Anonymous
06/11/2025 08:42
Subject: Davidson: a bust?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just to share we had a similar experience at Davidson last year. Everyone was very nice, but the tour guide gave very generic answers to most questions including why he chose Davidson. I know many people love the school, but the tour was underwhelming.
I caution folks not to draw too many conclusions from student-led tours.
This!!
Horrible tours at Northwestern, Vanderbilt and Cornell.
Generic and boring. Lacked energy and sense of space.
Yeah...Northwestern tour left us very unimpressed.
When we went back to NU, Vanderbilt and Cornell for admitted students day, very different campus. It was a like a different school. The tour guides are doing it for $$$ not bc they want to.
If your high school has a kid there, make sure your kid meets up with them. Best intel will be from them.
I mean we got about $15/tour. It was $ not $$$.
Right, so even less reason to be enthusiastic about that particular gig.
The tours we went in at every school were generally meh, other than Wake Forest and USC.
You can figure out vibes in other ways.
What was special about your Wake tour?
Ours was your typical info session and tour. Guide was fine, but there was nothing unique about the tour in any way.
Anonymous
06/11/2025 08:42
Subject: Davidson: a bust?
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The original tours weren’t in the winter tho. Honestly, some of the tour guides are just nerdy and not social and unable to carry a conversation.
The most “normal” people on campus are not doing tours at any of these schools.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just to share we had a similar experience at Davidson last year. Everyone was very nice, but the tour guide gave very generic answers to most questions including why he chose Davidson. I know many people love the school, but the tour was underwhelming.
I caution folks not to draw too many conclusions from student-led tours.
This!!
Horrible tours at Northwestern, Vanderbilt and Cornell.
Generic and boring. Lacked energy and sense of space.
Yeah...Northwestern tour left us very unimpressed.
When we went back to NU, Vanderbilt and Cornell for admitted students day, very different campus. It was a like a different school. The tour guides are doing it for $$$ not bc they want to.
If your high school has a kid there, make sure your kid meets up with them. Best intel will be from them.
Well of course Cornell and NU are very different for admitted students day…it isn’t freezing and dreary.
The original tours weren’t in the winter tho. Honestly, some of the tour guides are just nerdy and not social and unable to carry a conversation.
The most “normal” people on campus are not doing tours at any of these schools.
Anonymous
06/11/2025 08:40
Subject: Davidson: a bust?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just to share we had a similar experience at Davidson last year. Everyone was very nice, but the tour guide gave very generic answers to most questions including why he chose Davidson. I know many people love the school, but the tour was underwhelming.
I caution folks not to draw too many conclusions from student-led tours.
This!!
Horrible tours at Northwestern, Vanderbilt and Cornell.
Generic and boring. Lacked energy and sense of space.
Yeah...Northwestern tour left us very unimpressed.
When we went back to NU, Vanderbilt and Cornell for admitted students day, very different campus. It was a like a different school. The tour guides are doing it for $$$ not bc they want to.
If your high school has a kid there, make sure your kid meets up with them. Best intel will be from them.
I mean we got about $15/tour. It was $ not $$$.
Right, so even less reason to be enthusiastic about that particular gig.
The tours we went in at every school were generally meh, other than Wake Forest and USC.
You can figure out vibes in other ways.
Anonymous
06/11/2025 08:34
Subject: Davidson: a bust?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just to share we had a similar experience at Davidson last year. Everyone was very nice, but the tour guide gave very generic answers to most questions including why he chose Davidson. I know many people love the school, but the tour was underwhelming.
I caution folks not to draw too many conclusions from student-led tours.
This!!
Horrible tours at Northwestern, Vanderbilt and Cornell.
Generic and boring. Lacked energy and sense of space.
Yeah...Northwestern tour left us very unimpressed.
When we went back to NU, Vanderbilt and Cornell for admitted students day, very different campus. It was a like a different school. The tour guides are doing it for $$$ not bc they want to.
If your high school has a kid there, make sure your kid meets up with them. Best intel will be from them.
I mean we got about $15/tour. It was $ not $$$.
Right, so even less reason to be enthusiastic about that particular gig.
Anonymous
06/11/2025 08:29
Subject: Davidson: a bust?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just to share we had a similar experience at Davidson last year. Everyone was very nice, but the tour guide gave very generic answers to most questions including why he chose Davidson. I know many people love the school, but the tour was underwhelming.
I caution folks not to draw too many conclusions from student-led tours.
This!!
Horrible tours at Northwestern, Vanderbilt and Cornell.
Generic and boring. Lacked energy and sense of space.
Yeah...Northwestern tour left us very unimpressed.
When we went back to NU, Vanderbilt and Cornell for admitted students day, very different campus. It was a like a different school. The tour guides are doing it for $$$ not bc they want to.
If your high school has a kid there, make sure your kid meets up with them. Best intel will be from them.
Facts
Well of course Cornell and NU are very different for admitted students day…it isn’t freezing and dreary.
Anonymous
06/11/2025 08:20
Subject: Davidson: a bust?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just to share we had a similar experience at Davidson last year. Everyone was very nice, but the tour guide gave very generic answers to most questions including why he chose Davidson. I know many people love the school, but the tour was underwhelming.
I caution folks not to draw too many conclusions from student-led tours.
This!!
Horrible tours at Northwestern, Vanderbilt and Cornell.
Generic and boring. Lacked energy and sense of space.
Yeah...Northwestern tour left us very unimpressed.
When we went back to NU, Vanderbilt and Cornell for admitted students day, very different campus. It was a like a different school. The tour guides are doing it for $$$ not bc they want to.
If your high school has a kid there, make sure your kid meets up with them. Best intel will be from them.
I mean we got about $15/tour. It was $ not $$$.
Anonymous
06/11/2025 08:17
Subject: Davidson: a bust?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just to share we had a similar experience at Davidson last year. Everyone was very nice, but the tour guide gave very generic answers to most questions including why he chose Davidson. I know many people love the school, but the tour was underwhelming.
I caution folks not to draw too many conclusions from student-led tours.
This!!
Horrible tours at Northwestern, Vanderbilt and Cornell.
Generic and boring. Lacked energy and sense of space.
Yeah...Northwestern tour left us very unimpressed.
When we went back to NU, Vanderbilt and Cornell for admitted students day, very different campus. It was a like a different school. The tour guides are doing it for $$$ not bc they want to.
If your high school has a kid there, make sure your kid meets up with them. Best intel will be from them.
Well of course Cornell and NU are very different for admitted students day…it isn’t freezing and dreary.
Anonymous
06/11/2025 08:14
Subject: Davidson: a bust?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just to share we had a similar experience at Davidson last year. Everyone was very nice, but the tour guide gave very generic answers to most questions including why he chose Davidson. I know many people love the school, but the tour was underwhelming.
I caution folks not to draw too many conclusions from student-led tours.
This!!
Horrible tours at Northwestern, Vanderbilt and Cornell.
Generic and boring. Lacked energy and sense of space.
Yeah...Northwestern tour left us very unimpressed.
When we went back to NU, Vanderbilt and Cornell for admitted students day, very different campus. It was a like a different school. The tour guides are doing it for $$$ not bc they want to.
If your high school has a kid there, make sure your kid meets up with them. Best intel will be from them.
Anonymous
06/11/2025 08:13
Subject: Davidson: a bust?
I would look at Williams and if interested in a single sex school, Smith and Wellesley.
Anonymous
06/11/2025 08:12
Subject: Davidson: a bust?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just to share we had a similar experience at Davidson last year. Everyone was very nice, but the tour guide gave very generic answers to most questions including why he chose Davidson. I know many people love the school, but the tour was underwhelming.
I caution folks not to draw too many conclusions from student-led tours.
They shouldn’t but they do. The tour guides are important - no getting around it. .
Anonymous
06/11/2025 08:10
Subject: Davidson: a bust?
Tours don’t make it break anything.
Anonymous
06/11/2025 08:07
Subject: Davidson: a bust?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just to share we had a similar experience at Davidson last year. Everyone was very nice, but the tour guide gave very generic answers to most questions including why he chose Davidson. I know many people love the school, but the tour was underwhelming.
I caution folks not to draw too many conclusions from student-led tours.
This!!
Horrible tours at Northwestern, Vanderbilt and Cornell.
Generic and boring. Lacked energy and sense of space.
Yeah...Northwestern tour left us very unimpressed.
I was a former NU tour guide and I think the problem might have been that the Tech building is a bit too far to take tours up. When I was working there we tinkered with the tour a lot. We tried adding on a dorm stop once but that never felt like it worked.
Anonymous
06/11/2025 08:05
Subject: Davidson: a bust?
I also found the campus unimpressive vs other LACs including nearby W&L and Richmond. Was underwhelmed by the visit.
Anonymous
06/11/2025 08:04
Subject: Davidson: a bust?
This is why it's good to tour when you can make it work. Some schools aren't going to click, even if they seem great on paper.
And it's very personal. We toured Tufts last weekend. I would have crossed it off my list if I were looking, but my kid loved it and is already talking ED.
And it's very personal. We toured Tufts last weekend. I would have crossed it off my list if I were looking, but my kid loved it and is already talking ED.
Anonymous
06/11/2025 07:58
Subject: Davidson: a bust?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just to share we had a similar experience at Davidson last year. Everyone was very nice, but the tour guide gave very generic answers to most questions including why he chose Davidson. I know many people love the school, but the tour was underwhelming.
I caution folks not to draw too many conclusions from student-led tours.
This!!
Horrible tours at Northwestern, Vanderbilt and Cornell.
Generic and boring. Lacked energy and sense of space.
Yeah...Northwestern tour left us very unimpressed.