We had a great tour at CMU with upbeat tour guides. We’ve gotten to the point where we don’t take student tour guides super seriously. If they’re great and connect, wonderful. If not,oh well. Worst tour guide for us - Macalester. Still liked the school though.
It does seem like CMU doesn’t focus on selling their school quite as much as other schools of that caliber. Does feel more like take it or leave it. That’s a good point. It might depend on your kid too. My kid appreciates when students kind of “keep it real” and show some personality/humor and talk about ups and downs of student life. If it sounds like a upbeat marketing pitch the entire time, he loses interest and just assumes it’s not sincere.