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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will never understand people who tour schools in the summer. You aren't getting to see them other than the buildings. It's a waste.[/quote]
I don’t understand tours. Just go on campus and enter buildings after people. Ask people on the quad questions. The tour guide is just a student doing their job and giving you lies about the school.[/quote]

Tours are a good idea because then the admissions office knows you were there and thus you have demonstrated interest. [/quote]

OP.  None of the top schools track demonstrated interest. 
We're touring schools in the summer because we and kid(s) have the time.  The tours are packed so we're clearly not the only ones. 
We don't view top25 schools as safety schools.  Read my post.  We toured other safety schools last year.  These are non safety.

I do think it's good to keep in mind is that you are paying for the education and not the facilities.  But are you really? [b]Do you actually have contact with world renowned faculty as an undergrad? And does it matter whether the guy teaching your organic chemistry class is also doing tertiary research in organic chemistry (vs someone who is just really competent at teaching organic chemistry to college sophomores)?[/b]  I would say no.

It feels like you are paying for the name on your diploma and for being adjacent to greatness.  [/quote]

Yes. I have first hand knowledge (myself, each kid, spouse) and many friends with kids at others and yes, they have seminar and larger classes taught by the world renowned people. These professors doing ground breaking research not only let undergrads in their lab to do real research, they let in underclassmen and yes they do real experiments and can get published. At office hours, students can get to know these world renowned people. I did. My kids are. Some are approachable and excellent teachers, some are so brilliant they are kind of comical in lecture, but yes they meet them and these people give good advice as well as send emails to colleagues across the usa and even internationally to help undergrads get summer experiences. [/quote]

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