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...
By Lee Shulman Bierer If you picture yourself in the college admissions officer’s chair, reviewing application after application, you’ll have a better sense of why it matters so much how you spend your time outside of school. What you do in your spare time tells them what you...
By LEE SHULMAN BIERER Summer provides the best opportunity for future college applicants to separate themselves from the pack. As the number of students applying to colleges continues its upward trajectory, so too does the need for students to make an effort to distinguish themselves. So how...
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 “college thing” becomes eerily real. I thought this would be a good occasion to speak with two...
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,...
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, crazy crowded and yes, a little intimidating, but it’s a harmless first exposure that often yields...
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 seniors often find themselves deciding between a small private college and a larger university. One way to...
Calling all juniors, high school class of 2018 and college graduates of 2022 – the college admissions process has officially begun. The Common Application, accepted by nearly 700 colleges across the country just released its 2017-2018 essay prompts. What are the big changes? Two new essay prompts...
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 gear up and start searching for ways to pay for their dreams. One of the biggest...
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 classrooms and laboratories, and cost about $39 million to build. Facts and Stats: Campbell offers an...
