College Tours for Counselors

(organized alphabetically by city, state, or region served)

 

California "Decemberfest" - Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Scripps, Pitzer, Pomona, Occidental, Cal Tech, Redlands, Whittier

 

California - different schools each summer, through WACAC:

http://www.wacac.org/index.php/events/professional_development/counselor_summer_programs_college_tours/

 

Chicago - Lake Forest, Northwestern, U of Chicago

 

Florida - Sunshine Tour (February) (Barry University, Embry-Riddle, Flagler, Florida Institute of Technology, Florida Southern, Jacksonville University, Johnson and Wales, Lynn University, Northwood University, Nova Southeastern, Ringling School of Art and Design, Rollins, Saint Leo, Stetson University and University of Tampa)

 

Florida - tour especially for international counselors - Florida Institute of Technology, Rollins, University of Tampa, Stetson and Eckerd

 

Georgia - "Peachtree Tour" - Emory, Oxford , Agnes Scott, Morehouse, Spelman - http://www.emory.edu/admission/counselors/visit_campus/counselor_programs.html 

 

Iowa - http://www.iacac.org/tours-committee/

 

Illinois:

http://www.iacac.org/tours/2010/

 

Kentucky:

http://www.kascac.com/Committees/bustour.htm  

 

Maine - "BBC Tour" - Bates, Bowdoin, & Colby - http://www.bates.edu/x226135.xml

 

Maine - Pine Tree Admission Consortium Tour - UMaine Farmington, Maine College of Art, Bridgton Academy, Saint Joseph's College, UMaine Orono, Southern Maine CC, USM, UNE http://pinetreeadmission.com/

 

Maryland - Goucher, St. Johns, Washington, Johns Hopkins, C of Notre Dame, MIA, Loyola, Hood, Mt.St. Mary’s, Western Maryland, Villa Julie

 

Massachusetts:

 

Express interest in the following tours at http://www.wpi.edu/admissions/undergraduate/apply/counselor-tour.htm:

BEANS - Bentley University, Emerson College, Simmons College, Clark University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute

MOW - MIT, Olin College of Engineering, and WPI

WACT - Assumption College, Becker College, Anna Maria College, Clark University, Holy Cross, Worcester State College, and WPI

PIKE TOUR -Babson College, College of the Holy Cross, Emerson College and WPI

 

Mount Holyoke Counselor Weekend - Includes tours of  Amherst, Smith, U. Mass and Hampshire

 

Colleges of the Fenway - http://www.colleges-fenway.org/counselortour.htm - Emmanuel College, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Simmons College, Wentworth Institute of Technology, and Wheelock College

 

Massachusetts & Connecticut - Trinity, Connecticut, WPI, Holy Cross

 

New England Sampler Tour - Wheaton, Northeastern, Providence College -  www.nesamplertour.org

 

North Carolina - Catawba College - https://www.catawba.edu/requests/flyin.asp

 

Minnesota - Macalester, St. Olaf, Carleton

 

Montana Bus Tour - http://www.montana.edu/admissions/counselortour/ - University of Montana, Carroll College, Montana Tech, Montana State

 

New Jersey Summer Tour (organized by NJ School Couns. Association; destinations change each summer):

http://www.njsca.org/content.php?sid=36&mID=1

 

Association of Independent Colleges & Universities of NJ:

http://www.njcolleges.org/a_about_guidance.html

 

New Hampshire College and University Council - http://www.nhcuc.org/gctour.asp - Chester College of New England, Colby-Sawyer College, Dartmouth College, Franklin Pierce University, Keene State College, New England College, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Plymouth State University, Rivier College, Saint Anselm College, Southern New Hampshire University and the University of New Hampshire

 

New Mexico Counselor Tour - St. John’s College, New Mexico Institute of Mining, Inst of American Indian Art

 

New York -

Finger Lakes Tour (Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Syracuse University, University of Rochester, and Ithaca College):

http://enrollment.rochester.edu/admissions/hscounselors/programs.shtm

 

Mid-Hudson Valley College Tour - USMA, Marist, Bard, Culinary Institute, Vassar

 

Colleges of Rochester Tour (Alfred University, Geneseo, Nazareth College, Rochester Institute of Technology, and the University of Rochester):

http://enrollment.rochester.edu/admissions/hscounselors/programs.shtm

 

Upstate NY: Colgate, Rensselaer, Union, Skidmore, Syracuse, Hamilton (CRUSSH tour): http://www.crusshcounselortour.org/

 

Western New York Consortium of Higher Education:

http://www.daemen.edu/admissions/collegetour/Pages/default.aspx (Additional information about the consortium is available at http://www.wnycollegeconnection.com)

 

North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities - 3 different routes, one each year - Eastern, Central, and Western - approx 13-15 colleges per tour - http://www.ncicu.org/counselors_tour.html

 

North Carolina - First Flight Public Colleges Tour - http://www.firstflighttour.org/ - NC State, UNC Greensboro, UNC Wilmington

 

Ohio - "Heart of Ohio" - Antioch, Case-Western, John Carroll, Kent State, Marietta, Otterbein, Ohio University http://heartofohio.marietta.edu/

 

Ohio - Denison, Kenyon, Oberlin, Wooster, Wittenberg

 

Pacific Northwest - Lewis & Clark, Reed, Willamette, University of Puget Sound, Whitman

 

Pennsylvania - Lehigh Valley - Lafayette, Lehigh, Muhlenberg, Moravian, Allentown

 

Central Pennsylvania Consortium - Dickinson, Gettysburg, Franklin and Marshall

 

Pennsylvania - "Taste of the Triangle" - Allegheny, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western Reserve

 

Philadelphia Association of Catholic Colleges - http://www.pacac.org/?q=node/340 - Cabrini College, Chestnut Hill College, Gwynedd-Mercy College, Holy Family University , Immaculata University, La Salle University, Manor College, Neumann University, Rosemont College, Saint Joseph’s University, Villanova University

Pennsylvania Liberal Arts College Tour - Albright, Elizabethtown, Juniata, Lebanon Valley, Lycoming, Messiah - https://www.juniata.edu/admission/paliberalartstour 

 

Rhode Island - http://www.riaao.com/gc.html  - 10 different colleges

 

Southeast  "Sweet Tea" Tour (coordinated by SACAC) - For 2011, the tour is June 5-10, and includes Vanderbilt, Belmont, UT-Knoxville, MTSU, Sewanee, Rhodes, Memphis, CBU, and U. Mississippi (schools visited changes every year)

 

Texas: "Magic in the Metroplex" (SMU, Austin College, University of Dallas and TCU)

 

Consortium of Vermont Colleges:

http://www.vtcolleges.org/requesttour/

 

Virginia- http://www.vatour.sbc.edu/ (appears to be on hiatus)

 

Virginia Private Colleges Tour - http://www.cicv.org/counselors.html 

 

COWS - counselors observing Wisconsin schools - tour (Beloit, Ripon, Lawrence, U of Wisconsin, Marquette)