The day after her birthday, Rory takes the bus into Hartford to attend a college fair. College fairs are events held by schools and communities where representatives of colleges and universities can meet one-on-one with high school students and their parents to talk about their college, and answer questions. Representatives will have a booth or table where they can hand out brochures about the campus and academic programs. It seems that for some time Rory has been collecting the brochures from Harvard University.
The Annotated Gilmore Girls 