College is an incredibly rewarding experience. It provides an excellent environment for intellectual growth, career opportunities, as well as lasting relationships. In order to make the most out of your college experience, you should be strategic and keep the following key points in…

Your child is in the ninth grade.  They're just old enough to believe they are grown but still young enough to have a Christmas list.  For them, high school is a fashion show and the perfect place to entertain the opposite sex.  Overall, their minds are everywhere but on school and their futures are…

Welcome to Cafe Belle's Academic Brew! This brew is dedicated to your academic success. Whether you are in high school, college, or graduate school, this brew plans to address common themes, issues and tips that will hopefully help you throughout your scholastic journey.

If you have any particular…

In 5 days I will be graduating from high schoo with honors on my way to an accredited four year univeristy and I'm too excited!!  I finally decided on attending East Carolina University because of the success rate for my major and the distance it is from my current city; by attending ECU, I'll have the opportunity to attend the school that has the highest licensure exam scores for my major in North Carolina, is only one…

I truly believe that too many people in this world are addicted to prestige when it comes to where they go to school or where they choose to work. While I highly value opportunities to receive a great education and opportunities to work at amazing companies, I've met so many people who became so depressed…

Yes!....Again. This is a really great feeling, being accepted by two colleges so soon. This really makes things difficult for me though because it's right in my city and I want to get away a little. Either way they are both good schools and I still have two schools that I want to finish applying to.

Much Luv,

Dee :)

YES! I recieved my acceptance letter from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro today! It was really funny because we were in the car when my mom handed it to me and the only thing she said was " when you open it, don't scream," ( I DID ANYWAY LOL) I couldn't help it, I was so excited and proud of myself; getting this letter was a huge weight off my chest and made me feel a little better about my other potential colleges. GO SPARTANS!!!!

As always, Much…

Applications are IN!

So I finally finished filling out all of my college applicatons and will pay for all of them by Friday; whew! so glad that is over! The only thing is that now the hard part starts... WAITING. I feel like I have nothing to worry about in the academic and community service areas but what if I was missing something? I think overall I should just have confidence in myself and I'll succeed because I know God has a plan for me…