This is the largest Spring College Tour group ever and more boys than girls! We are on a path to ensure a higher college admission rate for our young men. We have 20 boys and 15 girls, and seven chaperones on the trip this year. This adventure is led each year by our CEO, Novelette Peterkin.
They set off at 10:30 AM from the Carver Community Center on Saturday with a sleepover stop in Richmond, VA. They continued Sunday to Columbia, South Carolina, where they stayed the evening.
Following breakfast at the hotel, they departed this morning for Benedict College. They will then move on to Allen University this afternoon.
Tomorrow morning, the group will travel to Orangeburg, SC to visit South Carolina State University in the morning and then to Claflin University in the afternoon.
Carver students are being introduced to the rigors and joys of a college education. School administrators, admissions and financial aid officers, college students (including former Carver after-school and summer students), and others welcome our visiting students to their respective college campuses and make presentations, and simply make them feel at home. Whether asking questions, touring the campuses, or sharing meals with former Carver peers now excelling at these excellent schools, the goal is to motivate each visiting Carver student to envision their futures as successful college students.
Here are some reasons why our students love the Carver college tours (also, we take day trips to visit nearby colleges throughout the year).
1. You won’t really know how you feel about a place until you’ve been there. A college catalog, view book, or website can only show you so much.
2. The college information sessions and the campus tours will give you a better idea of what the college is like and if you would be happy there.
3. A small investment in time now can save significant time, money, and hassles during the college application period.
4. You’ll understand the college’s vibrancy, character, and facilities. Visits will provide you with a complete picture.
5. College tours allow students to ask questions, meet other prospective students, and understand the college more deeply.
6. How you feel about schools once you visit in person may affect the direction your college search and application process takes. College visits help you to refine your search.
7. Applying to college is a complex process, and visits to campuses will serve you best if you use them as a research tool rather than a final decision-making aid.
8. Time, energy, and money are finite resources, and you want to use them wisely throughout the application process. First-hand knowledge will help you to clarify your vision and narrow your list.
9. Most colleges love students who are sincerely interested; visiting colleges is one way to show this.
10. You want to be able to relax and make a fully informed choice once you have been accepted. If you’ve already visited those schools at least once, that’s just what you will be able to do.
Watch here on this Carver blog in April for reports from the colleges our students visit!
