New England College Trip Reflections

Learned much more but here are some quick facts:

University of New Hampshire: Excellent choice that we often forget in favor of UMass or UConn. Mid-sized (app 12,000) flagship with top sciences, engineering and business school. Great personal support to help students adjust to college.

Dartmouth College: Founded 1740, quarter system with J-term (January). 63% Greek life inclusive to all. Fun town, top profs (take professor to lunch), fabulous alumni network. Diverse, non-traditional student body.

Champlain College: Ranked in top ten by Princeton Review for gaming majors. Small but powerful; every student completes a capstone project. Beautiful campus on Lake Champlain with upside down curriculum (hands-on work freshman year).

University of Vermont: Popularity sparked ED option. Strong environmental/science majors highly-rated (hospital on campus); engineering + two CompSci programs. Burlington, VT best college town! Private ski mountain.

St. Michael’s College: Purpose-driven curriculum: “Ask Why?” Ethics-based courses. Service is prioritized; students staff the local ambulance and fire truck. Solid business, bio, psych, and media studies. Top D2 athletics.

Middlebury College: Huge, pastoral campus, small student body. Famous for its foreign language programs. 4 1 4 schedule with J Term. Long running “Feb” program. Beautiful campus with its own ski mountain.

Bennington College: Only 700 students. Unique arts programs. Students choose a project freshman year and see it to fruition with advisor. Health fellowships at hospital, museum fellowships at several NYC museums, and theatre fellowships at off-B’way theatres

Williams College: Only 8% admit rate. Tutorial system modeled on Oxford. Students bond with professors. All research/internships are paid. Great outcomes: Ivies for professional school. Employed by Apple, ESPN, Goldman, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pfizer, Nature Conservancy.

Student Outcomes, Eric Sawyer

Eric joined Bloomberg LP in NYC after graduating from TCNJ in 2016 with a double-major in Marketing and International Studies. At Bloomberg, he started on the analytics help desk, where he trained clients on terminal functionality. He then transitioned to an account management role, where he supported Bloomberg customers in Eastern Canada by hosting in-person trainings, displacing competing products, handling day-to-day support matters, and helping to expand the Bloomberg footprint across the region. In January of 2022, Eric took on more responsibility and is now the lead point-of-contact for his accounts as their relationship manager. Eric holds a Canadian work visa and he even met his girlfriend in Toronto!

He ran a marathon, enjoys playing tennis and soccer, and loves spending time

with his younger brother, Peter.

Eric is grateful for Pamela’s coaching services and feels that her help was

instrumental in helping him get on the right path for success!

Student Outcomes, Alison Esterow

After graduating in 2021 from Bucknell University, I started working as a consultant consultant at a firm named West Monroe. In my day-to-day, I work to help companies build their data platforms, determine data tools to use, and build dashboards to allow companies to see and understand their data in a more visual way. At Bucknell I majored in Computer Science and Economics with a minor in math. Through my time at Bucknell I had work experience with two internships, a day shadowing a Bucknell alum, and a part time job tutoring computer science. When it came time to apply for jobs in senior year, I wanted to go into a technical field to work with people on a daily basis. This brought me to technical consulting roles. In my job, I am able to apply the skills I learned in both of my majors, as well as collaborate with peers that have both technical and non-technical backgrounds. Outside of my day to day role, I have worked with West Monroe’s corporate social responsibility team to help plan a company wide day of service in which employees work with nonprofits in their local communities! I am grateful for my time at Bucknell which allowed me to explore my different areas of interest and career options!