Summer 2010

If your child is starting her senior year in high school, and you've not had the time to learn about navigating the maze of grants, loans and scholarship opportunities, or think about how to get the best return on your college investment, here are some links to help you get started.

A campus visit is the best way to find out if a college or university is a good fit for you child. But if a visit isn't possible, you may want to attend one of the Adventist college fairs held all across North America during the fall.

Most of the fairs will be held at an Adventist academy. If your child is not an academy student but you would like to attend the fair, please contact the school at least a week in advance and request to attend.

Throughout the school year, Adventist colleges and universities offer mulitple opportunities for you to learn more about their campuses through a campus visit.

You can jump right to individual college visit dates using these links:

Besides helping students strengthen their faith and make life-long Christian friends, Adventist colleges and universities help prepare students for the future. Read stories of how an Adventist higher education prepared graduates for success in their careers and calling.

by Rob Weaver

With two children beginning their senior year in high school, I've been on several campus visits with my kids recently. We've visited Adventist colleges, public colleges and private colleges, and for each visit we have had our own goals and expectations.

How to make the most of a campus visit

by Jacque L. Smith

If you are looking for tips on how to make a campus visit a success, you can find them in abundance. Google offers 184,000,000 matches to a simple “get the most from a college visit” search. While digging through the first 30 or so pages of results, some top tips surfaced in the midst of the marketing and money-making distractions posing as expert advice.*