<p>How are the tours? They’re free right? I read that they’re given every three hours on weekdays. I can’t wait!</p>
<p>You have to meet a guy in the alley and give him $20. Let me know when you'll be here so we can arrange that.</p>
<p>lolll wolfmanjack</p>
<p>obstinate i visited a few weeks ago and thought the tour was great. i felt like we got to see the most important parts of campus and the tour guide was really well informed even though it was the first tour he gave by himself. the time it lasted was perfect although it was super cold! if you can find my old post, i asked for advice on visiting (search "tips for visiting") everyone's advice was really helpful. my only qualm was we didn't get to see the inside of a dorm.</p>
<p>and it is free of course :)</p>
<p>people never think about this but letting strangers into dorms is kinda creepy.</p>
<p>lol well a lot of colleges have one set up for tours to visit. you're right though... on the dartmouth tour the guide was like "well you can come see my dorm" but also said that no one has ever taken him up on that... understandable</p>
<p>Why don't they just have an empty dorm room for tours?</p>
<p>Because the dorms are all very different. It wouldn't be fair if you saw a particular dorm and then ended up in one that didn't live up to your expectations. They are different sizes and distances from campus, etc. You can look on the residential life site and get some ideas of dorms there. Also, there was a recent article in the Brown Daily Herald that said that a new computer program may be able to help freshmen visualize their dorms in 3-D. It was earlier this week or late last week.</p>
<p>There is no such thing as an empty dorm room.</p>
<p>They don't show you dorms, and they are not know for good dorms. If you are interested in sciences and engineering be sure to do the science tour, it is great!! Actually best tour we have done.</p>
<p>Neumes is wrong there are lots of empty rooms at Brown right now. Some people pay for them then live off campus and pay for that too. I think some are just plain vacant. But like I was saying, anyone can go on a tour. Do I want strangers, who could be lunatics, walking around the halls in my home? Answer: no. The doors are locked for a reason.</p>
<p>Sorry, I was making an assumption. When I was in college (dark ages), if someone left a room empty, it was jumped on immediately. My apologies.</p>
<p>I'm visiting next week too!</p>
<p>When I went on a tour in August they showed us a dorm...it was brick exterior, the room was a double, and although it was a little shabby it was also spacious, light, and airy, which is all I care about. The tourguide said something about either the heating or AC being terrible, I forget which. There were sketches on the wall, like could've-been-a-RISD-student quality, and details like that really made me love it...</p>
<p>I'm not sure what they showed you since no one should have been here in August. Even if someone was here I'm confused as to how they give permission to show their room. Maybe they just decorated a room for summer tours because otherwise it would be a liability. Res life wouldn't allow it, no way no how. Most dorms don't have A/C but they all have heat, obviously.</p>
<p>The Brown tourguides were the most enthusiastic we have encountered. Both of them (we had 2 since one was a trainee) offered different points of view but were so much fun and engaging. We ate at a couple of on-campus places, and the food was decent. Thayer Street is worth a look see.</p>
<p>i just think it's funny when they tell you it takes 5 minutes to get from Wayland to the S most end of campus and 10 minutes to get from Wayland to the N most end. </p>
<p>I passed a group yesterday and was like, chyeah, if you're a fast walker...</p>