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title: Advice From College Tour Guides About What to Ask on a College Tour
description: What should you be asking on your college tour? Four tour guides share their favorite questions.
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published: '2016-10-04T19:40:38.000Z'
modified: '2020-07-07T11:11:35.000Z'
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As high school seniors ponder where they'll apply to college and where they want to go to school, many are participating in a staple of the college admissions process: the college tour.

So, what should you ask on a college tour? What information should you be gathering as you walk around the campus? Money asked that question of the people who have some insight on the subject: college tour guides.

Money asked them to find out what they thought prospective students should be asking about when they tour a campus. Money also wanted to know what types of questions, if any, prospective students shouldn't be asking.

One important takeaway: The more questions you have, the better.

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