This discussion was created from comments split from: Moments that make you scratch your head during tours. From @OHMomof2: We could probably come up with a really entertaining bingo game to bring along on college tours, between us all. It would look like we were taking notes on the tour guide’s insightful and informative commentary, until someone yelled “BINGO!”
Oh WTH, let’s really start one 
(I trust this is sufficiently on topic, if not perhaps a mod will split it off.)
Copy/paste then add yours.
-fun,quirky tradition of letting out a collective primal scream at midnight the night before finals start
-paint something then camp overnight to defend it tradition
-visiting-puppies-for-finals therapy
-Quidditch
-LEED-certified science building
-library quiet floors
-students walking professors’ dogs or babysitting their kids as examples of how accessible they are
-weird traditions about don’t touch/walk through/look at X or you won’t graduate
-use of the word “awesome.”
-swim test/swim requirement started because of donation of sizable sum in the early 20th c. by bereft parents whose child attended said university and later drowned as a young adult – double bonus points if the tour guide says that the drowning occurred when the Titanic sank
-fun,quirky tradition of letting out a collective primal scream at midnight the night before finals start
-paint something then camp overnight to defend it tradition
-visiting-puppies-for-finals therapy
-Quidditch
-LEED-certified science building
-graduated library quiet floors
-students walking professors’ dogs or babysitting their kids as examples of how accessible they are
-weird traditions about don’t touch/walk through/look at X or you won’t graduate
-use of the word “awesome.”
For the BINGO card:
– tunnels or other underground “secret” areas that students don’t enter “wink wink”.
Add to the list
“… and you can create your major.”
(Yea, just go ahead and try to make it through the bureaucratic gauntlet.)
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And, you can take classes at ________________ (Brown/RISD, Harvard/MIT). And, if you get the scheduling to work without a jet pack, good for you.
College Tour Bingo
-you can take classes at ________________
-"… and you can create your major."
-tunnels or other underground “secret” areas that students don’t enter “wink wink”.
-swim test/swim requirement started because of donation of sizable sum in the early 20th c. by bereft parents whose child attended said university and later drowned as a young adult (double bonus points if the tour guide says that the drowning occurred when the Titanic sank)
-fun,quirky tradition of letting out a collective primal scream at midnight the night before finals start
-paint something then camp overnight to defend it tradition
-visiting-puppies-for-finals therapy
-Quidditch
-LEED-certified science building
-graduated library quiet floors
-students walking professors’ dogs or babysitting their kids as examples of how accessible they are
-weird traditions about don’t touch/walk through/look at X or you won’t graduate
-use of the word “awesome.”
Thanks for splitting it off, @skieurope
College Tour Bingo
- Bon Appetit as the dining halls’ caterer
- windmills that generate some percentage of the school’s energy needs
-you can take classes at ________________
-"… and you can create your major."
-tunnels or other underground “secret” areas that students don’t enter “wink wink”.
-swim test/swim requirement started because of donation of sizable sum in the early 20th c. by bereft parents whose child attended said university and later drowned as a young adult (double bonus points if the tour guide says that the drowning occurred when the Titanic sank)
-fun,quirky tradition of letting out a collective primal scream at midnight the night before finals start
-paint something then camp overnight to defend it tradition
-visiting-puppies-for-finals therapy
-Quidditch
-LEED-certified science building
-graduated library quiet floors
-students walking professors’ dogs or babysitting their kids as examples of how accessible they are
-weird traditions about don’t touch/walk through/look at X or you won’t graduate
-use of the word “awesome.”
College Tour Bingo
-If our library doesn’t have a book you need, they will request that it be sent from another library
- Bon Appetit as the dining halls’ caterer
- windmills that generate some percentage of the school’s energy needs
-you can take classes at ________________
-"… and you can create your major."
-tunnels or other underground “secret” areas that students don’t enter “wink wink”.
-swim test/swim requirement started because of donation of sizable sum in the early 20th c. by bereft parents whose child attended said university and later drowned as a young adult (double bonus points if the tour guide says that the drowning occurred when the Titanic sank)
-fun,quirky tradition of letting out a collective primal scream at midnight the night before finals start
-paint something then camp overnight to defend it tradition
-visiting-puppies-for-finals therapy
-Quidditch
-LEED-certified science building
-graduated library quiet floors
-students walking professors’ dogs or babysitting their kids as examples of how accessible they are
-weird traditions about don’t touch/walk through/look at X or you won’t graduate
-use of the word “awesome.”
College Tour Bingo
-if there is no club xyz you can start one and apply for funding
-comment by tour guide about walking backward and letting him/her know if in danger
-If our library doesn’t have a book you need, they will request that it be sent from another library
- Bon Appetit as the dining halls’ caterer
- windmills that generate some percentage of the school’s energy needs
-you can take classes at ________________
-"… and you can create your major."
-tunnels or other underground “secret” areas that students don’t enter “wink wink”.
-swim test/swim requirement started because of donation of sizable sum in the early 20th c. by bereft parents whose child attended said university and later drowned as a young adult (double bonus points if the tour guide says that the drowning occurred when the Titanic sank)
-fun,quirky tradition of letting out a collective primal scream at midnight the night before finals start
-paint something then camp overnight to defend it tradition
-visiting-puppies-for-finals therapy
-Quidditch
-LEED-certified science building
-graduated library quiet floors
-students walking professors’ dogs or babysitting their kids as examples of how accessible they are
-weird traditions about don’t touch/walk through/look at X or you won’t graduate
-use of the word “awesome.”
I really wish I had a good reason to print these up and do a tour…
College Tour Bingo
- There is a ghost in the library
-if there is no club xyz you can start one and apply for funding
-comment by tour guide about walking backward and letting him/her know if in danger
-If our library doesn’t have a book you need, they will request that it be sent from another library - Bon Appetit as the dining halls’ caterer
- windmills that generate some percentage of the school’s energy needs
-you can take classes at ________________
-"… and you can create your major."
-tunnels or other underground “secret” areas that students don’t enter “wink wink”.
-swim test/swim requirement started because of donation of sizable sum in the early 20th c. by bereft parents whose child attended said university and later drowned as a young adult (double bonus points if the tour guide says that the drowning occurred when the Titanic sank)
-fun,quirky tradition of letting out a collective primal scream at midnight the night before finals start
-paint something then camp overnight to defend it tradition
-visiting-puppies-for-finals therapy
-Quidditch
-LEED-certified science building
-graduated library quiet floors
-students walking professors’ dogs or babysitting their kids as examples of how accessible they are
-weird traditions about don’t touch/walk through/look at X or you won’t graduate
-use of the word “awesome.”
College Tour Bingo
-Parent asks about prevalence of drinking/drugs on campus
-There is a ghost in the library
-if there is no club xyz you can start one and apply for funding
-comment by tour guide about walking backward and letting him/her know if in danger
-If our library doesn’t have a book you need, they will request that it be sent from another library
- Bon Appetit as the dining halls’ caterer
- windmills that generate some percentage of the school’s energy needs
-you can take classes at _____ (where that is a school that is a PITA to get to/get into classes at)
-"… and you can create your major."
-tunnels or other underground “secret” areas that students don’t enter “wink wink”.
-swim test/swim requirement started because of donation of sizable sum in the early 20th c. by bereft parents whose child attended said university and later drowned as a young adult (double bonus points if the tour guide says that the drowning occurred when the Titanic sank)
-fun,quirky tradition of letting out a collective primal scream at midnight the night before finals start
-paint something then camp overnight to defend it tradition
-visiting-puppies-for-finals therapy
-Quidditch
-LEED-certified science building
-graduated library quiet floors
-students walking professors’ dogs or babysitting their kids as examples of how accessible they are
-weird traditions about don’t touch/walk through/look at X or you won’t graduate
-use of the word “awesome.”
College Tour Bingo
-Parent(s) and kid start bickering
-Parent asks about prevalence of drinking/drugs on campus
-There is a ghost in the library
-if there is no club xyz you can start one and apply for funding
-comment by tour guide about walking backward and letting him/her know if in danger
-If our library doesn’t have a book you need, they will request that it be sent from another library
- Bon Appetit as the dining halls’ caterer
- windmills that generate some percentage of the school’s energy needs
-you can take classes at _____ (where that is a school that is a PITA to get to/get into classes at)
-"… and you can create your major."
-tunnels or other underground “secret” areas that students don’t enter “wink wink”.
-swim test/swim requirement started because of donation of sizable sum in the early 20th c. by bereft parents whose child attended said university and later drowned as a young adult (double bonus points if the tour guide says that the drowning occurred when the Titanic sank)
-fun,quirky tradition of letting out a collective primal scream at midnight the night before finals start
-paint something then camp overnight to defend it tradition
-visiting-puppies-for-finals therapy
-Quidditch
-LEED-certified science building
-graduated library quiet floors
-students walking professors’ dogs or babysitting their kids as examples of how accessible they are
-weird traditions about don’t touch/walk through/look at X or you won’t graduate
-use of the word “awesome.”
College Tour Bingo
-Parent(s) and kid start bickering
-Parent asks about prevalence of drinking/drugs on campus
-There is a ghost in the library
-if there is no club xyz you can start one and apply for funding
-a FREE SPACE when a mom on the tour is shocked and appalled at coed bathrooms (even though they existed when I went to college 35 years ago) and embarrasses her child by commenting loudly about her personal thoughts on the matter.
-Explaining in detail the Blue Light system.
-One Cards - you use them for the dining center, bookstore, cafe/coffeeshop, library, access to dorms and academic buildings, laundry. Bonus points for the clueless tour guide who mentions it is all “free” (meaning Bank of Mom & Dad is paying for it and student is clueless about the charges showing up on their bill).
-comment by tour guide about walking backward and letting him/her know if in danger
-If our library doesn’t have a book you need, they will request that it be sent from another library
- Bon Appetit as the dining halls’ caterer
- windmills that generate some percentage of the school’s energy needs
-you can take classes at _____ (where that is a school that is a PITA to get to/get into classes at)
-"… and you can create your major."
-tunnels or other underground “secret” areas that students don’t enter “wink wink”.
-swim test/swim requirement started because of donation of sizable sum in the early 20th c. by bereft parents whose child attended said university and later drowned as a young adult (double bonus points if the tour guide says that the drowning occurred when the Titanic sank)
-fun,quirky tradition of letting out a collective primal scream at midnight the night before finals start
-paint something then camp overnight to defend it tradition
-visiting-puppies-for-finals therapy
-Quidditch
-LEED-certified science building
-graduated library quiet floors
-students walking professors’ dogs or babysitting their kids as examples of how accessible they are
-weird traditions about don’t touch/walk through/look at X or you won’t graduate
-use of the word “awesome.”
Yes, because this special school invented Interlibrary Loan (right after Al Gore invented the internet)
College Tour Bingo
- X building looks just like Hogwarts (total exaggeration most places in US except U Pitt)
- Soroities can't have houses because of local laws that if there are more than X women living together it's a brothel ( totally false claim. That would violate the Constitution -)
Parent(s) and kid start bickering
-Parent asks about prevalence of drinking/drugs on campus
-There is a ghost in the library
-if there is no club xyz you can start one and apply for funding
-a FREE SPACE when a mom on the tour is shocked and appalled at coed bathrooms (even though they existed when I went to college 35 years ago) and embarrasses her child by commenting loudly about her personal thoughts on the matter.
-Explaining in detail the Blue Light system.
-One Cards - you use them for the dining center, bookstore, cafe/coffeeshop, library, access to dorms and academic buildings, laundry. Bonus points for the clueless tour guide who mentions it is all “free” (meaning Bank of Mom & Dad is paying for it and student is clueless about the charges showing up on their bill).
-comment by tour guide about walking backward and letting him/her know if in danger
-If our library doesn’t have a book you need, they will request that it be sent from another library
- Bon Appetit as the dining halls’ caterer
- windmills that generate some percentage of the school’s energy needs
-you can take classes at _____ (where that is a school that is a PITA to get to/get into classes at)
-"… and you can create your major."
-tunnels or other underground “secret” areas that students don’t enter “wink wink”.
-swim test/swim requirement started because of donation of sizable sum in the early 20th c. by bereft parents whose child attended said university and later drowned as a young adult (double bonus points if the tour guide says that the drowning occurred when the Titanic sank)
-fun,quirky tradition of letting out a collective primal scream at midnight the night before finals start
-paint something then camp overnight to defend it tradition
-visiting-puppies-for-finals therapy
-Quidditch
-LEED-certified science building
-graduated library quiet floors
-students walking professors’ dogs or babysitting their kids as examples of how accessible they are
-weird traditions about don’t touch/walk through/look at X or you won’t graduate
-use of the word “awesome.”
- after 11 pm all-entry greek parties unify the campus
We were at Duke (any similar school that is impossible to get into can be inserted) and a parent raised her hand at the info session and asked this question: How can you expect my son to have top grades, top test scores, PLUS have extra curricular activities? If he spends all of his time trying to get top grades there will be no time left for anything else.
If you need financial aid it is not a good idea to apply ED. Maybe this can be the free space- not sure how often this is heard.
We are going to show you the worst dorm. If you can live there, you can live in any of our dorms.
The school sets up a buffet in the library all night during finals. And yes, as you go up the library gets quieter.
One parent raised her hand at one particular school and asked this question (I liked the fact that she asked it): Will students who are not wealthy feel comfortable here?
Here’s one by a tour guide: I did not want to come here, but like…it’s the only school that took me. Needless to say, my daughter did not apply.
It is a tradition to run naked through the quad during finals week.
How many students drink on campus?
“They” say if you do xxx at the beginning of each semester, you are sure to get all A’s.