Questions to Ask on College Campus Tours

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This is an awful list of questions to ask on college tours. I am 25 and looking at getting my second masters degree. I am between 3 school and leaning towards 2 of them. I am beginning my college visits next week and thought it would be interesting to see what google suggested for "questions to ask on college visits." College is not about the food or the campus life. If you choose a school based on that, you're there for the wrong reasons. You're going to make friends and enemies either way.
A real list of questions to ask would be, and I am just throwing theses out...
1. Graduation Rate; years and percentages.
2. Employment after graduation; specifically in your field/department.
3. Career Services; what they offer, do they partner with people in the community?
4. Where people find work after graduation; do they move home/across the country/ stay in the area of the university.
5. Student to Professor ratio

Kurt of OH 3:23PM August 18, 2012

i think what all this said is very true!

LaShawnda of CT 8:55PM June 05, 2012

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I am appling for BSC (Civil Engineering
I am Applying for Conditional Admission First I will register in English course to improve my english language .
I didnt Attend any universty or college I am applying as a fresh Student . About the Tofel I dont have Tofel .
Thanks

Abdullah Sultan 1:32PM October 21, 2011

As a seasoned college tour guide, I find the following questions helpful to students:
-What is the campus like on the weekends?
-What kind of job can I get this major?
-Does your school have a job placement program?
-What's it like living in the dorms?
-What made you choose this school?

Liane of PA 4:25PM April 08, 2010

I really think that now, that students go to university shouldn't really need a systems that check on them. They had been checked until now. Let them live their lives.

Alessio 7:47PM April 07, 2010

College visits can be so much more productive if students have identified a career direction and the academic majors that will prepare them best. If this is done, schools can be identified for their strong programs in major areas and meetings with departments can be arranged to maximize the time visiting each campus.
Most people think high school students are too young to know what career they want after college - but research supports the opposite: Students who coped with career-related choices while still in high school have easier academic adjustments and greater commitment to their chosen fields of study.
Parents as leaders can identify the proper resources. What to look for: A comprehensive assessment that includes an aptitude battery (like the Ball Apptitude Battery) which yields an analysis and interpretation of results by a credentialed career consultant, a personalized list of career recommendations, and tools to investigate the "best fit" careers and make related decisions.

Paula Kosin of IL 4:28PM April 05, 2010

Ask tour guides (individually) which dorms they prefer.
Ask your tour guide about things you are interested in (like certian intramural sports). If they don't do these things, ask them if they know to which guide it would be worth asking. Guides know each other.
If you are travelling from a distance, ask which guide travels and then ask them questions like "How often?" and "What mode of transport?" Even questions like "How do you get to the airport from campus?"
Ask about freiendly professors, advisors and deans. Especially ones that want to help.

Parent of student 2000 iles away of CA 4:13PM April 05, 2010

I suggest asking tour guides whether faculty are available before and after class and who generally teaches both introductory level and advanced courses? Are they mainly taught by graduate students, adjunct, full-time faculty, etc.?
Mitchell Lipton

Mitchell Lipton of NY 3:52PM April 05, 2010

That's all great advice. I would also recommend that the student should ask non-tour guide students some experience questions. Out of common sense, the tour guide isn't allowed to say anything negative about the school. Especially in front of other students. But don't just ask one student (you may get that one jaded student), ask one or two other students. You can also ask the guide while you two are alone. I remember while I was touring colleges my guide said all these great things but the moment I got him alone he told me to "run while you still can." One of my friends ended up going there and finding out why he said that.
Stacy Evans
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Stacy Evans of NY 3:05PM April 05, 2010

There is also a new service that is perfect for college students and their parents. It is called Safecheckin.com. It allows students to have their privacy and yet if something goes wrong and the student fails to return back to campus on time, the parents and the dorm manager can be notified. Parents should check it out as a guardian angel so to speak while the kids are off in college.

Kirk Rhode of NV 5:15PM April 04, 2010