This event is free of charge and is open to the public. There is no registration. This event is geared for public, private, parochial, and homeschooled high school students and their parents.College Night begins at 6:30 p.m. with a panel discussion that will focus on admission requirements, availability of campus tours, online applications vs. paper applications, application deadlines, popular majors, internship opportunities, types of campus housing, financial aid and scholarship opportunities, and more.

The panel discussion will be followed by a question-and-answer session.

Following the Q-and-A Session, admissions representatives will be available at tables for further discussion with prospective students. They represent the following institutions.

• Loyola University, New Orleans
• Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania
• Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama
• Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia
• University of New Orleans
• Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
• University of Holy Cross, New Orleans
• LA Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana
• Southeastern Louisiana State University, Hammond
• Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana

College Night at the Library is coordinated by Carol Langston, PhD, Director of College Guidance at Metairie Park Country Day School. She is the owner of Langston Educational Consulting. Langston has served as a College Board essay consultant, an AP Spanish reader, and has authored a chapter in a college counseling textbook that is used to certify counselors as college counselors.

“I think students have to know that even if they are not interested in the colleges on the panel, they should attend,” she said. “The panel is going to continue to change. The colleges represent types of colleges: large, medium, small, city, suburban, rural, and they vary in selectivity, and offer different scholarships and programs of study. They can then decide which type of college is a good fit.”