It is time for back-to-school once again! This year, back-to-school is quite different from all the years before. The girls were homeschooled for a while, […]
she’ll be a scottie.
Despite not having all of her acceptances in, Chloe made the big step and committed to attending Agnes Scott for college. I’m very excited for […]
the most exciting time of the year.
It is getting real! Chloe has now been accepted at three different colleges! She’s still waiting for a few more, but the decision is going […]
smith. – 24 feb 2017
We looked at every college in the nation and few schools outside the country. We visited dozens. She applied to ten. She was accepted at […]
letters about literature.
A surprise award! Camille submitted her “Letter about Literature” independently (as opposed to the other winners who had their essays submitted via their schools) and […]
college search: rhode island colleges
Camille had a few Rhode Island schools on her list at the start, but by the time we made our plans to visit the northeast, […]
college search: pennsylvania colleges
A school that has been high on Camille’s list and was one of the main reasons for us coming up north to visit colleges is […]
college search: massachusetts colleges
September break. Time to tour the schools in the northeast that Camille is interested in! We flew into Boston and spent the night there to […]
college search: california colleges
We continued our spring break adventures, traveling down the west coast from visiting washington colleges and onto visiting oregon colleges and then into California. Camille […]
college search: oregon colleges
As we traveled down the west coast from visiting washington colleges, we entered into the next phase of our spring break, visiting Oregon colleges. As […]
college search: washington state
February break we spent looking at college. April break was no different. On the first day of April break, Rob, Camille, Chloe, and I flew […]
college search: always looking
Even though Camille didn’t join me on my trip to Memphis, I convinced my family yo take the time the time to visit Rhodes College. […]
college search: local schools
Back in February, Camille and I took a trip up to North and South Carolina to tour four colleges. When we returned to Decatur, we […]
photo friday: carolina colleges
Back in February, Camille and I continued her college search by visiting four schools in North Carolina and South Carolina. The trip was rife with […]
college search: the map
DONE! The first pass of research, that is. We now have 133 colleges on our spreadsheet of possible choices. Where to go from here? I’m […]
college search: nc/sc schools
Camille and I took the first half of February break to visit a handful of schools in North and South Carolina. None were high on […]
college search: georgia schools
while we had looked at schools in NYC and Florida, we hadn’t yet looked at many schools here in Georgia – Camille had done a […]
college search: nyc schools
In planning our trip to NYC in January, we had a number of goals in mind. Seeing Hamilton. Attending the kindie Hootenany. And visiting colleges. […]
college search: florida schools
While we were in Florida between Christmas and New Years, we decided to drive through some campuses on our way home just to start getting […]
around atlanta: cluetown emory
Family time. With a super-busy middle schooler and a high schooler who is balancing IB, college search, and work, it is hard to find time […]