You may think I am harsh, but if a student asks about the academics and then I say: “here, you should take a look at these course materials from this school which I found” versus just letting people describe them in the abstract. I think more concrete material and multiple perspectives (inside or out is more helpful). For example, if I am a prospective student wanting to take STEM(my clear area of interest) courses as a freshman and worry about the intensity of the courses despite taking the AP/IB equivalent, it may be of interest for someone to actually show them the course materials they will be dealing with instead of a bunch of people vaguely describing how “hard” it is (seriously, like if you are going to MIT or Georgia Tech and concerned about your first year courses, simply go find a course webpage and measure yourself up. You may be more or less comfortable than those describing them in places like this). I am just no longer down for the vague BS when folks can find websites and all sorts of stuff giving them more information on top of what they get from places like this. Oh, they are concerned about differences in grading…okay, everyone else at my or whatever school jumps up and down and says it is different, I’m going to provide actual evidence to the contrary if I perceive it to be false. Doesn’t matter if it is this school, mine, or anywhere else.