Oakwood Friends School in Poughkeepsie, NY Upper School at Oakwood Friends School

The goal of the office is to educate and counsel students and families to help them make choices that reflect the interests, abilities, and needs of each student.

 

 

 

 

College Counseling

The College Counseling program is designed to make all students aware of the multitude of postsecondary options and the academic preparation required to achieve their goals. The goal of the office is to educate and counsel students and families to help them make choices that reflect the interests, abilities, and needs of each student. The College Counseling program includes some of the following programs:

  • College awareness parent and student programs
  • Student programs on writing the college essay and the application process
  • Local college visits
  • A quarterly newsletter that informs parents and students on timely topics
  • Trips to college fairs
  • Financial aid education
  • College Resource Room available to all students and parents
  • Parent and student individual meetings
  • Visits from approximately fifty college representatives

The College Counselor works closely with the Senior Class Advisors to guide seniors and their parents through the college application process in the fall of the senior year and continues to advise students as they sort through financial aid and admission offers.

Director of College Counseling, Lauren Hoyt,

receives the “Counselors that Change Lives” award!

 

College Acceptances for the Class of 2010

Adelphi University

Agnes Scott College

Alfred University (2)

Allegheny College

Arcadia University

Ball State University

Bard College (3)

Beloit College

Bennington College

Boston University (3)

California Institute of the Arts

Cazenovia College

Columbus College of Art & Design

Champlain College (2)

Chestnut Hill College

Clark Atlanta University

Clark University

Coastal Carolina University

Colby College

The College of Saint Rose

Connecticut College

CUNY Brooklyn College (2)

CUNY Queens College

Curry College

Dowling College

Drexel University

Eckerd College (2)

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

Emerson College

Endicott College

Eugene Lang College

Evergreen State University

Fordham University (2)

George Washington University

Goucher College (2)

Hartwick College (2)

Hofstra University

Indiana University

Ithaca College (5)

Kent State University

Kings College

Lasell College (3)

Lehigh University

Lesley College

Lynn University

Manhattanville College (4)

Marist College

Maine College of Art (2)

Maryland Institute College of Art (2)

New England College (2)

Northeastern University (3)

Nova Southeastern University

New York University (4)

Ohio Wesleyan University

Parsons (2)

The Pennsylvania State University (5)

Plymouth State University

Pratt Institute

Queens University of Charlotte

Rice University

Rochester Institute of Technology (4)

Roger Williams University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2)

Rutgers State University

School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2)

Skidmore College (3)

Springfield College

St. Andrews University

SUNY Alfred State

SUNY Binghamton (4)

SUNY Cortland

SUNY Geneseo

SUNY New Paltz

SUNY Oneonta

SUNY Oswego

SUNY Plattsburgh

SUNY Potsdam (2)

SUNY Purchase

School of the Visual Arts (2)

Syracuse University (8)

Temple University

University of the Arts

University of Colorado at Denver

University of Denver

University of New Hampshire

University of Pittsburgh

University of Tampa

University of Toledo

University of Vermont (4)

University of Washington (2)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2)

Union College

Virginia Commonwealth University

Washington and Jefferson College

Wheaton College (2)

 

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