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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our Swarthmore tour guide actually told the group that: "Swarthmore wasn't my first choice but I'm here because I go for free.".

We had a student panelist at Boston College tell 300 kids and parents when asked "why BC?":  "I chose Boston College because I don't pay a dime to go here."

Meanwhile most of the audience was cringing at the thought of paying 90K/year. 
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Seems like a fair thing to say. Idk why every tour guide has to lie and tell you that x school was their top choice- there are people at ivies who are not at their top choice [/quote]

If a kid can get into Swarthmore you can get into other schools with great aid.  So, what set Swarthmore apart from those? There’s a big difference between aid being one cited reason vs the only.  And if they truly can only cite “it’s free,” then the college should’ve matched them with a different campus job.  Even at Swarthmore a full ride is rare, and few if any in the tour group would qualify for that much aid. [/quote]

First) Why would few tour guides qualify for aid? Most college jobs have preference towards students with Pell grant. 
Second) You understand that the college isn’t going to be able to sniff out BSers in the interview, right? Anyone can say they love swarthmore for any number of reasons, but really that doesn’t change that maybe they came solely for aid. Not a bad thing- it’s good that swarthmore gives out good financial aid.
Third) maybe that was the only school that gave them great aid.[/quote]

The post you are responding to said most won’t on a tour won’t qualify for a “full ride.”  The earlier post had said the reason the guide gave for attending Swarthmore was that it was “free.”  About half of Swarthmore students get no aid at all.  The average cost after aid is 22k.  (Even for homes earning under 30k the average cost is around 5k.) Sure seems it would be helpful to share more than the guide’s sweet package as a reason to attend, if in fact there are more, to those taking the time to visit given they will likely be paying something substantially more than zero.

As for the interview, I assume you are talking about the interview for the tour guide role?  Yes I suppose a prospective tour guide could BS about what they say to get the job, but that’s kinda sad. When my kid was a guide at Carleton it was not uncommon for guides to do that and much for free out of love for the school.  At any rate it is not unusual for starting tour guides to be shadowed by a mentor the first one or two times so they get feedback.

Even if Swarthmore was the only school to offer aid there’s a better job  on campus than “tour guide” for someone only there cause it’s free. [/quote]
Often, you don't get to decide your first campus job. Being paid to tell people about your school is a pretty sweet gig.[/quote]

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