Campus Visits
Charlotte moms share lessons on campus visits
By LEE SHULMAN BIERER Right about now, as the parents of sophomores and juniors are scheduling flights, renting cars, making hotel reservations and booking spring break campus tours, this whole…
Read more2017 Charlotte College Fair – with over 200 colleges and universities
BY LEE SHULMAN BIERER Attending your local college fair is a great way for students and parents to dip their toes in the waters of college exploration. It’s crazy loud,…
Read moreHonors Colleges in the Carolinas can offer an ‘Ivy’ experience
The saying goes … “It is easier to make a big school smaller than it is to make a small school bigger.” Shortly after the decisions roll in, high school…
Read moreMost generous schools – Show me the money
Now that the heavy-lifting is done on college applications and the students have had a bit of a break from sharing their innermost thoughts in college essays, it’s time to…
Read moreA Hidden Gem in North Carolina – It’s all about the academics at Campbell University, which also has law and med schools
The main entrance to the Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine- Leon Levine Hall of Medical Sciences in Buies Creek, N.C. The school’s main building, a 96,500-square-foot facility, consists of…
Read moreI’ve been deferred, now what do I do? 10 Do’s and Don’ts…
Colleges started notifying students who applied either Early Action or Early Decision beginning in December. Students who applied through an Early program receive one of three possible responses: Accepted, Rejected…
Read moreSo you think your kid is a superstar…
What parent or child doesn’t dream of that photograph on “Signing Day” when that big athletic scholarship for their child is real. After all those practices and games in the…
Read moreFreshman Survival Secrets – Part 2
Ben Knoble, a 2016 graduate of Ardrey Kell High School in Charlotte and a first-year student at UNC Chapel Hill shared his wisdom about what was a very successful first…
Read moreA Chapel Hill freshman reflects back on his first semester
I thought it would be helpful to hear directly from a first-year (freshman) student about their first semester survival secrets. Ben Knoble, a 2016 Ardrey Kell High School graduate, was…
Read moreBig public schools that make you feel right at home in the Carolinas
Last week I wrote about the unexpected perks of attending a large school. I say unexpected, because most people make assumptions that large schools are impersonal places where students are…
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