2012-2013 Williams College Office of Admission
Tour Guide Application
Please return completed application to Austin Davis at Austin.J.Davis@williams.edu by
11:59 PM on Tuesday, January 24
Thanks for your interest in becoming a tour guide! Admission tour guides play a crucial role in our
year-long recruiting process. You may remember from you own experience the impact that tour
guides have on your impression of a college. As an admission tour guide and you will not only meet,
greet and impress hundreds of eager students and their families, but you will also gain valuable
experience in public speaking.
The job entails zero to three hours of work per week, depending on the time of year. Guides are
paid $8.75/hr in the first year, and $9.00/hr in subsequent years. Guides give campus tours or join
members of the admission staff in group information sessions about the College. The schedule for
tour and information sessions changes throughout the year and can be found here:
http://admission.williams.edu/visit/thevisit/infosessiontours
Tour guides should be articulate and energetic, convey a high-level of enthusiasm about the college,
and be willing to share broadly about the experiences of students at Williams.
We will invite a subset of applicants for an interview upon reviewing their applications. Interviews
will take place during the first week of spring semester. Please note that paid work will not begin
until the fall of 2012. Newly hired guides will attend several training sessions in the spring semester,
and also be expected to give Previews tours for admitted students as part of their training (guides
will be paid for training and Previews tours.) New guides will be added to the regular tour schedule
in the fall of 2012.
Please note that all job offers will be contingent upon selected students being in good academic and
disciplinary standing throughout their tenure at Williams. We reserve the right to rescind job offers
based on academic or disciplinary concerns.
Questions? Please contact Jen Bees, Admissions Counselor, or Amanda Esteves-Kraus and Austin
Davis, Head Tour Guides.
Jennifer.C.Bees@wiliams.edu
Austin.J.Davis@williams.edu
Amanda.Esteves-Kraus@williams.edu
2012-2013 Williams College Office of Admission
Tour Guide Application
Please return completed application to Austin Davis at Austin.J.Davis@williams.edu by
11:59 PM on Tuesday, January 24
NAME:
YEAR:
EMAIL (full name email):
CELL PHONE:
MAJOR/CONCENTRATION:
HOMETOWN:
HIGH SCHOOL:
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES (LIST LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, IF ANY):
Please respond to the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
(NOTE – We will use your answers to determine whether you are invited for an interview.)
1. What is your favorite spot on campus? Why?
2. What is your favorite memory outside of the classroom? Why?
3. What has been your favorite class or academic experience? Why?
4. What is your favorite thing about Williams?
5. What is your least favorite thing about Williams? (Weather does not count):
6. What is one thing you really want to do before you graduate?
7. Why do you want to be a tour guide and why do you think you’d be a good one?