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<blockquote> <p>The very prestigous schools, however, always act as if we are lucky to even be spending time on their campus. The tour groups are always very large....<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>I am currently visiting Harvard for Jr. Parents Weekend, and yesterday I saw an amazing thing: a Harvard tour group that consisted of the guide and exactly THREE people - basically one family. Of course the main reason was probably the fact that it was in the middle of a winter storm with pouring freezing rain. Nevertheless, the guide was doing his best. The family appeared to be getting the full tour with all the regular stops, stories, and jokes.</p>
<p>Back when we were touring campuses, the selective schools did indeed have large tour groups. But the guides and admissions people pretty much all seemed very gracious and polite and glad to have us there, including Harvard. I had my snottiness antennae tuned very high that day to detect any whiff of condenscension, but they were fine.</p>