This post is by Ms. Amy Warren, Associate Director of College Counseling. What a week! From Milwaukee to Madison, St. Louis to Kansas City, it feels like I have been all over the place! I started the week flying into Milwaukee to start the COWS (Counselors Observing Wisconsin Schools) tour. Along with 40 other counselors […]
Boston College sent us this link on visiting the College and asked us to pass it on to our students who are planning summer visits.
SMES 2002 alumnus Colter Flemming returned to his native Texas after college and works with the McDermott Scholars Program at The University of Texas at Dallas. Recently, Colter invited me to Dallas to visit the University and to learn more about the program. I was impressed. I asked Colter to write a post for this blog. […]
Andy Ellison is a 2008 SMES alumnus. Hi, my name is Andy Ellison and I graduated from SMES in 2008. Currently, I attend Arizona State University where I am studying Journalism. Arizona State is obviously not very high on the list of universities that an SMES alum would attend, believe me I know. But there […]
Many of you are visiting colleges this summer and we thought it might be helpful to give you some tips to keep in mind when planning and making your visits. There is quite a bit of information availalable on our website regarding visiting college representatives and formal college tours, but if you are making the trip as […]
The usual comment I’ve heard from students after visiting Boston College is, “BC is what I thought colleges in Boston would look like.” The campus is stunning and it’s just outside of Boston in Chestnut Hill. The College is an easy drive down Commonwealth Avenue, or Beacon Street, or you can get there by taking […]
It takes about an hour to drive the 35 miles down U.S. Highway 7 from Burlington to Middlebury. Middlebury College, founded in 1800, is adjacent to the village center. The Village of Middlebury is classic New England, with bustling sidewalk cafes, restaurants, bookstores, folk art shops, a stream running beneath Main Street, and the like. […]
Mr. Allen and I spent a great 4 days at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO right after graduation and I was able to stay on a couple extra days to visit other schools in the area. Colorado College is probably best known for its Block Plan, a system where students enroll in one […]
Founded in 1791, the University of Vermont is the fifth oldest college in New England. The University is called UVM, which is from its Latin name, Universitas Viridis Montis, meaning, the University of the Green Mountains. UVM is considered one of the so-called “Public Iviies”, along with other public notables, including, the universities of Virginia, […]
My thanks to Mr. Bryan Harney in the SMES technology department, who did all the backend work to get this blog up and running. And to Mrs. Anne Mack, director of communications, who encouraged this venture. I’m writing this first post from Detroit International Airport. I left Orange County this morning and am on my […]