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Travels with Tam: Savannah College of Art and Design

The city of Savannah owes a large debt to SCAD, and the tour guides talk about it to every tourist. SCAD owns a remarkable 60 buildings in historic Savannah and has saved many of them from demolition. The face of Savannah would look very different if not for SCAD! Their restorations have been exquisite! They’ve [...]

Travels with Tam: College of Charleston

Today I toured a campus in the best way possible, led by my own student, Kirby. There is no substitute for seeing a college or university through a student’s eyes. I can tell you I was extremely impressed, and not just by the charming campus in Historical Charleston!

Do college majors lead to careers?

There are a few blogs and articles out there that have recently gotten my attention. One is “College Majors that are Useless” by Terence Loose. His list? Agriculture, Fashion, Theater, Animal Science, and Horticulture. My question is: is a college degree ever useless?

Are you a Millennial?

Guest post by Jen Rhee There’s a good chance that you’re a Millennial (between the ages of 18-29). If you are one, then the chances are high that you’re also socially liberal, tech savvy, educated, and generally optimistic about the future. At least, that’s what the recent studies are saying. So, what else is our [...]

A New Year

I cannot believe it is 2012! My senior students have already been receiving their results, and I have juniors gearing up for the 2012-2013 admission season. These juniors are going to be well ahead of the game for next year! In case you missed it, that is a hint to all juniors and their parents: [...]

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College Size Matters!

Filed under College Application Process by Tam Warner Minton on November 11, 2011 at 3:10 pm {no comments}

Randolph College: Be an Original

Yes, of course college size matters…but not in the way you might think! (more…)

The Cost of College is the beginning of a negotiation….

Filed under The College Parent by Tam Warner Minton on November 6, 2011 at 8:55 am {no comments}

Read this great article in the New York Times, and understand that college is cheaper than you think!

Super People and their Helicopter Parents

Filed under College Stuff, Uncategorized by Tam Warner Minton on November 2, 2011 at 9:53 pm {no comments}

College Adventures

Tam Warner Minton, MS

The New York Times opinion piece about “Super People” is about as depressing and exasperating as it can be. Not that I don’t agree wholeheartedly (I do). It’s just that it is depressing for average and even above average students. Many colleges treat students as though they are commodities, not students. The bar has been set so high at some of these schools that I’m surprised anyone gets admitted without doing 2,000 hours of community service, building a house for poor people in Uganda, being class president AND having all A’s in all AP classes. Just thinking about it wears me out….and it makes me angry. What is the point of education, anyway? (more…)

Travels with Tam: Lynchburg College

Filed under College Adventures: Travels with Tam by Tam Warner Minton on November 2, 2011 at 7:00 am {no comments}

I had a chance to visit Lynchburg College, a College That Changes Lives, when I visited Virginia a couple of weeks ago. Lynchburg is a small city in the midst of the Blue Ridge Mountains, close to nature and many outdoor activities. Not to mention the beauty of the area! And the academics are A [...]

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4 Colleges to hold the Presidential Debates

Filed under COLLEGE NEWS by Tam Warner Minton on October 31, 2011 at 4:31 pm {no comments}

The Commission on Presidential Debates has announced the colleges that have been chosen as debate sites for the 2012 Presidential elections. The University of Denver on October 3, 2012; Hofstra University on Long Island on October 16; Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida on October 22. The Vice Presidential Debate will be held at Centre [...]

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Travels with Tam: Randolph College

Filed under College Adventures: Travels with Tam by Tam Warner Minton on October 24, 2011 at 3:00 pm {no comments}

And where is Randolph College?  It is in Lynchburg, VA, a thriving small city in the Blue Ridge Mountains (absolutely beautiful).  Randolph has one of the most beautiful campuses I’ve ever seen, enclosed by the original brick walls.  The school was founded as Randolph-Macon College for Women, and remained a woman’s college until recently.  The [...]

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The Seven Deadly Grammar Sins

Filed under College Application Process by Tam Warner Minton on October 18, 2011 at 8:38 pm {no comments}

Yes! These are the deadly sins of writing! As a professor at UT Dallas these mistakes irritated me to no end, and any student who didn’t catch these errors were docked for it. There is simply no excuse for a college student (or a college applicant) to make these errors. They will not be picked [...]

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Travels with Tam: University of Virginia

Filed under College Adventures: Travels with Tam by Tam Warner Minton on October 18, 2011 at 7:57 am {no comments}

Everyone knows what a stellar institution the University of Virginia is. I could go on and on about their fabulous academics and opportunities (did you know UVA sponsors Semester at Sea?), but on my recent visit to campus, some other things struck my fancy.

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5 Tips for Surviving THE WORST ROOMMATE EVER, Part 2:

Filed under For the College Student, The College Parent, Uncategorized by Tam Warner Minton on September 30, 2011 at 7:05 am {no comments}

by Kristina Grappo, guest blogger, TCK, and recent grad. Congratulations! You survived your freshman year roommate, and you have graduated onto sophomore status… This means parties in the quad, later class times in the morning, and looking at those incoming freshmen carrying 50 pounds worth of books in their backpacks thinking, “Aren’t they so cute [...]

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VIP or “fast track” applications

Filed under Uncategorized by Tam Warner Minton on September 23, 2011 at 7:00 pm {no comments}

If you are a senior in high school (or are the parents of a senior in high school) your mailbox has probably been filled with “VIP” or “fast track” college applications. These are the “apply quickly without an essay, blah blah blah”. So, what is up with these? The main reason colleges send them? To [...]

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