Going college hopping tomorrow! Tips?

cowtipper1
Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:59:03 +0000

i second the idea to make sure you are at the front of the tour. i can’t tell you how many times i’ve had to practically shove my way up there. i hate it when the parents of students of the tour are up front when it’s the students who are there to really see if they want to go to that school.

also, i have my own way of picking tour guides. my parents always want me to go on the tour with the oldest/nerdiest guide. i hate that. don’t assume that since they’ve been at the school for four years that they know everything. i always choose the guide that i am most like or would most likely be friends with. make sure that they are majoring in something that you might want to major in. there’s nothing worse than getting a tour guide who majors in history when you want to be an engineer. also, i once had a tour guide who believed that going out to dinner on a school night would have a MAJOR negative effect on your grades. he thought that a social life was for people who wanted to fail out of school! it was awful. just make sure that your tour guide has some things in common with you.