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 | |