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College Counseling

The college application process can be complex and challenging. At Marvelwood, we begin the process junior year with a series of class meetings to introduce the Common Application and Naviance platforms, provide login information and initial registration codes, and address questions. After spring break, we take the junior class to the Kent School College Fair, an event usually attended by over 100 colleges and universities, and which parents can also attend. During our Spring Family Weekend, we meet with students and parents in small groups and one-to-one sessions. Together, we assess student interests, discuss career goals, weigh the importance of factors such as location, cost, size, and extracurricular activities, and gain a sense of the range of selectivity a student should have in mind in his or her college search.

For the remainder of the process, counselors meet with each student individually. We help identify schools that will meet his or her needs academically and provide an appropriate environment for continuing personal and intellectual growth. We do not, however, pick schools "out of the air." We enable students to see a match and then aid them in making that match with colleges throughout the application process. We visit college campuses, attend professional conferences and workshops, and host dozens of college representatives on campus each fall. We offer informed advice to students and their parents at every stage in the transition from Skiff Mountain to the future, and we value the relationships we establish with families over the course of our counseling efforts.

Aberystwyth University
Franklin and Marshall College
Texas Tech University
American University
Gettysburg College
The George Washington University
Bard College
High Point University
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Bennington College
Iona University
Trinity College
Brandeis University
Jacksonville University
University at Buffalo
Bryant University
Loyola University Maryland
University of Arizona
Bucknell University
Merrimack College
University of California-Davis
California State University-Chico
Montclair State University
University of Colorado Boulder
Centenary University
Muhlenberg College
University of Connecticut
Champlain College
New York University
University of Delaware
Clarkson University
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Main Campus
University of East London
Colorado College
Providence College
University of La Verne
Columbia International University
Quinnipiac University
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Concordia University-Irvine
Rochester Institute of Technology
University of Vermont
Connecticut College
Roger Williams University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Cornell University
Rollins College
Ursinus College
Culinary Institute of America
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Webster University
Curry College
Rutgers University-Newark
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Dean College
San Diego State University
Wheaton College - Massachusetts
Drexel University
Skidmore College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Dutchess Community College
St. Lawrence University
Eastern Connecticut State University
State University of New York at New Paltz
Fairfield University
SUNY College at Geneseo
Fitchburg State University
SUNY Maritime College
Florida Tech
Syracuse University