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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Harvard.  One of the most unimpressive, inarticulate tour guides we had anywhere.  The overall event felt like they were phoning it in and didn't care what people thought.[/quote]

Interesting- I expected to hate this tour/info session and to my surprise was really impressed by ours. It’s not like Harvard needs to put a big effort in to these tours, but I thought they did a great job. Only thing I didn’t like is the crowd size, probably at least 800 people so it really did feel like the tourist activity that it is. My dd didn’t end up applying there in the end but we both came away with a more favorable view of Harvard than we expected to.[/quote]

Harvard and Cambridge are incredible. And who decides on a school based on the tour guide? I’m surprised so many people are swayed by that instead of the feel and look of the campus. 
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My DD literally loved/hated schools based on tour guide. Drove me crazy. 
Brown: "She was so nice!"
Dartmouth: "He was sooooo weird, no way am I going to school with people like that."
CMU: "I liked her clothes and she was friendly."
Case: "He seemed normal."

A little bit of an exaggeration on my part but not that far off.[/quote]

THIS! Along with the college concept of “let a 17 yo HS student decide” they have so little life experience and it is a very important decision. [/quote]

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