to do/see on campus? In Missoula? In Montana?

I recommend going to the Staggering Ox for some of the best sandwiches ever. (: And if you love salad, the Food Zoo is the place to go. I looove their salad bar. While I was there, we hiked the M at like midnight, and the view was spectacular. the lights of Missoula made the trip up more than worth it. Just watch your step. (:

Visitor: Miranda from California

Please describe the most unique/best part of your campus visit experience.

For me, the best part of my campus visit was finally being able to correctly imagine how life is going to be living and attending class on campus next fall. My guide answered each and every question that I had and showed my family and I everything we had been dying to see. I also loved being able to see the dorms and their rooms during my campus tour so that I could decide which one I wanted to live in, none of the other campus’ I’ve visited allowed me to do that! My all time favorite part of my trip to Missoula would have to be seeing my first flash mob at the Southgate Mall! It was totally unexpected and very cool. I loved that everybody supported the performers and that the mall itself allowed them to perform, it made me love Missoula even more.

Please share any tips, suggestions, or recommendations for future visitors to do/see on campus? In Missoula? In Montana?

Some tips I would give to future visitors would be to definitely ask to see the dorms, make appointments with the departments you are thinking of majoring in because they give you a ton of information, visit downtown Missoula and get a feel of the town as a whole, try to take a day to go snowboarding/skiing (trust me you wont regret it!) and dont forget to take lots of pictures!

Visitor: Matt from Montana

Please describe the most unique/best part of your campus visit experience.

The best part for me was seeing all of the different buildings and dorms and everyone was so friendly and helpful

Please share any tips, suggestions, or recommendations for future visitors to do/see on campus? In Missoula? In Montana?

If you have never been to MT make sure to bring a camera the scenery is amazing, and dress warm! Missoula is a great town make sure to see everything you can while you have the chance

Visitor: Cory from California

Please describe the most unique/best part of your campus visit experience.

All around, the visit was just incredible. I had 4 meetings with professors and staff- each person equally welcoming and kind. The people I talked with were exstatic about future students and really cared about making your visit extraordinary. Make sure you visit your department and chat with them, they will make you feel more assured in your future major or help you out in any other way.

The beauty of the campus and its suroundings are arguably the most appealing part of the college (Though there are too many to count)- with dozens of peaks surounding you, hundreds of trails and parks, a river running beside the athletics center, and a HUGE field in the center of the campus. It seems that there will never be boredom here. There are clubs and activities for EVERYTHING, rock walls, tracks, tennis courts. The environment the school is in offers a huge variety of nature related activities, scholastic opportunities, and a charming downtown.

In general, I urge you to visit yourself. The campus has something to appeal to everyone, and is very welcoming and homey.

Please share any tips, suggestions, or recommendations for future visitors to do/see on campus? In Missoula? In Montana?

Talk to your department
Hike The M
Check out the downtown
See your dorm building
Talk with some current students
Buy a Grizzly sweat shirt in the bookstore

Check out what our students did last year in the Mansfield Library to help relieve the stress of studying.

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