Tag: Jesuit College Night

The entire Jesuit campus hosted the annual "College Night" for prospective juniors and senior students on the evening of Sept. 22. The event featured representatives from over 240 universities spanning the country including everything from Harvard, Cornell, and Notre Dame, to all the United States Service Academies,  as well as smaller colleges such as Elon University, Hollins University, Union College, and...

On Tuesday, September 9, Jesuit’s cafeteria, gym, Terry Center, and classrooms transformed. Tables filled with pamphlets and information about 249 colleges from around the country and even outside the country, including schools from France and Switzerland. A tradition for the past three to four decades, Jesuit’s annual College Night has been a great success, attracting more and more students every...

For several years now, representatives from over 200 colleges nationwide have hurried to line the hallways of Jesuit, eagerly searching for potential students on their tours around the country. Yes, that's right, the annual college night will begin once again on Tuesday at Jesuit when students from several schools can gather, learn about different colleges, and hopefully narrow their...

On Tuesday, September 11, students rushed out of school for early dismissal at 12:25. As elated as they were about completing all their classes before lunchtime, most of them would all be back at Jesuit by 7:00 that night for the annual College Night. The night was a huge success, as it is almost every year. Mr. Chris Blackwell, senior...

241 colleges from around the United States and other countries converged on the Jesuit campus on Tuesday, September 20, 2011, for the annual College Night. The largest single gathering of colleges in Dallas, Jesuit’s College Night gave students an unmatchable college browsing experience. From the University of Dallas to the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, a myriad of...

In a calendar sent out to prospective students last spring, Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota proposed an idea they called “the College Fair Game” that involved receiving points for completing certain tasks. For example, “greeting at least three college reps with a firm handshake and ‘Hi, my name is…’” awards you +300 points while “mumbling a vague request like...