<p>We’ve done two Brandeis tours, one in the summer before our son’s junior year, and one at the recent open house. Both tour guides have been impressively smart but pleasant and unpretentious kids. Neither said a great deal about academics, though; in fact few of our tour guides at any schools have done so. At most colleges we’ve visited, they’ve used the info session to cover academics (as well as the admissions process), with the tour mostly focusing on campus life and resources available to students (library, arts & sports facilities, dining halls, etc.).</p>