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