| Some things that parents and prospective students like to hear on tours:
1) The relevance of a particular building to a school's social/academic life. Apart from a few interesting historical facts about the school, no one really cares about whether a particular building was built in 1790 or not.
2) Showing the largest classroom or any live class in action without being too obtrusive is always a good idea.
3)Be honest, but also be diplomatic, about the good, the bad and the ugly aspects of the school. If you're funny it really helps deflecting akward situations.
4) Breaking the ice before the beginning of the tour is always a great idea.
5) Especially at high pressure insitutions, it's helpful to talk about how students balance their academic and social lives. Not everyone becomes one big fuzzy stressball. On the other hand, prospective students sometimes have very rosy ideas of what they can and can't do. Partially disabusing them of such notions is always helpful. |