Six U.S. University graduates from Princeton, Yale, Emory, UCLA, UC Berkeley and Amherst shared their college and post-college life experiences with over 60 parents and students at Island School on Wednesday evening, May 19th. They talked about the highlights and lowlights of their college experience and advised students how to choose the right university for themselves. The Q&A session had parents and students ask many interesting questions with valuable and insightful advice given. The forum was undoubtedly a success and will become an annual event in the Higher Education Calendar. Some comments from the Forum:
I spoke at the University Forum with some trepidation, because I was an undergraduate many years ago, and was deciding on colleges even earlier. I found, to my pleasant surprise, that the recent graduates and I were conveying similar messages. I would encourage other parents to become involved, even if their children aren't immediately facing the higher education dilemma - Susan Finder
The speakers were very articulate. It was a good crowd and good questions from the audience - parent
