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College Fair features 80+ institutions
Sep 21, 2005 9:17 AM
By Tannika King - Faculty
Darlington hosted its twelfth annual College Fair Tuesday, Sept. 20, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the A.J. Huffman ’67 Memorial Athletic Center. This year’s fair boasted 83 colleges, the largest number the fair has ever hosted.
“The college fair allows students to dream a little,” said Sam Moss (’63), dean of college guidance. “It gives them the chance to broaden their horizons and see a wide variety of schools that they might not get to see otherwise. For others, it is a chance to zero in on their choices.”
In addition to the many colleges in the Southeast, the fair hosted institutions ranging from Mt. Holyoke, Syracuse, Middlebury and Amherst in the Northeast, to the College of Wooster, Washington University and DePauw in the Midwest, to Rice and S.M.U. in Texas, to the University of Colorado in the West.
All students in grades nine through 12 attended. “On a private visit, the student may have to miss class which can often be a struggle,” said Moss. “This gives them the chance to take some time and really give these schools a chance.”
The most popular booths included the University of Alabama, Auburn, Appalachian State, Emory, Furman, Georgia Tech, the University of Mississippi, Presbyterian College, Sewanee, Vanderbilt, the University of Virginia and Washington and Lee.
Moss said the admission representatives are always very complimentary of Darlington and find the College Fair to be a very attractive way to market their institutions. “The reps always tell us that the students at Darlington are some of the most impressive they have seen,” he said.
According to Moss, some of the schools participating in the College Fair will return for a private visit later this year, including Presbyterian and the University of the South. He added that some schools that were unable to participate in the fair, such as North Carolina at Chapel Hill, have already scheduled private visits.
“The college fair allows students to dream a little,” said Sam Moss (’63), dean of college guidance. “It gives them the chance to broaden their horizons and see a wide variety of schools that they might not get to see otherwise. For others, it is a chance to zero in on their choices.”
In addition to the many colleges in the Southeast, the fair hosted institutions ranging from Mt. Holyoke, Syracuse, Middlebury and Amherst in the Northeast, to the College of Wooster, Washington University and DePauw in the Midwest, to Rice and S.M.U. in Texas, to the University of Colorado in the West.
All students in grades nine through 12 attended. “On a private visit, the student may have to miss class which can often be a struggle,” said Moss. “This gives them the chance to take some time and really give these schools a chance.”
The most popular booths included the University of Alabama, Auburn, Appalachian State, Emory, Furman, Georgia Tech, the University of Mississippi, Presbyterian College, Sewanee, Vanderbilt, the University of Virginia and Washington and Lee.
Moss said the admission representatives are always very complimentary of Darlington and find the College Fair to be a very attractive way to market their institutions. “The reps always tell us that the students at Darlington are some of the most impressive they have seen,” he said.
According to Moss, some of the schools participating in the College Fair will return for a private visit later this year, including Presbyterian and the University of the South. He added that some schools that were unable to participate in the fair, such as North Carolina at Chapel Hill, have already scheduled private visits.
