Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Campus Collages

A wonderful Cheverus mom made these collages when her daughters toured campuses. Enjoy!

above: Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY

 above: Middlebury College in Vermont

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

College Fair 2014

Hundreds of students attended the 9th annual Cheverus College Fair, visiting with 114 college representatives in May 2014.



Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Getting the Most out of College Visits

Tours during Cheverus' Spring Break at many Maine colleges & universities (pdf listing updated annually in Jan/Feb)

"Campus Tours" contains the following documents:
  • college region maps on the web (New England, NY, PA)
  • nearby colleges not to miss ("if you visit Syracuse, don't skip LeMoyne")
  • how to get the truth from campus tour guides: better questions to ask

Friday, May 30, 2014

Admission: USM

University of Southern Maine

When I grew up in Massachusetts, no one wanted to attend the university next door, U Lowell. We looked down on it and went to school elsewhere. I see it is the same in every state! Cheverus students think UNH is great and would prefer not to attend USM.

Monday, March 31, 2014

WaitList

Why place thousands of students on wait-lists if you historically only accept a few? The Wall Street Journal confirms the advice I give seniors; here's a clip: