Importance of tour guide/tour

[Envision]

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I never fully appreciated a good tour from a bad tour until i went to BU. of the schools i interviewed at, BU's facilities were definately on the higher side. in addition, it was also in boston...a wonderful city. however, i was not attracted to the school post interview (or at least, i didnt enjoy my experience as much as i should have...everything else was good). it had nothing to do with my actual interview, the faculty, the curriculum, the rep...etc etc...but it was bc of the tour! our tour guide gave us a what-seemed-to-be forever tour and yet we recieved nothing informative. she went to every floor...and gave us idiosyncratic details...that none of would remember nor care about. further, she would repeat pointless stuff like..."ok, were on floor 3...theres a window that you can look out of...theres a bathroom in case you need to use it....this room is a lab room like the 4 floors prior..." One time she spent 10 minutes on the mail boxes and seating charts! she was like..."here are the mail boxes...if u peek inside..you'l see mail..." Oh, and she had a dry sense of humor and was monotone. In contrast, had it not been for the super enthusiastic tourguide from temple, Brian, i probably would not have loved Temple so much. enthusiasm is contagious, and Brian really sold his school despite the obvious shortcomings the city has to offer. My other tours were all good in their own way, or at least did an adequate job of selling their school. During my students survey, i suggested this tourguide to stop giving tours in the future. Not bc i'm a hater or anything, but i spoke to a few of the other interviewees and we found the tour to be dreadful and boring at best. I feel it would be in BU's favor to select a tourguide who seems to like/know more about the school. thats my rant for the day 😀

 

[Fuji]

I agree. A good tour guide can help sell a school just like a bad one can hurt the school's image. Just remember that Brian isn't going to be teaching any of your classes, though, and unless you like to drink beer and watch home makeover shows you probably won't be hanging out with him after class, either.

But if you ever need to sell a blowdryer to a bald man, Brian's the guy to go to.

 

[Yeyyy]

i had a 3rd or 4th year hottie as my BU tourguide 😀

 

[PChemGrad]

But if you ever need to sell a blowdryer to a bald man, Brian's the guy to go to.

Brian did do an amazing job selling the school, that is one reason I will be attending in the Fall. My tour of NYU was also very well done, and in that respect I enjoyed the school. Then came my tour of USC it was rushed, and my tour guide didn't do a good job at all selling the place. She didn't really know much, but said here is the new ortho department, its really new and nice. Then over here are the labs you do some work in. Bla Bla Bla, it wasn't well done. They didn't do a good job selling the PBL or the cost of the program.

A good tour can bring wonders to a program.

 

[Envision]

I agree. A good tour guide can help sell a school just like a bad one can hurt the school's image. Just remember that Brian isn't going to be teaching any of your classes, though, and unless you like to drink beer and watch home makeover shows you probably won't be hanging out with him after class, either.

But if you ever need to sell a blowdryer to a bald man, Brian's the guy to go to.

Ya, i know Brian isnt a teacher or anything. however, the tour is an opportunity to see the school in all its glory. thus, the school should pick a person who can sell the school or is at least appealing to listen to 😛. anyone else have a bad tour guide/tour experience?

 

[1992Corolla]

i had a 3rd or 4th year hottie as my BU tourguide 😀

Brian is pretty hot too...😱