La Quinta Inn, La Palma, CA (Tuesday and Wednesday evening)

3 Centerpointe Dr
La Palma, CA 90623
Phone: 1-714-670-1400
Fax: 1-714-522-4698

Holiday Inn Express Sea World Area (Thursday Evening)

3950 Jupiter St. I-8 & Sports Arena Blvd
San Diego, CA 92110
Phone: 1-619-226-8000
Fax: 1-619-226-1409

This first section is provided by Pepperdine University

Please inform your students and staff of the following guidelines to make your visit enjoyable and informative!
During the Tour:

·         Be respectful to the tour guide

·         Listen when the tour guide is speaking-NO side conversations

·         Keep up with the tour guide-don't lag behind the group

·         Ask appropriate questions

·         No cell phones/iPods/headphones

·         Be quiet inside buildings-do not disturb classes

·         No PDA please

Before and After the Tour:

·         Be respectful of the facilities

·         Stay with a chaperone at all times

The campus tour is the ideal time to ask questions of your student guide that you don’t want to ask an admissions department interviewer or to which you feel you would get a more “up front” answer from a student. Often it’s a good idea to ask the same question of your tour guide and your admissions interviewer to see how the answers differ. Questions to ask can be divided into four areas: academic, social, surroundings, and general.

ACADEMIC:

• Do professors teach most of the freshmen courses, or do graduate students do much of the teaching?
• What is the attitude of most professors toward students? Are they friendly? Accessible? Willing to give extra help?
• How hard do you have to work to be successful?
• Some colleges are doing a lot these days in the area of career counseling. How does this college stack up?
• Is there a Career Planning and Placement Center on campus? What kind of programs and services does it provide? How many graduates does it help place? What percentage of graduates got jobs last year? What percentages of graduates go to professional or graduate school?

SOCIAL QUESTIONS:

• What do students do on weekends? Do many of them go home? Is the campus empty?
• What is the situation with regard to drinking and drugs?
• Where are the good places to eat, aside from the official dining halls?
• If the school or dorm is not coed, what kinds of social arrangements are made?
• How important are fraternities and sororities in campus life? Does most social life depend on them?
• Do theatrical companies, orchestras, and other musical groups or outside lecturers come to the campus? If not, are such activities available in town?
• Are groups in the college community involved in what’s going on in the outside world-politics, international relations, community service? How connected and aware are students to world events? 

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SURROUNDING AREA:

• How are relations between the residents and students- the so-called “town-grown” relationship?
• What’s the transportation like between campus and town? (This is particularly important at colleges where freshman are not allowed to have cars on campus)
• Is any large urban area accessible? For urban schools, how safe is the neighborhood?

GENERAL QUESTIONS:

• What kinds of help are available-academic, personal, psychological-in case you need them?
• How are personal problems handled? What can you do if you have roommate issues?
• Are there lots of rules and regulations on dress, conduct, etc. that must be observed?
• Are there special restrictions on freshman?
• What do you like most about the college? What do you dislike the most? What’s wrong with this place? What’s good?
• What is the general attitude toward students by the college admissions officers, registrar, dorm managers, assistant deans, and academic advisors?
• How are freshman treated on campus?