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College and Post-Secondary Office

We are very proud of the work that we have done to create a college and post-secondary counseling program that best meets the needs of all of our individual students. Our amazing 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 and post-secondary counseling process. We offer a personalized and comprehensive post-secondary counseling program that focuses on helping every student apply to a range of “best fit” colleges and/or specialized programs that match their individual needs and goals.

To meet these individual needs, our counselors guide, counsel, question, recommend, refer, suggest and inform. This support comes through student group workshops, monthly newsletters and other communications, including, college tours, structured weekly advisory lessons, and individual and family meetings.

While many supports are given, we expect students to be responsible for and take control of their application process-- to be “in the driver’s seat”. Students are responsible for researching colleges, studying for entrance exams, writing reflective essays, and completing and submitting applications on time. The college counselors will not do these things for the students, nor should their parents, although we'll be there with you every step of the way!

Ultimately, students who end up most successful are those who understand their abilities and needs best, feel confident in their abilities and choices, and who are thus able to find their best fit. These students have researched their schools and programs, asked tough questions, and found good matches: places 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.

Colleges attended by iSchool students in recent years

 

Adelphi University
Alfred University
Allegheny College
American University
University of Arizona
College of the Atlantic
Babson College
Bard College
Bard College Berlin
Barnard College
Bennington College
Berklee College of Music
Binghamton University
Bishop's University
Brandeis University
California College of the Arts
University of California-Santa Cruz
Canisius University
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University
Champlain College
Chapman University
College of Charleston
University of Chicago
Clark University
Colby College
Colgate University
University of Colorado Boulder
Columbia College Chicago
Columbia University
Connecticut College
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Cornell University
CUNYs
Davidson College
Deep Springs College
University of Delaware
DePauw University
Duke University
Eckerd College
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Emory University
Fairfield University
Florida Institute of Technology
Fordham University
Franklin and Marshall College
Gettysburg College
Goucher College
Grinnell College
University of Guelph/Humber (Canada)
Hampshire College
Haverford College
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Hobart William Smith Colleges
Hofstra University
Howard University
Indiana University-Bloomington
Iona University
Ithaca College
Kenyon College
Lafayette College
Landmark College
Lawrence University
Lehigh University
LIM College
Long Island University - Brooklyn
Loyola University Chicago
Macalester College
Manhattan College
Manhattanville College
Marlboro College
Marquette University
Maryland Institute College of Art
University of Maryland-College Park

Marymount Manhattan College

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

McGill University

University of Miami

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Middlebury College

University of Missouri

Morehouse College

Morgan State University

Mount Holyoke College

University of New Hampshire-Main Campus

New York Institute of Technology

New York University

University of North Carolina at Asheville

Northeastern University

Oberlin College

Occidental College

Ohio Wesleyan University

Pace University

Pennsylvania State University

University of Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburgh

Pitzer College

Pratt Institute

Princeton University

Randolph College

Reed College

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rhodes College

Rochester Institute of Technology

University of Rochester

Rutgers University

University of San Diego

Sarah Lawrence College

Savannah College of Art and Design

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

School of Visual Arts

Scripps College

Skidmore College

Smith College

University of Southern California

St. Bonaventure University

St. John's University-New York

SUNYs

Swarthmore College

Syracuse University

Temple University

The George Washington University

The New School

Ohio State University

University of Toronto

Trinity College

Tufts University

Tulane University

Universiteit van Amsterdam

University of Brighton (UK)

University of South Wales (UK)

University of Westminster, Harrow (UK)

Vanderbilt University

Vassar College

University of Vermont

Villanova University

University of Virginia

Washington University in St. Louis

University of Washington

Wells College

Wesleyan University

Wheaton College - Massachusetts

Whittier College

Williams College

University of Wisconsin-Madison

The College of Wooster

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Yale University

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