Category Archives: Preparing for College

“Understand meaning of humanity, yourselves and your lives”

May 24, 2011 – 8:57 am

E.O. Wilson was in town to give the commencement address a couple of weeks ago. Ed Wilson is one of America’s great thinkers about the environment and about the application of evolution to human behavior. In his commencement speech, he said, “This country and the rest of the world needs university-trained young people prepared not [...]

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Welcome back!

August 23, 2010 – 1:01 pm

I know it’s time for the excitement of a new school year when I start heading to camp. Carolina Kickoff is always held at Camp New Hope north of Chapel Hill. This year, 175 first-year students went to Carolina Kickoff and learned about all the things they can do at Carolina. This year, we went [...]

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We’re #1, thanks to many

January 8, 2010 – 9:20 am

Carolina is once again first on Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine’s list of schools that “deliver strong academics at affordable prices.” We’re referred to as “an academic superstar that competes with the Ivies.” The story also says we have “one big advantage over many other public schools: strong state support for financial aid.” Support from the [...]

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Pitching college to high schoolers

February 26, 2009 – 2:51 pm

One of the best parts of my job is visiting high schools and talking to students who want to come to Carolina or who wonder whether college is for them. In these challenging times, the message is pretty simple. The folks who are coming into college now are the most idealistic, service-oriented, intelligent young people [...]

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