College Office
We are very proud of the work that we have done to create a college counseling program that best meets the needs of all of our individual students. Our amazing College Counselors, Kate Beck and Samantha Grande, work diligently with each of our students and their families to ensure that their post high school goals are met.
Philosophy
The iSchool was founded on the beliefs of individualization and the importance of choice and responsibility, and we mirror these core beliefs in our college counseling process. We believe that every iSchool student is capable of being successful in college, and that college will open the doors to a wealth of opportunities. Our College Office offers a personalized and comprehensive college counseling program that focuses on helping every student apply to a range of “best fit” colleges that match his, her, or their needs.
In order to meet the individual needs of each student, the college counselors guide, counsel, question, recommend, refer, suggest and inform. This support comes through student group workshops, monthly newsletters and other communications, structured weekly advisory lessons, and individual and family meetings.
While many supports are given, we expect students to be responsible and take control of their own college application process— to be “in the driver’s seat”. Students are responsible for researching colleges, getting applications out on time, signing up for tests on time, asking teachers for recommendations, and completing and submitting their applications. We do not do these things for the students, nor should the parents.
Ultimately, students who end up most successful in the college process are those who understand their abilities and needs best, feel confident in their abilities and choices, and who are thus able to find schools that are a best fit. These students have researched their schools, asked tough questions, and found good matches: schools where they can thrive both socially and academically while being challenged and pushed to be their best self. iSchool students have developed the fortitude and self-awareness to make such matches.
Sample of Colleges iSchool Students Attend
Alfred University
American University
Baldwin Wallace University
Bard College
Barnard College
Baruch College
Bennington College
Binghamton University
Brandeis University
Brooklyn College
California Institute of the Arts
City College
Clark Atlanta University
Clark University
Colby College
Colgate University
Columbia University
Connecticut College
Cooper Union
Cornell University
University of Connecticut
University of Delaware
DePauw University
Dickinson College
Drew University
Drexel University
Emerson College
Emory University
Fashion Institute of Technology
Fordham University
Franklin and Marshall
George Washington University
Georgia State University
Goucher College
Hampshire College
Hartwick College
Hofstra University
Howard University
Hunter College
Ithaca College
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Laboratory Institute of Merchandising (LIM)
Lafayette College
Landmark College
Lehigh University
Lehman College
Long Island University, Brooklyn
Marymount Manhattan College
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Miami
University of Michigan
Morehouse College
Mount Holyoke College
College of Mount Saint Vincent
Muhlenberg College
University of New Hampshire
New York City College of Technology
New York Institute of Technology
New York University
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Oberlin College
Onondaga Community College
Pace University
Parsons School of Design
Pennsylvania State University, University Park
University of Pennsylvania
Pomona College
Princeton University
Purchase College
Queens College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University of Richmond
Rochester Institute of Technology
University of Rochester
Russell Sage College
Santa Fe College
Sarah Lawrence College
Simmons College
Skidmore College
Smith College
Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
St. Lawrence
University of Southern California
Spelman College
St. Bonaventure University
St. Francis College
St. John's University
State University of New York - Plattsburgh
State University of New York at Albany
Stella and Charles Guttman Community College
Stony Brook University
SUNY College at Cobleskill
SUNY College at Geneseo
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
Temple University
The New School - Eugene Lang College
The Ohio State University
Trinity College (CT)
Tufts University
Tulane University
Union College (NY)
University at Buffalo The State University of New York
University of Rochester
Ursinus College
Utica College
Vassar College
University of Vermont
University of Virginia
Wells College
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Wesley College
Wesleyan University
Wheaton College MA
Wheelock College
Williams College
Yale University