Posts categorized High School

This summer, I taught fourteen high school students. My course lasted two weeks, and we spent 8:30-11:30 a.m. together in the classroom. I had a variety of students. One young…

While there are many elements of the International Baccalaureate program that we appreciate, we feel that there are three reasons UR and IB are a great fit for each other:…

Earlier this month, The Institute of Optics organized the first edition of the Photon Camp, a one-week program designed for rising high school seniors to get an overview of the…

Faster than a speeding golf cart, able to leap from high school to college in a single bound, and with more programming than meets the eye—it's Orientation! We've been hard…

It has been rumored that if I were to get a cut, I would in fact bleed blue and yellow. People often ask me when my love for University of…

This July will be my third year teaching "Imagining and Managing Your Future." I am very excited to be once again in the classroom for two weeks with high school students…

Dateline: Saturday, May 4, 10:40 p.m. at JFK Airport, New York City: “Now boarding rows 15 and higher…” Thus began the beginning of the end of another spring travel season.…

Written by Emily Cihon Fehnel, Director of Campus Programs, Admissions Have you ever considered participating in a summer program at a college or university? Here are some reasons why you…

When I was originally posting on the Class of 2016 Facebook group, I wasn’t planning on looking for a roommate. I wanted to let fate decide where and with whom…

If you couldn’t tell from my article, "Accepted? Time to crush it," I believe that the time to take action is always NOW. Why wait until tomorrow when you can start…