StrongPoints® is a unique advising and personal coaching model based on leading educational research on how the most successful students make the most out of college.
First, you’ll identify your strengths using ®, a proven assessment tool. Then, throughout your four years at Meredith, you’ll examine how those strengths can help you shape your academic goals, your experiential involvement, financial planning and career choice.
You’ll do this important work with the guidance of faculty and staff advisors. Our individualized approach to education means that you’ll work with not just one advisor, but several, all with different areas of expertise. And you’ll graduate from Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵknowing how to create an effective plan for the life you envision.
How to Sign Up for StrongPoints
StrongPoints is available to every Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵstudent. There’s no separate registration – or cost. It’s an integral part of your Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵexperience – one that starts at orientation and continues throughout your college career.
How StrongPoints Will Benefit You
StrongPoints is designed to result in
- Increased likelihood of academic and professional success
- Increased self-confidence
- Greater likelihood of completing a degree on time
- Development of an academic portfolio to help secure employment or admission to graduate or professional school
- Stronger connections with faculty and staff
- Confidence in creating a functional plan with concrete priorities, goals, and strategies for lifelong success.
StrongPoints® is an advising and personal coaching program found only at Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵthat’s designed to ensure our students make the most of college.
Contact Information
Emily Caldwell
Director, StrongPoints
217 Park Center
(919) 760-2255
ekcaldwell@meredith.edu
"StrongPoints encourages our students to think about what they bring to the table and how to use it in a positive way."
Chrissie Bumgardner, Co-Director, First Year Experience
Over 96%
of seniors receive career guidance from professors and advisors
97%
of students participate in an applied learning experience such as study abroad, undergraduate research, or internships
96%
of alumnae were satisfied with their academic experience
98%
of alumnae agree there are important benefits to attending a women’s college