Before I attended the North Carolina Governor’s School, past alumni told me that the experience was one of the best times of their lives. I was skeptical, but these words have proved to be true time and time again.
I attended the 2025 North Carolina Governor’s School session for mathematics. I was at the West Campus, so for four weeks during the summer, I lived at Greensboro College. By the end of those four weeks, I did not want to leave.
The NC Governor’s School has existed for 62 years, with the goal of providing an academically enriching experience for high school students in ten areas of study. The arts disciplines are theatre, dance, instrumental music, visual arts, and choral music. The academic disciplines are mathematics, English, Spanish, natural science, and social science…