Visitor profile
Identify the prospective student.
Collect enough context to route the visit without turning registration into an application.
- Student name and contact details.
- High school and intended entry term.
- Academic programs of interest.
Describe your visit schedule, capacity, and the information admissions needs. Makeform turns the brief into a campus visit registration form for prospective students, families, school groups, and admitted-student programs.
Route visit registrations to email, Slack, Google Sheets, and Zapier.
Sample prompts for campus visits
Choose a complete prompt, tailor it to your schedule, or send it to the Makeform builder. The fields shown are an example structure.
Audience
Prospective students and their families
Format
Timed tour registration with guest count
Prompt size
358 chars
Example form structure
Timed tour registration with guest count
Student name and contact details
High school and graduation year
Preferred visit date and tour time
Number and names of guests
Accessibility or arrival needs
Suggested routing tags
Daily tours
Group visits
Accessibility follow-up
Ask for the visitor's time zone when virtual information sessions share the same registration workflow.
Step 1
Choose
visitor selects a date, time, and activities
Step 2
Register
student and guest details arrive together
Step 3
Prepare
admissions routes special requests before arrival
Step 4
Welcome
staff use one roster for check-in and follow-up
A smoother first impression
A focused registration flow collects the choices admissions needs while giving visitors one clear place to plan their day.
Separate daily tours, open houses, and group requests so each visitor sees the dates and questions meant for them.
Capture guest and chaperone counts with the student registration, giving guides and event teams a more useful headcount.
Use the confirmation message for parking, check-in, arrival time, and contact details, then notify staff of requests needing follow-up.
Visit formats
Start with the closest visit type and edit the schedule, audience, and operational questions for your campus.
Date, time, student profile, guest count, and accommodations in a short registration flow.
Session choices, program interests, meals, and a shared event check-in roster.
Organizer details, group size, transportation, lunch, and requested activities for staff review.
Personalized activity selections and arrival details for students making their enrollment decision.
Build the registration flow
Give Makeform the operational details first, then refine the visitor experience before sharing the link.
Name the audience, schedule, capacity rules, session choices, and information admissions uses.
Show group logistics to counselors, meal questions for catered events, and concise fields to tour visitors.
Add arrival instructions and route accommodation, parking, or group requests to the right staff member.
Share the form, then use submissions to prepare guides, rooms, materials, and follow-up.
Registration options
Prospective students need clarity; admissions teams need structured choices they can turn into rosters and follow-up.
Field guide
Build around the decisions that shape a visit: who is coming, when they will arrive, what they want to see, and what staff should prepare.
Visitor profile
Collect enough context to route the visit without turning registration into an application.
Date and format
Use structured choices when schedules are known, labeling each option clearly.
Guests and groups
Include family members, counselors, and chaperones when planning capacity.
Activities
Offer activities available on the selected date so staff can plan rooms and routing.
Access and logistics
Ask what would help someone participate and give staff a follow-up path.
Confirmation
Distinguish confirmed registrations from requests awaiting staff review.
Related tools
Use focused forms for inquiries, applications, pre-registration, and tour programs while keeping each visitor interaction easy to understand.
Build a focused signup for scheduled college tours and guest attendance.
Open toolCollect initial questions and academic interests before a student schedules a visit.
Open toolCreate a structured admissions form for the next stage of the student journey.
Open toolGather application information in a dedicated workflow separate from tour registration.
Open toolAsk deeper program-fit questions when an admissions process calls for them.
Open toolCollect early enrollment details after a prospective student moves forward.
Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for admissions teams organizing tours, open houses, and group visits.
It lets prospective students choose a tour or event and give admissions the details needed to prepare: contact information, date and time, guest count, interests, activities, and accessibility requests.
Usually require student name, email, high school or entry term, visit selection, and party size. Group visits also need an organizer, student and chaperone counts, transportation details, and requested dates.
Yes. Use branching so tour visitors see time slots, open-house visitors see sessions, and counselors see group logistics. Say clearly when a group visit requires admissions review.
Define capacity by time slot or activity and count guests as well as students. If you need live inventory, waitlists, or automatic slot closure, specify and test that behavior before sharing the form.
Yes. Ask clearly about accommodations or participation needs and route responses to appropriate staff. Request only what is needed to arrange the visit and provide a direct follow-up contact.
Repeat the date, time, activities, and party size. Add check-in, parking, arrival, contact, and rescheduling details. Mark request-based group schedules as pending review.
Yes. Makeform includes unlimited free forms and responses, so an admissions office can generate, edit, publish, and collect registrations without a response cap. The paid tier removes the Makeform badge.
Use submissions as a roster, route special requests, and organize follow-up by date, program, or visit type. Responses can flow to Google Sheets, Slack, and Zapier.
Make every campus welcome easier to plan.