Come hear Lee speak at Southeast Psych’s Lunch ‘N Learn

Get the Jump on College Preparation: Help for High School Students of All Ages to Make the Most of Summer

Lee Bierer of College Admissions Strategies


Date: Monday, May 7, 12:00 PM
Location: Blakeney office

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Date: Thursday, May 10, 12:00 PM
Location: Southpark office

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Lee Bierer - Nationally Syndicated Columnist and Independent College Counselor.

Parents need to limit calls, stop e-hovering

Are you a wired parent? Have you failed to cut the electronic umbilical cord tied between you and your college student? How connected should you be? These are all interesting questions. While we can laugh at the exaggerated references to “helicopter parents” who continue to provide wake-up     Continue Reading...

Lee Bierer - Nationally Syndicated Columnist and Independent College Counselor.

Teaching fellows get financial aid, prestige

$26,000 in tuition grants over four years, plus a job in your chosen profession after graduation – that’s a pretty sweet deal for a prospective college student. If you know you want to be a teacher, the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program (NCTFP, www.teachingfellows.org) is a phenomenal     Continue Reading...

Lee Bierer - Nationally Syndicated Columnist and Independent College Counselor.

Learn the new alphabet of admission

Just when you thought you had mastered the alphabet soup of high school and college admissions – PSAT (Practice SAT), SAT, AP (Advance Placement), ACT (American College Test) – now you need to know the difference between ED, EA, RD, RA and even SCEA. Here’s a primer on different     Continue Reading...

Lee Bierer - Nationally Syndicated Columnist and Independent College Counselor.

Freshman parent? Time to back off

Today’s college freshmen are a true paradox. More of them have traveled farther in their 18 years than many of their parents have in twice that time. They tend to be more aware of global issues and current events. Yet, despite this outward appearance of maturity, many have never prepared a meal     Continue Reading...

Lee Bierer - Nationally Syndicated Columnist and Independent College Counselor.

Tips from actual students on how freshmen can thrive

They are there, and you’re not. How will your students survive on campus without you? Just fine, thank you very much. But because I know firsthand how much we all feel the need to share suggestions with our children, here are two of the best survival tips for freshmen with quotes from students     Continue Reading...