Summer is the prefect time to schedule some college visits. Whether your student is just starting high school or trying to finalize a college list before senior year, campus visits are the best way to learn about schools and determine which ones are a good fit. If you have an extra couple hours, you can [...]
Here are more details I learned during my visit: For fun students go climbing or skiing, hang out at coffee shops, or visit with friends. Some campus parties are themed around the readings and since everyone on campus takes the same classes students can have fun getting into the theme. Both students who met with [...]
I know this isn’t how to choose a college, but my favorite memory from my November trip to Albright College is walking across campus and seeing all the clusters of red Adirondack chairs. Even though it was a little too cold to hang out, I could easily picture students gathering around campus. The red chairs [...]
In my recent visit of liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania, Elizabethtown College (E-Town) was the first stop. It is a campus with just under 2000 students, 85% of which live on campus. Elizabethtown (the actual town) has about 12,000 residents and a nice college-town feel with shops, bookstores, restaurants, and coffee houses. The campus [...]
On my tour of Pennsylvania liberal arts colleges last week, Messiah College was our last stop. It is a Christian college located in central Pennsylvania about 10 minutes from Harrisburg and two hours from Washington DC or Philadelphia. The campus sits on a hill and the Yellow Breeches Creek flows along one side, providing a [...]
Everyone says I need to research colleges and make a college list. What am I supposed to be doing? How do I research colleges? Sometimes advice like “go research colleges” is oversimplified. With over 4000 colleges and universities (2-year, 4-year, public, private, and for-profit), it can be hard to know where to begin. First, [...]
In the previous post, I outlined college interview basics– the things every student should do before scheduling a college admissions interview. Today I’m adding a list of college admission interview do’s and don’ts. These are intended for students preparing for an admissions interview, but many apply for job or scholarship interviews as well. Parents, [...]
I don’t want to inundate you with summaries of all my college visits and updates, but I do want to share with you some of the interesting and unique places that exist. Sometimes we tend to think only of the top name colleges in our local area and forget that there may be other schools [...]
