By Lee Shulman Bierer Photo by UNC Greensboro Last week was a tough one for many high school seniors. Students have now heard from all the schools where they applied, with either joyful acceptances, confusing wait-lists or disappointing rejections. This year saw a perfect storm for lots of rejection...
LEE SHULMAN BIERER Photo by Robert Kinlaw, collegetownnc.com The to-do list for high school seniors seems to be growing longer each day. When they’re not doing homework, participating in their extracurricular activities, hanging with friends, sleeping, eating or texting, here’s what they’re thinking about: their college list,...
LEE SHULMAN BIERER Photo by Robert Kinlaw, collegetownnc.com When students share what makes them anxious about heading off to college, most of them confess that they’re concerned about leaving the social comforts of high school; their “friend group” and their familiar surroundings. They wonder whether they will miss...
LEE SHULMAN BIERER Photo by Robert Kinlaw, collegetownnc.com Last fall, I reached out to Ben Knoble for his wisdom on adjusting to freshman year of college. Ben was a 2016 Ardrey Kell High School graduate and had just started at UNC Chapel Hill. His sage words resonated with...
LEE SHULMAN BIERER Photo by Amanda Nguyen, collegetownnc.com With all the conversation about how tough a year this was for high school seniors applying to college, you might find it surprising that more than 500 colleges and universities still have opportunities for qualified freshmen and/or transfer students for...
LEE SHULMAN BIERER Matt and Maura Boerio are twin seniors at Providence High School in Charlotte, headed off to separate colleges in the fall. Photo by the Boerio family D-day, or Decision Day, or what is formally known as National Decision Day, May 1, is finally in...
Photo by the News & ObserverMarch 31 was D-Day, or decision day, for high school seniors. Colleges have finally released their decisions, and students know whether they have been accepted, denied or if they have been given an opportunity to stay on a college’s wait-list. This was...
LEE SHULMAN BIERER Photo by Amanda Nguyen, collegetownnc.com I received an interesting telephone call midmorning this past Friday from a student of mine, a senior whom I worked with over the last two years. She already knows she’ll be attending an out-of-state university this fall. After our initial greetings,...
Letters of recommendation carry varying weight, depending on the perspective of the college or university and who writes them. The more selective colleges may ask for two or three recommendation letters. Questions abound: Who should you ask? What are they used for? Where do they...
Recently I had a funny ironic moment with a student. We were reviewing his Common Application essay. He had chosen to respond to Prompt # 4 – Describe a problem you’ve solved or a problem you’d like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a...
