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    Colorado College: Odyssey of Individuality
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Aug 31, 2021
    • 6 min

    Colorado College: Odyssey of Individuality

    Somehow, high-flying Colorado College manages to stay below the radar of a good chunk of exceptional students who just might find it to...
    CU Boulder: Big is the New Small
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Aug 17, 2021
    • 4 min

    CU Boulder: Big is the New Small

    Like a dream-school mirage, gazpacho-red rooftops poked through the tree-line as we hurtled down the final stretch of the not-so-lonesome...
    University of Denver: Stereophonic Academics
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Aug 9, 2021
    • 4 min

    University of Denver: Stereophonic Academics

    Nestled among the Rocky Mountains just outside its namesake metropolis, University of Denver certainly is a sight to behold when it is 93...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Oct 23, 2020
    • 1 min

    Campus Takeovers: Unscripted Virtual Tours

    University Business: "High schools students who want to see colleges and universities up close must largely view them through a set of...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • May 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    Screening College Options from Home

    The New York Times: "High school juniors hoping to begin college in the fall of 2021 are not able to visit campuses in person, but they...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Apr 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    Pixel Dust: College Tours Go Virtual

    The New York Times: "Virtual coffees with college students for high school juniors. Zoom sessions between applicants and admissions...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Mar 17, 2020
    • 1 min

    7 Tips for Quarantined Students

    None of us wanted or predicted this -- but here we are -- safe at home with so much time on our hands. Here are seven great ways to pass...
    U of Maryland Tour: By The Numbers
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Mar 5, 2020
    • 4 min

    U of Maryland Tour: By The Numbers

    University of Maryland gets right to the point, quantifying itself with data. Twelve colleges, 90 undergraduate majors and 4,447 total...
    Wesleyan Tour: Order out of Chaos
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Feb 20, 2020
    • 5 min

    Wesleyan Tour: Order out of Chaos

    Arriving a half-hour early for our Tuesday noontime Wesleyan University tour, we were greeted by one, and then another, chockablock-full...
    Purchase Tour: An Arts-Industrial Complex
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Jan 21, 2020
    • 4 min

    Purchase Tour: An Arts-Industrial Complex

    When Purchase College first opened its doors in 1967, Nelson Rockefeller called it “the cultural gem” of the State University of New York...
    Yale Tour: Cathedral of Knowledge
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Jan 14, 2020
    • 6 min

    Yale Tour: Cathedral of Knowledge

    Yale University seems like a pretty good school. Okay, sure. It is in fact, every bit as awe-inspiring as a college has a right to be on...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Oct 29, 2019
    • 1 min

    CampusReel Offers Online Campus Tours

    Tech Crunch: "CampusReel quietly went live last year with a plan to deliver a real campus tour experience to applicants right from their...
    Trinity Tour: Big City, Small Campus, Bright Future
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Jun 25, 2019
    • 5 min

    Trinity Tour: Big City, Small Campus, Bright Future

    Almost always the tour follows the information session, but at Trinity College it was the other way around, at least for us. Touring...
    UConn Tour: Beyond Huskymania
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Jun 11, 2019
    • 4 min

    UConn Tour: Beyond Huskymania

    When is an urban campus not an urban campus? One answer might be: when it’s the University of Connecticut. Set in New England’s...
    Georgetown Tour: What Rocks? Hoya Saxa!
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • Jun 3, 2019
    • 5 min

    Georgetown Tour: What Rocks? Hoya Saxa!

    We gamely followed Matt, our witty and vivacious Georgetown University tour guide, as he ascended what appeared to be a fire escape....
    Hofstra Tour: Monkey Puzzles & Other Surprises
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • May 30, 2019
    • 3 min

    Hofstra Tour: Monkey Puzzles & Other Surprises

    One would get the wrong idea if the aging, high-rise residential halls visible from a bordering turnpike were one’s first impression of...
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • May 23, 2019
    • 1 min

    21 Fun Facts About 12 Colleges

    At the 2019 IECA Spring conference, a collection of colleges was invited to explain themselves, lightning-round style, in five minutes or...
    DePaul Tour: A Distinctly Vincentian Education
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • May 17, 2019
    • 3 min

    DePaul Tour: A Distinctly Vincentian Education

    Never afraid of getting too much of a good thing, we squeezed in one last college tour during our Chicago whirlwind. With just hours to...
    U Chicago Tour: Yes, We Had Fun
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • May 16, 2019
    • 4 min

    U Chicago Tour: Yes, We Had Fun

    Looking for the admissions office, walking through a grand archway, not knowing exactly what was to come, we were stunned by the...
    Wisconsin Tour: Small City, Big Campus
    Beth & Tim Manners
    • May 15, 2019
    • 4 min

    Wisconsin Tour: Small City, Big Campus

    Located in a capital city and with a total student population of about 44,000, it would seem a given that the University of Wisconsin at...
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