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College Event - Finding the Right College for You

Event Type: Adults
Age Group(s): Adults
Date: 1/31/2018
Start Time: 7:00 PM
End Time: 8:30 PM
Description:
 Carol Langston, PhD, retired director of College Guidance at Metairie Park Country Day School, will discuss how students can find the best fit for college and how to access scholarship sites at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 31, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, Metairie.

This event is free of charge and is open to the public. There is no registration.

During the presentation, Dr. Langston will discuss the following.

• What is your ideal college?
• What's your college fit, academically speaking?
• What's your college fit, financially speaking?
• What makes colleges different?
• What makes a college famous?
• College size: small, medium or large?
• College setting and location matter
• Should your college be public or private?

Dr. Langston also will discuss that many colleges offer significant grants or scholarships that may make a private college more affordable than a public university. She will explain the process of how to apply.

Carol Langston is the owner of Langston Educational Consulting. She 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.

For more information regarding this presentation, contact Chris Smith, Manager of Adult Programming for the library, at (504) 889-8143 or wcsmith@jefferson.lib.la.us.

Library: East Bank Regional Library    Map
Location: Jefferson & Napoleon Rooms
Contact: Chris Smith
Contact Number: 504-889-8143
Presenter: Carol Langston