Meet the elite: Brown, MIT, Yale come to town

Brown, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Yale (you may have heard of those places...) are teaming up for an admissions tour, including three Bay Area presentations April 27, 28 and 29.

The notification we received marks, to my knowledge, the beginning of the season of college events aimed directly at the high school Class of 2009 — this year's juniors.

Here are the Bay Area events:

Sunday, April 27, 3 p.m.
San Jose: Scottish Rite Center, 2455 Masonic Drive, 408/978-7483

Monday, April 28, 7:30 p.m.
San Francisco: Holiday Inn Golden Gateway, 1500 Van Ness Ave., 415/447-3098

Tuesday, April 29, 7:30 p.m.
Berkeley: Claremont Hotel, 41 Tunnel Road, 510/549-8577

The tour has its own website: http://www.brownmityale.org/

The tour makes three more stops in the greater region:

Saturday, April 26, 1 p.m.
Fresno: Ramada University Hotel, 324 E. Shaw Ave., 559/224-4040

Wednesday, April 30, 7:30 p.m.
Sacramento: Doubletree Hotel, 2001 Point West Way, 916/924-4902

Thursday, May 1, 7:30 p.m.
Reno, Nev.: National Bowling Stadium, 300 N. Center St., 775/335-8839

Registration is suggested but not required, via the tour's website.