Hey y’all! My
name is Rebecca, and I blog over at life with rMe. I was so glad with A & C agreed to let me guest post
today! As a tour guide with the
admissions office at my college, I give a lot of tours and interact with a lot
of prospective students. As
juniors begin to look at colleges and seniors finish up any last minute visits,
I thought it would be useful to do a Mind Your Manners Monday regarding
admissions tours and visits!
Ask Questions
Besides using questions as a way to show interest in your
tour, if you don’t ask any questions, it forces me to talk at you for an hour
and a half. You don’t know how
frustrating the tours are for me when the family doesn’t talk or ask any
questions. As prepared as tour
guides are, they only have so many interesting stories and jokes to tell!
Don’t trash talk
other schools
Even if you are talking about our rival schools, it’s not
nice to talk badly about other schools!
It makes me wonder what you would say about my school to a tour guide at
another school. I’m a tour guide
because I love my college, and I would hate for you to talk badly about it with
a tour guide at Rival University.
Tell your tour guide
at the beginning if there is something specific you want to see
As amazing as your tour guide may be, she can’t read your
mind! Also, most campus tours will
not include EVERY building on campus.
So if you want to see the riding facilities or the art studios, make
sure your tour guide knows! She
may not be able to take you on the tour, but she will probably be able to
arrange something that you can see them!
I know for me, our art barn isn’t on the main part of campus, but I’m
always willing to give the family a map with the route to the art barn
highlighted so they can drive up after their tour!
Come to your tour
having done some research on that college
You wouldn’t believe how many people come into an admissions
tour not knowing the first thing about my college! I understand that you might get colleges confused, but when
you bring up your major and it’s not even a program we offer…
I hope y’all have some great campus tours, and be sure to
thank your tour guide at the end!
Even though it is my job and I do get paid to give the tours, it is
something I truly enjoy. I’m
always looking for ways to make my tours better, and sometimes that comes in
the form of advice from the prospective family. But even if you didn’t enjoy your tour, thank your
guide! (PS, how many of y’all want
to hear my ghost stories while we’re on tours? Over the summer I researched ghost stories on my campus to
tell during the tour, but I’m always scared the family will be freaked out and
never return to my school!)
xoxo,
Rebecca
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