City "Guide" in College Information Mailings?

Parents Forum
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<p>D1, a rising 10th grader, was cleaning out her room (huzzah) and came across the sleek 'n shiny packet Columbia sends out to prospies (we were in NYC, strolled around the campus, and D1 wrote her name in the book in the admissions office because why not, we’re there). She told me that she really liked a little guide that Columbia included in their package talking about 50-some things to do in NYC that will tell you you’re a real New Yorker. Kind of a primer on how to be a non-tourist. </p>

<p>Does anyone know what other schools send out something similar? Or, is this a pretty typical thing to expect in any school’s info package? I know that one can certainly read tourist guidebooks or websites to get the same info, but having a small amount of it gathered up by the college for the college-aged student demographic really seemed to make an impression.</p>

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<p>I think Tulane did. I know there was a city-oriented DVD, but I think there was hardcopy also. Parents were very impressed, but prospective student wouldn’t watch it. She attends nonetheless.</p>

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<p>The closest I saw was when Harvard gave parents a guide to Boston so they’d go away for accepted students weekend and not bother their kids.</p>

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<p>Reed had a list of hotels and restaurants and short reviews of each.
With the Cd-rom that they used to mail ( and had the quicktime tour on website) there were 360 deg VR movies of local attractions like Powells bookstore , the Timberline lodge on Mt Hood, & the Woodstock neighborhood.</p>