<p>The Princeton tour was the absolute worst! We went on it twice, hoping that the first time was a fluke. It was not.</p>
<p>All that name-dropping made me sick. Plus, I happen to know a lot about Princeton, and the tour guides spouted a lot of inaccuracies and promoted (also inaccurate) campus legends. The first guide was so pompous and self-absorbed that I couldn’t even look at him by the end of the tour. The second one, a woman, was better, but the group was so large and she made no effort to sufficiently raise her voice that people had to push their way to the front to hear her. She used the same kind of name-dropping and stories that the first had. The only building interior on the tour was the chapel - hardly the primary interest of most prospective students. (As an interesting side note: Frist, where the tours start, is the “hospital” for “House.”)</p>
<p>My d. didn’t get in, so it didn’t matter in the end, but I can imagine that the tours can push a good number of accepted students away from Princeton and to another, equally prestigious school. </p>
<p>Don’t let the tours fool you, though. Princeton is a fantastic place for undergraduates and graduates alike.</p>