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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

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