From America’s Best Kept College Secrets -
“Here’s the challenge for a university such as Hollins: The legacy of the genteel college for well-bred southern women is hard to shake, especially when the university’s location is in a small and generally undistinguished city in the southwestern tip of the Commonwealth. Roanoke is a pleasant small city of about 90,000, but it is not a hip urban metropolis. Among the highlights of the cultural calendar in Roanoke are the Chili Cook-Off and the Big Lick Blues Festival; one of the points of interest in the city is the Roanoke Weiner Stand…
Against all expectations, Hollins has attracted a wonderfully weird and attractive mix of bohemians, beatniks, hippies, preppies, belles, horse-crazy barn rats, political junkies, artists, and astounding writers…”
Find the full profile of Hollins in America’s Best Kept College Secrets.




Peter Arango has been working in the field of college admissions for forty years, during which time he has counseled hundreds of students and families. He is an editor of the Houghton Mifflin Guide to U.S. Colleges and Universities, a contributor to numerous publications, and a frequent presenter at workshops on preparing for the college search. Currently, Peter Arango lives in Carpinteria, California where he holds the Littlefield Chair in Humanities at Cate School.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
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