> > so, as most of you know, I returned yesterday from a week-long college trip. Most of you want some sort of description of the trips, so here goes....
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> Man, you picked the wrong week. This is spring break for most of you high schoolers and there are tons of people around taking tours. We had 250-300 every morning last week. I gave three tours, two of which rocked and the other of which was to about seventy people from a baptist student group. Doing student groups is really hard.

well, yeah... i did it on my spring break too, so..
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> > Tuesday - went to amherst. i hated it. that's all i have to say about that.
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> > Wednesday - went to Williams. i LOVED it.... oooh my gosh.... it's beautiful... and it's a great school... and it was awesome.
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> This is about how I felt about these two schools too, back when I was doing the rounds. I ended up not even applying to Amherst (which had been one of my top choices) and Williams rejected me. I had a very strong app (just to be modest. :), so I figure getting in there is pretty much random, like getting into Harvard or Yale.
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> Dartmouth rocks too.
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> I'd like to know what it is about a particular college tour that makes a school seem more or less interesting to you? Is it how genuine the tour guide seems? You can get most of the stats and everything from a book. What can a tour guide do to attract students like yourself?

well, we don't do tours, so I can't much help you there. after a couple tours with my brother on his college trips, my dad realized that you don't really learn a WHOLE lot about what you want to know... sure, you know which building is where and whatever facts about the school the guide wants to tell you, most of which you CAN get from any guide book. We tend to set up appointments with people in the departments I'm interested in, as well as with the ministry people. We've found that we learn a lot more about what I need to know than we do on the tours. So sorry, but I can't really help you there.
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> > uni"going to William and Mary tomorrow"peg
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> I hope it'll be sunny so you can get a good taste of our campus. And if you feel like stopping by the French House to say hi anytime tomorrow morning before 1:30 or so feel free. :) I really hope you like W&M, though I would be thrilled to lose you to Williams or Dartmouth just cause they're such great schools.

It was indeed a very nice day. Sorry I didn't get to stop by and see you, I wish I had thought of the fact that I was gonna be there earlier so I could have gotten in tuoch with you... you could have shown us around. But oh well. I did indeed like it, it is now officially in third place, behind Williams and Dartmouth.... is stands a relatively good chance of getting me - I'll actually probably be down again in the fall.
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> Tom "W&M tour guide" Schmidt

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