Yes - daughter of good friends and neighbors very much disliked her tour

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Nov 6, 2024
12:06:02pm

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All the tour guide talked about was sports and she had no interest. She ended up going to the University of Chicago.

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Hearing from multiple people that their BYU tour for prospective students was

byubyu

11:46am

I haven't done one for about 3 years

jxncoog

11:47am

I recall many on here saying BYU recruiting tours are pretty lame. I think it

mudpupper

11:49am

my experience on recruiting tours was the opposite.. (but i don't think the OP is talking about recruiting)

TheLost

11:55am

He's just referring to the regular student tours

fattycoug

2:04pm

Recruiting tours for athletes are handled entirely by the athletic department.

cybercoug

12:33pm

Neither UofU or BYU did anything to impress my kids on their tours.

Tokolosh

11:50am

Yeah, SUU, USU, Weber State, and even BYU I all had much better tours than BYU did.

bag

12:02pm

Yikes. I hope that's a) false, b) exaggerated, or c) anomalous.

spoxjox

11:51am

Even if true, so what? BYU isn't hurting for applicants.

BlueCoug

11:53am

Note to OP: This is the general BYU admin attitude in a nutshell

reddead

11:59am

That's kinda the vibe we got on tours with our kids. Certainly one approach.

JJCoug

12:02pm

I honestly wouldn't care at all if they didn't do tours at all

JuicyJam

11:53am

We've done the BYU tour several times with different kids.

Richardo

11:54am

We’ve just done self-guided and focused tours at BYU. Helps to live locally and know multiple faculty and staff.

Yllage Vidiot

11:59am

Tours are dumb.

Longseason

11:56am

Yes. BYU's recruiting is extremely low-effort

reddead

11:57am

You would have gone to USU instead of BYU because of a tour?

TheWanderer

12:05pm

I would have chosen USU over BYU because of attitudes toward students

reddead

12:32pm

Yeah, sounds like you would have fit right in at USU.

TheWanderer

1:09pm

We did a USU tour last month and didn't experience any of that. The BYU tour was

Hoosier77

12:42pm

I have heard this multiple times

chapinboy

11:57am

That was our experience. Better experiences at USU, UVU.

Bandersnatch

12:04pm

Yes - daughter of good friends and neighbors very much disliked her tour

Spocougar

12:06pm

UChicago is the better choice anyway

reddead

12:33pm

Depends on the tour guide driving the golf cart

bad84cougar

12:26pm

yeah, their tour is pretty bad for visiting guests as well. I take our visitors

runnincoug

12:30pm

BYU tours are basically a courtesy to alumni and their guests/offspring

korihor

12:31pm

The BYU tour was on par with the USU and BYUI tours.

Hoosier77

12:43pm

The tour was fine. Are SCHOOL tours supposed to be fun?

BaseCoug

1:01pm

Why not? Clearly, some schools have figured out how to make them fun/engaging

reddead

1:05pm

I don’t need cheesy smiley fake students to help me make my college decision

BaseCoug

1:08pm

When my son visits other schools, they give him food vouchers, swag, shirts,

runnincoug

1:10pm

Massive failure on the part of the faculty that they allow this.

TheWanderer

1:12pm

The experience you are describing is something BYU covers in the form of

BaseCoug

1:22pm

RE: The tour was fine. Are SCHOOL tours supposed to be fun?

chapinboy

1:10pm

In my opinion you would get all that from just walking around the school

BaseCoug

1:14pm

Then don't take a tour, it isn't mandatory

chapinboy

1:45pm

It isn't about fun necessarily. But talking the time to introduce you to potential professors or admins in your chosen

Tokolosh

1:31pm

I do agree with this! I guess I just see the tours they do as a service to

BaseCoug

1:37pm

They have a new athletics tour that I thought was pretty cool.

Kaladin

1:56pm

for athletes or just regular prospective students?

runnincoug

1:57pm

Anybody can sign up for it and go. They take you around to some of the

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