<p>mini, at the other end of the spectrum of the marketing world from Carleton, is my favorite thruth-in-advertising brochre from last year: Albertson College in Idaho, the Giant Spud on the cover.</p>
<p>Wesleyan has never sent us anything without a picture of at least one kid with dreads, and preferably more than one, from a variety of races.</p>
<p>I did want to add that I think they need to have photos of diverse groups although I think that many of the LACs seem still pretty white , and it could be a surprise to a students coming from a more ethnically diverse area, to a small rural town.
I realize I am not making any sense I have been up all night shuttling the neighbor to the dr and I can't get enough time to take a nap!
But mini don't you love how Evergreen stresses the trees and not those lovely cement buildings? I do like Evergreen but the combination of the grey buildings and the grey weather could really be depressing to anyone that isn't expecting it. The longhouse looks spiffy though. :)</p>
<p>Idad: which dorm are you talking about? Dana?</p>
<p>Hey I have an image story.</p>
<p>For some reason, like 10-20 schools sent me multi-cultural stuff, it must have been a mistake - but I got these great brochures full of minorities....entirely!</p>
<p>I showed them to my mom - she was perplexed to say the least..."I thought it was Howard that was all black, not Haverford!"</p>
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<p>No. Dana and Hollowell appear frequently in photographs. Willets, however, is conspicuously absent from college publications and much reviled architecturally.</p>
<p>Well, what do you know? I found a picture of Willets on a student-run website of all the dorms:</p>
<p>Mini, I'm a little late to this, but the tourguides at Williams proudly show off the monkey carrels to prospies. I'll have to agree with your assessment of the exterior of the library and add that the inside is just as bad - I found it very confusing and inaccessible. But honestly, who goes to Williams for the buildings?</p>
<p>"I showed them to my mom - she was perplexed to say the least..."I thought it was Howard that was all black, not Haverford!"</p>
<p>My d. got invited to Amherst's diversity weekend - she is Mongol-Semitic. (LOL!) Turned down the invitation, though. </p>
<p>Fireflyscout - yes, we got the tour of the library, too. And we had just come up from Smith which has library twice the size, almost twice as many books, and a separate music and dance library. (Of course, Sawyer library isn't nearly as confusing as Stetson, which has the floors that don't connect.)</p>
<p>At Scripps, the tou rguide demonstrated that you could pick oranges and kumquats off the trees from the second story balconies. Must say that was easily worth one full professorship.</p>
<p>I am fascinated by what happened at Wesleyan. 30 years ago it was basically the poor cousin in the Little Three. Certainly not thought of as particularly liberal. But they did find a good niche, and have bilked it for all its worth.</p>
<p>I don't remember thinking Willets is ugly, either. My host said that the rooms are really small and it's too freshmen-concentrated, however. I really enjoyed Hallowell.</p>
<p>My daughter interviewed at Hampshire because of the picture postcard they sent of a field of sheep in front of their campus. It said "These are not our students." </p>
<p>After seeing the campuses and interviewing there she said, "At least the postcard was clear about the sheep. I can see how people would get confused otherwise."</p>
<p>I'm not sure it still applies to their current literature, but I remember years ago looking at some USC brochures and thinking: "Wow, this thing gives the impression that USC is right on the beach --> Baywatch U. Kids not from SoCal are going to be disappointed when they get here and discover that it is about 10 miles from the beach and in the middle of a very rough neighborhood."</p>
<p>dmd77: Your daughter has a wicked wit. LOL.</p>
<p>I love all the NESCAC schools that send material that has more minority students than whites.</p>
<p>I remember an old piece of Boston University marketing literature that had a wide-angle shot of students on the grass just overlooking Storrow Drive. I know the piece of land and it's on a hill. There are so few grassy areas at BU (it's a city campus) that putting that on the marketing piece seemed like deceptive advertising to me.</p>
<p>Wow -- someone revived a thread that's 4 years old! Well, to keep it alive, I'll post a link to virtual tours of the campus that Rice recently added to their website. They're beautiful photos that you can click and drag to see a 360 degree view of the location. Awesome! Rice</a> University - Virtual Tours</p>
<p>Wow -- I did that Rice tour full screen and have never seen such quality images for a 360. Thanks, susan.
I had no real mental image of Rice. That quad is almost Versailles-like with the gravelled paths. It looks like it would get really hot!</p>
<p>I found the brochure for Montana State U in Bozeman to be refreshingly honest, as it's cover features a kid skiing (presumably at nearby Bridger Bowl).</p>
<p>what i love is the engineering schools who show equal numbers of guys and girls in the pics, even though the ratio at most is like 70 guys to 30 girls...</p>
<p>Reed College's viewbook is notable for the hats. Look, we're really cool, we wear knit hats! Last year's had a group shot of the incoming class and that was an honest picture of the lack of black students. I don't know the numbers (guessing it's similar to other LACs) but a picture was worth a thousand words. For my daughter, coming from a school which is 70% black, it's going to be a bit of a culture shock wherever she ends up. I would love to see other schools publish a similar picture, it's a great insight into style, culture and diversity.</p>
<p>Ah Mini, I would not care how the library looks from the outside. As long as the inside is nice and well stocked. </p>
<p>I remember many, many years ago, my alma mater was roundly panned for adding a building that was not in the brick colonial style that the rest of the school had. Now that is considered the only decent building. My kids hate what they call the "plantation" look, and to my horror, one of their friends knocked the school of her list because of that architechture. How things change.</p>