I think the tour guide can make or break a kids impression of the school. Most that we have encountered have ranged between really good and great. However, one was really bad, and it was not me being a karen: my usually quiet husband said we should call the admissions office and let them know how bad it was. I did, but not to complain - to let them know that after the tour our child would not be applying, and yo gently suggest that this particular guide needed additional training

My DC was a tour guide. It was paid and te interview/competition process was rigorous.

DC was not on financial aid fwiw.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's typically a volunteer job -- for nerds.

You seem like a real winner.

LOL. +1. Afraid to walk backwards.

Ha!

Years ago I was a tour guide, and it was competitive and not paid during the school year, but it allowed you to be a paid summer tour guide or have very cushy paid school-year jobs sitting at the front desk.

Tour guides can be paid and/or get perks like early class registration, free parking, and campus food credit.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's typically a volunteer job -- for nerds.

You seem like a real winner.

LOL. +1. Afraid to walk backwards.

Anonymous wrote:It's typically a volunteer job -- for nerds.

If it’s a nerd school, sure…but as for my kid’s school, most of the tour guides are the party kids in greek life. The school wants the outgoing and well spoken kids to be the first impression, not the quiet and awkward kids.

Anonymous wrote:The tour guides are not necessarily on a financial aid/work study program. At least at my kid's school, it's just a job you can apply for--even a kid whose parents are billionaires would be just as elligible as a person whose parents have no money.

+1. Same for our DD and it was a pretty competitive interview process.

Anonymous wrote:Tbh I think the model of one kid (albeit a trained one) representing an entire university or college doesn’t make sense. OTOH my kid doesn’t like slick marketing videos either.

You're assigning them too much responsibility. They are just one face. You should try to meet other faces. Or at least observe them. It's not hard.