Campus Tour Ons/Offs

olderwisermom
Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:32:33 +0000

Mizzou: Personalized parking pass in the shape of a Tiger tail, free lunch in any cafeteria, every visiting students’ name on the welcome board, personalized folders for each student with with appointments scheduled in requested majors, campus tour showed a dorm room furnished by the school.

Purdue: Boring general presentation given by boring admissions staffer in a dark room after lunch (had a hard time keeping our son awake), but morning engineering session was great—run by students and involved prospect students, campus tour showed an actual dorm room (students are paid a small stipend for letting their room be on tour). And nearly every building had sign that said: Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, he took (fill in the class) in this building.

MIT: No reservations required so group on Presidents’ Day was enormous. Only four of six guides showed up so the tour groups were too big. Group of about 30 Asian students accompanied by one teacher in attendance, some in Harvard sweatshirts they had purchased on morning tour. Tour guide related the history of MIT pranks as they related to each building and introduced us to friends he passed by on the tour. No dorm room tour.

Calvin College (Grand Rapids, MI): Opening informational session included the school’s Improv Comedy Group who got the prospective students involved. Very creative. Professors came to lunch so parents and students could learn about their area of interest.