[civsa] Saturday Tour Visits

Thu Mar 29 19:33:04 CDT 2018

Hello everyone,

Loyola Marymount University has been offering one Saturday tour along with an admission presentation for a few years. They’re the same as our regular weekday campus tours - some buildings might be closed but that’s about it. Obviously other offices are closed so most families do understand that it wouldn’t be possible for them to speak to a Dean or a faculty member on a Saturday afternoon and that classes wouldn’t be in session. If any family ever does want to speak to someone we do our best to try find a student who has experience with that department or we’ll provide them with a name to contact on Monday.

 We currently only offer Saturday tours during the academic year and have found them to be highly successful in ensuring that a lot of our out of Los Angeles families have the chance to see campus and to chat with an Admission rep. We do make exceptions outside of our regular tour times throughout the year only if the family is flying in from out of state or from Northern California - provided we have 24-48 hour advance notice.

Thank you!

Christopher Kwan
Admission Counselor
Loyola Marymount University
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On Mar 29, 2018, at 2:57 PM, Pivaral, Jasmin <jpivaral at admission.ucla.edu<mailto:jpivaral at admission.ucla.edu>> wrote:

Beginning this academic year, UCLA began offering Saturday tours (preceded by an admission presentation) twice a day. In my personal experience taking relatives to visit schools, not a lot of schools offered options on Saturdays, especially smaller schools. No administrative offices are open Saturdays and we haven’t had any complaints—guests expect it.

Jasmin
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Assistant Director
UCLA Undergraduate Admission
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310.206.7989 office
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Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 2:51 PM
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Subject: Re: [civsa] Saturday Tour Visits

We offer Saturday visits on the first and third Saturday. We offer a university presentation and campus tour. Because of it being Saturday, other services on campus are not available and we generally do not have any pushback from the guests. They have been very valuable for us and we have had a decent response to the group sizes.

James Velez
Assistant Director of Admissions
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW)
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From: listserv [mailto:listserv-bounces at civsa.org] On Behalf Of Boehm, Andrew
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 12:07 PM
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Subject: Re: [civsa] Saturday Tour Visits

We host Saturday visit throughout the year excluding breaks and holiday weekends.  We tried to table these but the data shows they have high attendance as well as high application and yield rates.  We too face the same criticisms at times about offices not being open but the majority of visitors realize that it is a weekend and those opportunities probably won't be available.  It's best to try to set them up for that expectation through your communication, which we all know is selectively read.  We have a large audience, plenty of tour guide help, but usually one staff member to present and answer questions.  It still ends up working out.

Despite some negative feedback along these lines (or about the campus not being too active) we still have a steady stream of data telling us that these visits are valuable, and necessary for a ton of families with kids who are heavily involved and/or taking rigorous, AP filled course loads and are afraid to miss one day of school.

Andrew

Andrew Boehm

Associate Director - Campus Visits and Events

Miami University Office of Admission

301 S. Campus Avenue - 41 CAB

Oxford, OH 45056

513-529-2580

On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 11:57 AM, Driver, Tiffany <tjf002 at shsu.edu<mailto:tjf002 at shsu.edu>> wrote:
Happy Thursday, all!

I wanted to see if I could get some quick feedback regarding Saturday visits. Do any of you offer them? If so, are they the same as your regular weekday visits? Are offices (Admissions/Financial Aid, etc.) open?

A little background information: we host tours Monday- Friday at 3 different times. We have a biannual campus preview day (on a Saturday) but other than that, we are not open on the weekends. We have a family coming from out of state and can only be here on a Saturday (that is not our campus preview day) and we are doing our best to accommodate them however, they are upset that the university offices are not open.

I did suggest contacting offices they needed to speak to during regular business hours in case they had specific questions, but again, the expectation was to have offices open on Saturdays.

…just wanted to get some quick feedback about weekend visits and/or if you make exceptions for Saturday visits when there doesn’t seem to be another option for the family to travel.

Please let me know… thanks so much for your help!

Best,
Tiffany

Tiffany J. Driver, M.Ed.
Visitor Services
Assistant Director of Operations
Sam Houston State University
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