PS College Counseling Services Overview
Work with Student and Family on College Search and College Fit:
Introductory discussions to get to know the student
Discussions about potential career paths
Help families understand reality of selective college admissions and importance of casting a wider net when considering colleges
Exercises to evaluate the student’s preferences about college environments
Evaluation of high school academic program, standardized test results, and engagement with teachers and counselor
Discussion of student’s interests, activities, and job history
Recommended websites for college search, financial aid, and more
Develop big list of potential colleges/universities to evaluate
Help plan college visits
Work collectively to develop balanced final college list
Evaluate applying to Test Optional Schools
Discuss early decision and early action opportunities
Standardized Tests:
Guidance about SAT/ACT test preparation
Help understanding the current Test Optional Landscape
Help To Develop Strong Applications:
Ensure proper planning for teacher recommendations
Provide guidance on college applications, including activities section
Coaching and “Light touch” editing of college essays and/or referral to writing coach
Provide Guidance about College Costs and Financial Aid:
Detailed guidance to family about college costs, need-based financial aid, merit aid, and scholarships
Work closely with family to determine the expected family contribution
Provide guidance regarding how divorce affects college funding
Provide guidance about how home equity is considered in the financial aid process
Provide guidance about net price calculators
Tips for completion of FAFSA and CSS Profile
Advice regarding local scholarship opportunities
Assist with evaluation/comparison of financial aid offers from colleges
Advice regarding federal student loans and PLUS loans for parents
Advice about appealing financial aid offers
college acceptances
Albright College
Allegheny College
American University
Barnard College
Boston College
Brandeis University
Brown University
Bucknell University
Clemson University
College of the Holy Cross
Connecticut College
Cornell University
CUNY Baruch College
Denison University
Drexel University
Duquesne University
Elon University
Fashion Institute of Technology
Fordham University
George Washington University
Harvard University
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Indiana University
Ithaca College
Juniata College
Keene State College
Lafayette College
Lehigh University
Loyola University Maryland
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McDaniel College
Middlebury College
Muhlenberg College
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New School/Parsons School of Design
New York University
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Penn State University
Princeton University
Quinnipiac University
Ramapo College
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rutgers University –New Brunswick
Rutgers University - Newark
Salisbury University
Smith College
Stevens Institute of Technology
Stockton University
SUNY Binghamton University
SUNY Stony Brook University
Susquehanna University
Swarthmore College
Towson University
Union College
University of California Berkeley
University of Dayton
University of Lynchburg
University of Maine
University of Pennsylvania
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
University of Scranton
University of South Carolina
University of St. Andrews
Vanderbilt University
Washington College
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Wheaton College (MA)
Yale University
new england colleges visited
Amherst College
Babson College
Bentley College
Boston College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Brown University
Colby College
College of the Holy Cross
Dartmouth College
Franklin Olin College of Engineering
Hampshire College
Harvard University
Middlebury College
Mount Holyoke College
Northeastern University
Smith College
Tufts University
Trinity College
University of Massachusetts -Amherst
Wellesley College
Williams College
Yale University
western colleges visited
Pomona College
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle University
University of Portland
University of Puget Sound
University of Washington
MIDWEST colleges visited
College of Wooster
Denison University
Kenyon College
Macalaster College
Oberlin College
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
INTERNATIONAL colleges visited
University of British Columbia
University of Edinburgh
University of St. Andrews
mid-atlantic colleges visited
Albright College
Bard College
Bucknell University
Carnegie Mellon University
Colgate University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dickinson College
Drew University
Duquesne University
Fordham University
Franklin & Marshall College
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Gettysburg College
Hamilton College
Haverford College
Johns Hopkins University
Juniata College
Lafayette College
Lehigh University
Loyola University Maryland
Marist College
McDaniel College
Muhlenberg College
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New York University
Princeton University
Rensselaer Polytechnic University
Rider University
Rowan University
Rutgers - Newark
Rutgers – New Brunswick
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Salisbury University
Stevens Institute of Technology
Swarthmore College
University of Delaware
University of Maryland – College Park
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Scranton
University of Virginia
Vassar College
Washington College