Bad Harvard Tour Experience

lookingforward
Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:17:05 +0000

My D1 was also turned off by the tour- not the guide, but the hordes, that day. She had plenty of experience with the school and library, but something about the hunger among the other kids struck her. If she had been a stronger match, we probably would have taken her again, on a less popular day, to get another perspective.

We had other schools where one guide could alter your view. But some of it, you take with a grain of salt- from the marketing speak to the one kid who’s not savvy enough to filter to the kid whose perspective is just lopsided. We expect them to be on their game- but if it is a serious choice college, our responsibility can be not to go on just any one experience or one aspect. Not always easy, I know. Good luck.