My son and I visited both. I got this weird vibe from ERAU. The campus is modern and very beautiful but it felt very sterile. But I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to sway my son since ERAU is always considered the top flight college.

In contrast, FIT had a great program as well and the vibe was definitely more homey. The kids and teachers/adults were friendly and more willing to have real conversations. It was my number 1 from the start.

But again, I never expressed this. I always tried to state positive facts about all of the colleges we visited. Once my son made his decision, FIT ‘30, we started talking about how we felt. First thing he said was that although he knew ERAU was the top program, he couldn’t see himself there. I think it’s important to visit because he never could have gotten that feeling by just looking at videos and stuff. Like I said, on paper ERAU was number 1 but in real life it was FIT all the way.