Lee County Ready For College Initiative

08/18/2020

Hope y’all are looking forward to a strong semester! 🎉 We just wanted to provide an update on our NEW updated website with key information as seniors transition to beginning to apply for college. Remember, don’t hesitate to ask us to peer review your essays!!!! Y’all got this 🥰💚

08/04/2020

Good afternoon Lee County students! Tonight we will have our LAST live video. Tonight we will be talking about study abroad and our experiences! 🌏 This video starts at 7PM, so please join us!! Also, don’t forget you have access to all of our rpevious videos on your accounts. Enjoy the rest of your day and we hope to see you tonight!! 😃

07/28/2020

Good afternoon students of Lee County! On the agenda for this week, we have 2 videos that
will be posted!🤩

Today at 4PM, our vide “A Healthy Balance” will focus on balncing social life, academics and extra curriculars in college!📚👭🏾👫

Tomorrow 7/29 at 7PM, our live video titled “Leadership and Clubs” will discuss involvement and how to acquire leadership roles and experience! 🏅

Please join us for these videos and don’t forget you can access all of our previous videos on our website!!

07/28/2020

Hey guys!! My name is Sosa Evbuomwan and I am a senior at UNC. I love to travel and was hoping when I got to college I would be given the opportunity. Since being in college I have been able to travel to Palestine and Israel to learn more about the conflict for 10 days free of charge!! This was given to me through my involvement as a student leader in Student Government during my time as Speaker Pro Tempore. Additionally, with this position I have been flown out on multiple occasions to DC for leadership conferences and advocating for educational reform for students. To add a little fun to my involvements I’m also involved with Carolina Football and get a pretty amazing view on game days! Have questions about involvements, leadership, etc? Feel free to message me ✨ ✨

07/23/2020

Good morning everyone! My name is Kay and I’m a rising junior at NC State majoring in Elementary Education. As a Goodnight Scholar, I’ve had the opportunity to explore unique pathways to my education without financial constraints. Tonight at 7 PM, check out our live session on picking a major, minor, or special program, depending on your choice of university! We encourage incoming college freshmen to make an account with us and join, as this content is especially relevant for you all. 📚 @ NC State University

07/21/2020

Good afternoon Lee County students! We hope everyone enjoyed their weekend! This week we have 3 videos scheduled. 🤩

Tonight 7/21 we have “High School to College” at 7:30 PM. This video will focus on the transition from high school to college, which can be tough.📚

On Thursday 7/23 at 7 PM, our video titled “Majors, Minors and More” will discuss the various academic paths that you may be interested in.🩺

And the last video this week 7/24 “College Sports and Wellness” will have a guest speaker, Kyra Kendrick, who works with the UNC Football team!🏈

Be sure to tune in under the “Live Links” section on your accounts and don’t forget, you can also access all of the previous videos in our site!😃

07/13/2020

Good evening Lee County students! Below we have our schedule of videos this week.

Our first is tomorrow titled “Finding the Right College For You”. This video will focus on what factors you should take into consideration when you are on your college hunt.🔍

Then, on Thursday , we will post our video about “Making College Free: Financial Aid & Scholarships”. 💰 We want to help by discussing this confusing topic! You don’t HAVE to be in debt the rest of your life!!

Under the “Live Links” section on our website through your accounts is where you can locate ALL of our videos, just in case you missed it!!🤩

07/08/2020

Students!! Tune in at 7PM for our “Experiences as a Minority in College” video! We have a few special guest joining to talk about their experiences. Super excited!! You don’t want to miss this LIVE video!!

07/06/2020

Fun fact: One of our team members had the opportunity to study abroad in Viña Del Mar, Chile right before the COVID outbreak! While abroad, she got to travel to the Atacama Desert. Tell us where you would you like to study abroad in college and why?

07/02/2020

New Video Alert!! Our “Your Story” video is being uploaded. I encourage everyone to go watch it!! There are some great pieces of advice and overall it’s an amazing video! Make sure to stay tuned for our next video and keep watching out other videos! Thank you all for the support 😊

06/29/2020

Hello everyone! We are so excited because this week we will be posting two videos.

Tonight’s video will focus on building your resume. 📄 This is super important, especially because with the Common App, they do ask you to list any activities that you have been involved with. Creating a resume is a helpful and organized way to keep track of any organizations, extra-curriculars, and awards you will have received over the course of your high school career.📚

The second video on Wednesday will focus on how to stand out with college applications, interviews, scholarships, and everything in between.🤩🤩

We hope you all will be able to tune in before this holiday weekend!

06/24/2020

Do you know a recently graduated high school senior that attended Southern Lee, Lee County High, or Lee Early College that’s attending college in the fall? If so, please share! Let’s make sure to inform students on how they can take advantage of receiving funds for their education.

June is FAFSA Frenzy Month in North Carolina! Join the FAFSA Frenzy - Your First Step to Free or Affordable College! Find out More at http://FAFSAFrenzyNC.com