College Counseling at St. Margaret's

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 course at a time for 3 weeks ‘blocks.’ There are two other schools that are known for this type of calendar: Cornell College in Iowa and Quest University in Canada. Find out more about the CC block plan.

 

I was also able to visit the University of Denver, Colorado State University and University of Colorado, Boulder. From Denver to Ft. Collins to Boulder, the weather was gorgeous and I was impressed with how connected to nature the students can be when studying in these beautiful places. Hiking, skiing and snowboarding are popular sports for CO college students and outdoor recreation is constantly on the schedule.

 

Some highlights at CSU was the Student Media’s Radio, TV and Newspaper opportunities and the veterinary and human cadaver labs! At Boulder I learned about the Kittredge Honors Program which is an incredible way to combine residential and academic life as well experience smaller class sizes and more academic challenge. DU also had a gorgeous campus set right in Denver, with both a very strong campus atmosphere as well as a strong connection to the greater city of Denver. They have a number of fantastic programs including the Lamont School of Music (with their brand new multi-million dollar conservatory building) as well as the Daniels College of Business where students can enroll in a class that gives them real money to invest as a semester long project among other hands-on courses.

 

All four of these colleges have so much to offer SMES students, feel free to come and talk with us about them!