The new way colleges are giving tours

High school seniors have a lot of decisions to make with college, and COVID-19 is not making it any easier.

HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS HAVE A LOTOF DECISIONS TO MAKE WITHCOLLEGE, AND CORONAVIRUS ISNOT MAKING IT ANY EASER.JULIAFELLO SHARES HOW CARTHAGECOLLEGE IS HELPING FAMILIESMANAGE THE PRESSURE ... WITHNEW TOURS THEY JUST ROLLED OUT...USUALLY CARTHAGE COLLEGE WOULDOFFER TOURS WITH 30 STUDENTSAND THEIR PARENTS BUT NOW-(ánatá)10:41:30 you can see inthe computer science room hereIT'S ONE AT A TIME.(ánatá)11:06:20 on our fourth floorwe have all of our officeslike financial aid...WORRIESOVER THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUSSHRUNK THE NUMBER OF STUDENTAMBASSADOR FROM A DOZEN TOFOUR.

JAIME FIRST STARTEDGIVING IN PERSON TOURS AGAINLATE LAST MONTH.(áSOTá) JAIMEFIRST/Carthage College senior10:46:27 its nice that you canconnect with the families alot more and answer theirindividual questionsNICOLABETZ, A SENIOR AT YORKVILLEHIGH SCHOOL IN ILLINOISAPPRECIATES BEING ABLE SEEWHAT HER FUTURE COULD LOOKLIKE IN PERSON.(áSOTá) NICOLABETZ/Prospective student10:45:20 its not the same asdoing a virtual tour a lot ofpeople think it is itsdefinitely a differentexperience walking around soits really niceAND SO DOES HERFATHER, WHO IS NOT A FAN OFVIRTUAL TOURS.(áSOTá) JOHNBETZ/Parent10:47:56 actuallybeing here is much better soyou can feel if its a fit ifyou really like it and askingquestions directly and followups are so much harder thandealing with the chats online10WE SPOKE TO NATALIE GRENTZ ANDHER MOM WHO ARRIVED FOR A TOURFROM WATERFORD.

(áSOTá)NATALIE GRENZ/prospectivestudent11:03:42 reporterquestion: have you done toursother places answer: not yetmost of them have been canceled(áSOTá) SHAUNA GRENZ/parent11:05:16 we looked at itonline virtually11:05:31 itslike looking at a paper mapseeing it in person makes allthe differenceHERE'S YOURREBOUND RUNDOWN:-CARTHAGECOLLEGE HAS A TWO WEEK WAIT TOGET AN IN PERSON TOUR-VIRTUALTOURS ARE STILL AVAILABLE.-CARTHAGE PLANS TO HAVE INPERSON CLASSES THIS FALL, WITHCOVID-19 PRECAUTIONS.JULIAFELLO TMJ4 NEWS.IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SET UP ATOUR OR LEARN MORE ABOUTCARTHAGE COLLEGE, HEAD TO TMJ4DOT COM SLASH REBOUND JUSTCLICK ON MANAGING THE PRES