<p>It’s the height of summer college visit season, and much of the country is in the grip of a killer heat wave. How are colleges accommodating the heat? Are they still taking visitors on walking tours, outdoors at midday? Are they offering water bottles? Keeping folks indoors?</p>
<p>If your kid is touring and interviewing, how are they dressing for the occasion?</p>
<p>When we visited schools last summer, the dress was very casual–shorts, t’s and sandals. Several of the schools provided water to everyone before the tour and the tours stopped in the shade or inside buildings to talk about the area they were in at the time. It was hot, but it worked. (We visited schools in NC, TX, and AZ so we had some hot visits!)</p>
<p>IME a few schools provide water, most don’t. But you’ll have access to drink machines or cafeterias on campus. Dress is casual, good tour guides usually try to find shady places or go indoors for their longest spiels.</p>
<p>i went to a college visit this summer and before the tour they gave us all water bottles and the tour guides themselves were dressed extremely casual short shorts t shirts flip flops and sun glasses</p>
<p>On our Vanderbilt tour this summer (mid-90s and humid), free bottled water was available at the start of the tour. Every 10 minutes or so, the tour stopped inside an air-conditioned building (library, freshman dorm). It wasn’t that bad, but I wished I had thought to bring a hat.</p>
<p>i should mension the tour guides were students… and the other students on the tour like myself were dressed about that same</p>
<p>We went to Drexel last year in the heat of the summer for an engineering Open House. We were provided water and a Philly pretzel for ‘lunch’. We bought extra water, since both D and I have a history of dehydration. We still went on a tour. The building were air conditioned, but the excessive heat did turn her off.</p>
<p>I remember visiting U Penn years ago when it was well over 95° out with additional humidity, and the admissions office staff told us if we wanted water we’d have to go across the street to buy some. One of many things during that visit that made me decide not to even bother applying there.</p>
<p>My daughter is giving a tour right now at her school. I just looked at the weather and it is 99 degrees! They do give out water bottles, but she says it is unbearable!</p>
<p>We were in Baltimore last summer and it was - no kidding - 107! And humid. They kept us in an air conditioned auditorium for a looong but well-done presentation before taking us on a truncated tour. As we filed out the door, someone handed us a water bottle. The tour guide made many stops in air conditioned buildings. We thought for sure that it would be a turn-off for our daughter, but she loved the school!</p>
<p>hey, I just walked 18 holes of golf and shot a 76! What is the problem? Just dress accordingly and expect to sweat.</p>
<p>Took the tour at Wisc - Madison on a hot day last Summer. After the tour while my S walked around on his own, my wife and I were able to have a beer in the Union (sure hit the spot). Only in Wisconsin would there be a nice German beer hall in the student union. Anyone else find anything similar?</p>
<p>When I was in the deep South back in the early 80’s (Drinking age 18 yea :-)) we had cold beer for everyone in the student union. Days like high 90’s and high humidity were the norm. Some places are better than others (Arizona 90’s is much nicer than Louisiana 90’s and if you’re on a tour of the University of Houston as we speak, best of luck :-))</p>
<p>We picked DD up from Marine Science Camp today, it was 102 and miserable! Monday we will tour UNCW, ugh! Followed by tours every day next week, Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, Appalachian State and then Emory. We are keeping a cooler in the car stocked with water, but I am dreading the heat and we are from Florida! I just hope it cools off a little.</p>
<p>We were in DC and NYC last week, American U gave chilled water bottles and the tour guide did a nice job of hitting buildings with a/c. Georgetown-no water. GW-no water. NYU-no water. Columbia-no water and no a/c in the info session room! Well there may have been some a/c but not GOOD a/c and the room was overcrowded by a good 50% so it was mighty warm.</p>
<p>Oh come on… I have had practice and passing tournaments in 110 degree weather. I don’t think walking around in the sun for 30 minutes is going to kill you.</p>
<p>^^^ It might not be a problem for a healthy teenager. However, not everyone is young and hale. For the less fortunate, such a high heat index can present a significant health threat.</p>
<p>David, it’s not the heat that kills you, but the humidity.</p>
<p>LOVE the Middlebury College Grill. Serves nice cold beer.</p>