Carolina College Bound

Photo courtesy of UNC Chapel Hill If you’re a rising senior and you ask any of your soon-to-be-college-freshmen friends for one piece of advice about college applications, I know what…

Freelance writer Kyle DeNuccio traveled and surfed during a gap year away from college. Photo by Joe Johnston Every year, more and more students and parents talk to me about…

Photo by UNC Greensboro People always seem to apologize when they’re making plans for summer campus visits: “I’m sorry, I know we should have done all this sooner, during spring…

Photo by Robert Kinlaw, collegetownnc.com Unfortunately, the lazy, hazy days of a summer full of splashing in the pool and hanging out with friends are but a pleasant memory for…

Photo by Travis Long for The News & Observer Perhaps you’re not one of those super-organized, type-A people who firmed up their summer plans last January. And right about now,…

What should you do with your “boomerang kids” who come home from college for a place to stay over the summer? A first piece of advice is for everyone –…

Many students unwittingly treat letters of recommendation as an afterthought. They ask teachers and recommenders late in the process and often fail to provide them with sufficient tools to get…

Photo by Robert Kinlaw, collegetownnc.com A letter of recommendation will never outweigh a student’s performance in the classroom, but it can be a tipping factor in the college admissions process.…

I always believed that Hallmark was responsible for creating June’s catchy marketing moniker “Dads and Grads.” Just as Father’s Day gifts have thankfully moved beyond standard-issue ties, so too, can…

Photo by Tricia Coyne/Queens University of Charlotte Is there room at the U? If your high school senior was caught in the unfortunate position of being denied everywhere they applied…