<p>We had a good tour of Lehigh, but be aware, if you visit in August when the Philadelphia Eagles hold training camp there, you will not be allowed to see the main dining hall, as it is off limits to mere mortals.</p>
<p>The Philadelphia Eagles no longer hold training camp at Lehigh.</p>
<p>Iâm a male, rising junior and Iâve visited many colleges and next week Iâm going to see Duke and UNC-CH. </p>
<p>GMU- Liked the academics for how low itâs ranked, and I kind of liked the campus. The campus made it feel like a commuter college as there were roads going through the campus, there was
even an on-campus hotel. Rate: 6/10</p>
<p>U of R- very private school-like and quiet. The facilities are very new and nice but I live in Richmond and I donât really want to stay here. Otherwise, itâs a nicer (and smarter) version of GMU (as in there are roads in the campus, whereas there arenât any at GTown, UVA, or W&M). We asked for directions and everybody was nice and helped us. 7/10</p>
<p>ODU- I feel like theyâre trying too hard to make the campus look nice. They might be compensating for something else. Didnât have a fantastic experience with this school. 4/10</p>
<p>VCU: Once again I live in Richmond so I see VCU all the time and I donât feel like I can make a good judgment call on this because I donât like the school in general. But if I could say one thing about the school, I would say: Whereâs the campus? It seems like VCU and the city of Richmond are intertwined and I would like to have a distinguishable campus. Some people like the idea of a city being their campus, but I donât. ?/10</p>
<p>William and Mary- Itâs been lovely on numerous occasions. The academics are wonderful, the campus is beautiful (except the light brown/pinkish brick that they use often), and the students are very friendly. The only thing that they donât had are amazing sports teams. 8/10</p>
<p>UVA- I love UVA. Thatâs really all I need to say. The academics are amazing, the sports teams are amazing, Charlottesville is the perfect college town. If you go to UVA, you have to see The Lawn, itâs indescribable. The architecture on grounds is amazing, and the Corner is a great place for restaurants.
One time when I was at UVA, I asked a person for directions to a building, and she took a different route to class so she could walk with me and see that I got to my destination. I was blown away by their friendliness and maybe Iâll become like that if I go there lol. 9/10</p>
<p>GWU- It was basically the same campus as VCU. I was confused as to which buildings were apart of DC and which were apart of GWU. After my initial impression, I didnât really want to finish looking around. 3/10</p>
<p>Georgetown- I loved everything about it. However I just really want to point out that I discovered something about myself while at this campus. I really want a campus environment thatâs in a college town/or urban city. Georgetown was technically in the heart of DC, but there was an actual campus. I couldnât hear the sounds of the city as soon as I stepped foot onto campus. So now Iâm interested in places with campuses that are in cities/college towns. I think I realized that because I was comparing GTown and GWU and how theyâre in the same city but theyâre completely different. (I think GTown has a higher endowmentâŠ)</p>
<p>Coming soon: UNC-CH and Duke</p>
<p>^Oops. Georgetown: 9/10</p>
<p>Interesting comments, slytherclaw. But GMU is actually a very good school and well rated as a Regional University.</p>
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My guess is these schools understand the âillusion of precisionâ. Having a fancy reservation system probably sounds great ⊠especially for planning purposes. However, if then have a lot of no shows ⊠and a lot of walk-ins ⊠and these vary a lot each day ⊠then the advance reservations really donât help at all and create admin work for both the school and the visitor. Frankly, in this case not having a reservation system but flexible numbers of guides is probably the more efficient system.</p>
<p>PS - if the no shows and walk-ups are somewhat consistent then the advance scheduling does help a lot with planning</p>
<p>@FallGirlâ Thatâs what I meant, I just wasnât sure how to say it.</p>
<p>@OHMomof2â - I didnât like the fact that Amherst didnât accept reservations either, particularly given my son is deaf and really needs preferential seating and ideally, a small tour group (heâs oral deaf but distance is a factor with hearing aids and cochlear implants). I called beforehand and they were firm about not accommodating (which in and of itself, sent a pretty strong message to us). We did get there early and had good seats towards the front of the information session but the tour afterwards easily had 85 people in it. I felt really bad for the tour guide. We couldnât go into any buildings because of the size of the tour. Iâm pretty sure my son wasnât the only kid from that tour who didnât apply to Amherst. I actually wrote the direction of admissions about it afterwards, feeling he should know how negative the experience was.</p>
<p>When we visited BU, our name wasnât on the list. The person at the desk told us, âdonât worry, that happens all the time.â That seemed to be the truth, because our tour was extremely overcrowded, making it difficult to ask questions or even hear the tour guide if you werenât up in front. And, also not surprisingly, the experience was underwhelming.</p>
<p>University of Rochester, on the other hand, was extremely efficient, had arranged for tour groups organized by interest/major, and made an admissions counselor available for additional questions immediately after the tour. She also arranged to have professors available for specific academic questions who we could talk with during their office hours. It served the college very well. UR went from âUniversity of where?â to a first choice school on Dâs list. </p>
<p>The admissions office at UNC is really just a bunch of offices in the center of campus. All admissions activities are held elsewhere and it is rare that a student would have a need to go there. </p>
<p>D15 just asked me to remind her never to apply to Emory. Why? They just sent her an email with the subject âHi yâall.â I guess the child is not heading south?</p>
<p>Snowme â your D is absolutely correct. That subject line should have read, âHey, yâallâ! 
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<p>I was mistaken. It was âHey, Yâall.â </p>
<p>I like âyâall.â But I have lived in the south before. My son is there now and he has picked it up. I much prefer it to âyou guys,â which just sounds stupid when addressing women or a mixed-gender group. But I donât dare use it where I live. :)</p>
<p>Where we live weâve had to get used to âyous guys.â I still cringe when I hear it and am glad my offspring never picked up using it. Iâm not from the south (hubby is), but I like âyâallâ and use it myself when informally typing to a group.</p>
<p>My personal favorite is âall yâallâ â to emphasize that everyone is included! :)</p>
<p>Donât forget the âmaâamâ and âsirâ used by native Southerners routinely. Here in Florida I can tell the natives by this, inserting this is habit not because they are inherently more polite/respectful than those of us who donât. Ask for the bubbler, not the drinking fountain in Wisconsin. Soda or pop depending on the city. </p>
<p>Very few people at Emory speak that way. Itâs located in the South, but itâs not a Southern school at all. Majority of students are from outside the South.</p>
<p>We didnât shop âvibeâ so we didnât cross anything off after a visit. The schools I visited with her were a thoroughly vetted and measured list. The reasons in this thread appear to lack maturity.</p>
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<p>My family and I were settling in for a nice meal at a nice restaurant in Scotland and the waitress asked âwhat can I get for yous guys?â When our jaws all dropped, she blushed and told us that maybe she was watching too much American TV. </p>