Plan Your Visit

The Office of Admission will be closed December 23, 2011 through January 2, 2012 for the winter holiday.

We highly encourage students to visit Franklin & Marshall College as this is by far the best way to get a feel for what the College is all about. Sit in on a class. Take a campus tour. Talk to a professor. Speak with students who have been through the college search. Have an interview with one of our admission counselors. The Office of Admission is prepared to customize your visit to suit your needs, and we offer many options. Please remember: exhibited interest in the College is a factor considered for admission.

The following do not require appointments:

Student-led Campus Tours
Monday through Friday, except select holidays, at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Tours take approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Common Hour
Looking to get a sense of the Franklin & Marshall community? Every Thursday at 11:30 one of our student ambassadors will escort you to Mayser Gymnasium to join our weekly common hour, which is a culturally and academically enriching event for the entire campus-wide community. Common Hour is designed to inform, challenge your perspectives and create a dialog that continues for the remainder of the week. We hope you use Common Hour as a starting point for discussion with current students & professors during your visit to campus.

These require appointments:

Interviews

Monday through Friday, by appointment

At Franklin & Marshall, we prefer to think of interviews as dialogues. One of our Admission Counselors will sit down with you for approximately 45 minutes and ask about your hopes for the college experience. You will have a chance to ask specific questions about our curriculum, majors, activities, application process, and anything else you would like address.

The interview is your chance to tell us something about you that might not show up on a college application. Tell us what stirs your passion.

To register for an interview, please click here.

Regional Interviews

Each year Franklin & Marshall Admission Deans travel to locations throughout the country to conduct interviews with some of the nation’s top students interested in attending the College.

Classroom Visits
By appointment only throughout the academic year (preference given to high school seniors)

The classroom visit is your chance to move beyond the admission process and step into the academic and social circles at Franklin & Marshall College.

You will experience for yourself the academic and interpersonal dynamics that play out in classes where the student-to-faculty ratio is 10:1.

Information Sessions

Led by a college admission officer, these sessions are an introduction to Franklin & Marshall’s philosophy, program offerings and most distinctive features. Information sessions last about 45 minutes and include an opportunity for questions.

Information sessions are available weekdays in the spring and summer and on select days in the fall and winter at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. Fall and winter 2011-2012 weekday sessions include September 29, September 30, October 7, October 10, November 9, November 10, November 11, January 16, and February 20.

In addition, information sessions are held at 10am and 1pm on Select Saturdays throughout the fall and winter starting in September. To register for a Saturday information session please call (877)-678-9111 or click here

Live Chat Sessions

Learn more about the admission process, financial aid, academics and athletics, student life and Lancaster, and more!

Meetings with Professors and Coaches
By appointment

You are going to spend a lot of time with your professors and athletic coaches once you arrive on campus. This is your chance to find out more about them—and what they will expect from you.

Open Houses
One Saturday in the spring and two in the fall

Our open houses are a great way to get to know the campus and the community. Regiser for the Junior Open House

Arranging a customized visit to F&M is simple:

Pick a visit date by choosing one of the options below. Or, if you want to visit within the next 7 days, call us at (877) 678-9111.

Tell us what you would like to do while you are on campus by choosing from the available visit activities.

In the next few days, we will send you a follow-up e-mail confirming your visit schedule.

Directions to the Admission Office

Schedule a Visit

Saturday Visit Days

Schedule an On-campus Interview

Come and explore Lancaster

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Information Sessions

Presidents Day Information Sessions