The Office of College Counseling Nancy Thatcher College Counselor

What We (all) Do

From here To here The General Process

• Presentation to 8th grade by counselor and current 9th grade students • Aspire, PSAT testing and general college guidance for 9th-10th grades • SAT/ACT testing • Junior College Prep class, Spring of Junior year • Senior College Prep class, Fall of Senior year • Continuous dialogue throughout high school among all faculty/students around college Family Connection

• Back to School Night/Ninth Grade orientation Night • Junior College Night • Senior College Night • Financial Aid Night • Senior Wrap-Up Evening • Student-Parent College meetings • Alumni Panel How Do We Compare? GHCDS Antilles School

• 2013-2015 Matriculation • Iona College • Smith College • 2013-2015 Matriculation Technology • Worchester Polytechnic • Agnes Scott College • Iowa State University • Stanford University • College Acceptances • New York University • Institute • Allegheny College • Ithaca College • Stetson University • Northeastern University • Yale University • American University • Jacksonville University • St. John College • American University • Nova Southeastern • Amherst College • Johnson and Wales University • St. Lawrence University • Agnes Scott College University • Aquinas College • Lafayette College • St. Peter’s College • Babson College • Ohio Wesleyan University • Babson College • LaRoche College • Suffolk University • Bentley University • Providence College • Bard College • LaSalle University • Southern Methodist • Bowdoin College • Roanoke College • Barnard College • Lehigh University University • Brown University • Roger Williams University • Belmont University • Louisiana State University • SUNY – New Paltz • Clark University • Rider University • Bethune Cookman University • Loyola University, New • Swarthmore College • Coastal Carolina University • Seton Hall University • Boston College Orleans • Syracuse University • College of Charleston • Stetson University • Boston University • Lynn University • Texas A&M University • College of the Holy Cross • Suffolk University • Brown University • Manhattan College • U.S. Air Force Academy • Connecticut College • Temple University • Bryant University • Marymount University • U. S. Coast Guard Academy • Cornell University • Texas Tech University • Bucknell University • Massachusetts Institute of • U.S. Military Academy, West • Denison University • Trinity College • California Maritime Academy Technology Point • Drew University • Tufts University School of the • • • Cal Poly St. Institute Massachusetts Maritime U. S. Naval Academy • Drexel University • Museum of Fine Arts • • • Calvin College McGill University University of Arizona • Elon University • United States Naval Academy • • • Carson-Newman University Mercer University University of Central Florida • Ferris State University • Universal Technical Institute • • • Clarkson University Middlebury College University of Chicago • Flagler College • University of Colorado at • • • College of Charleston Montclair State University University of Colorado • Florida Institute of Boulder • • • • College of William and Mary Morehouse College University of Connecticut Technology University of Miami • • • • Columbia University Mt. Holyoke College University of Miami • Fordham University University of New Hampshire • • • • Cornell University Nazareth College Univ. of Maryland • Full Sail University University of North Carolina • • at • Dartmouth College New England College University of Notre Dame • George Mason University • • • Chapel Hill • DePaul University New York University University of North Carolina • George Washington • • • University of North Carolina • DeSales University Northeastern University University of Pennsylvania University • • • at • Dickinson College Nova Southeastern University University of Pittsburgh Georgetown University • • • • Wilmington • Drexel University Ohio State University University of Richmond Harding University • • • • University of South Carolina • Eckerd College Old Dominion University University of South Florida Harvard University • • • • University of Ottawa • Elon University Pace University University of Tampa Hawaii Pacific University • • • • University of Southern • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Penn State, Univ. Park University of Texas, Austin Howard University California • • • University Pratt Institute University of Vermont Johnson and Wales • University of Southern • Eugene Lang College, New • Princeton University • University of the Virgin Islands University Florida, • School • Queens College • University of Virginia Loyola University in Chicago • Tampa • Flagler University • Rhode Island School of Design • Vassar College • Manchester Metropolitan • University University of Tampa • Florida Atlantic University • Rice University • Villanova University • University of Tennessee, • • • • Massachusetts Institute of Florida Institute of Rider University Virginia Commonwealth Technology • Chattanooga Technology • Roanoke College University • University of the Virgin • • • Massachusetts Maritime Gannon University • Rochester Institute of Virginia Polytechnic University Academy Islands • • George Washington Technology Washington University, St. • New York City College of • Valencia College University • Roger Williams University Louis • Georgetown University • Rollins College • Wellesley College • Georgia Technical Institute • Rutgers University • Wesleyan University • Gettysburg College • Sacred Heart University • Williams College • Hampton University • Savannah College of Art and • High Point University Design • Howard University • Seton Hall University • Humbolt State University • Seton Hill University How Do We Compare? GHCDS Baldwin School (PR)

• 2013-2015 Matriculation • Humbolt State University • Seton Hall University • Florida Institute of Católica de PR • University of British Columbia • Agnes Scott College • Iona College • Seton Hill University • American University Technology • Providence College • University of California • Florida International • • • • Assumption College • Purdue University • - Berkeley, Irvine, Santa Cruz Allegheny College Iowa State University Smith College • Atlantic University College University • Randolph College • University of Central Florida • • American University • Ithaca College • Stanford University • Auburn University Florida Southern College • Regis College • University of Chicago • • Amherst College • Jacksonville University • Stetson University • Babson College Florida State University • Rensselaer Polytechnic • University of Colorado in • • Bard College Fordham University Institute Boulder • Aquinas College • Johnson and Wales University • St. John College • • Barnard College Franklin & Marshall College • Rhode Island School of Art & • University of Connecticut • • • • Babson College Lafayette College St. Lawrence University • Baylor University Gannon University Design • University of Dayton • • • Bard College • LaRoche College • St. Peter’s College • Bentley University George Mason University Rice University • University of Hartford • • • Barnard College • LaSalle University • Suffolk University • Boston College George Washington Rider University • University of Illinois University • • Boston University Ringling College of Art & • University of Maryland • Belmont University • Lehigh University • Southern Methodist • Georgetown University Design • Brown University • University of Massachusetts - • • University • Georgia Institute of • Rollins College Bethune Cookman University Louisiana State University • Bryant University Amherst, Boston • Technology • Rutgers University • • Boston College • Loyola University, New SUNY – New Paltz • Bryn Mawr College University of Miami • Gettysburg College • Saint John’s University • • Boston University Orleans • Swarthmore College • Butler University University of Michigan • Goucher College • Saint Joseph’s University • • California Institute of University of New Haven • Brown University • Lynn University • Syracuse University • Harvard University • Technology Saint Leo University • University of North Carolina • Manhattan College • Texas A&M University • Haverford College • • Bryant University • Carnegie Mellon University Saint Louis University at Chapel Hill • Hofstra University • • • Bucknell University • Marymount University • U.S. Air Force Academy • Catholic University of Salve Regina University University of Notre Dame • America Indiana University in • Sarah Lawrence College • University of Ottawa • California Maritime Academy • Massachusetts Institute of • U. S. Coast Guard Academy Bloomington • Clark University • Savannah College of Art & • University of Pennsylvania Technology • U.S. Military Academy, West • Iowa State University • Cal Poly St. Institute • Clarkson College Design • University of Pittsburgh • Massachusetts Maritime Point • Jacksonville University • • Calvin College • Clemson University School of Visual Arts • University of Rhode Island • McGill University • U. S. Naval Academy • Johns Hopkins University • Sherbrooke University • Carson-Newman University • Coker College • University of Richmond • Johnson & Wales University • • Mercer University • University of Arizona • Colgate University Skidmore College • University of Rochester • Clarkson University • Kent State University • • College of the Holy Cross Southern California Institute • University of San Diego • Middlebury College • University of Central Florida • Kenyon College of Architecture • College of Charleston • College of William and Mary • University of Southern • Montclair State University • University of Chicago • Lehigh University • Southern Methodist • College of William and Mary • Colorado State University California • Morehouse College • University of Colorado • Louisiana State University University • University of Tampa • Columbia University • Columbia College of Art • Lourdes University • Stetson College • • Mt. Holyoke College • University of Connecticut • Columbia University University of Tennesseein • Cornell University • Loyola College of Maryland • Stevens Institute of Knoxville • Nazareth College • University of Miami • Concordia University Technology • Dartmouth College • Loyola University - Chicago, • University of Texas in Austin • Connecticut College • • New England College • Univ. of Maryland Maryland, New Orleans Stevenson University • University of Toronto • DePaul University • Conservatorio de Música de • Lynn University • Stonehill College • • New York University • University of Notre Dame PR University of Vermont • DeSales University • Manhattan College • Suffolk University • • • • Cornell University University of Virginia Northeastern University University of North Carolina • Manhattanville College • SUNY - Buffalo, Fredonia • Dickinson College • • Ursinus College • Nova Southeastern University • University of Pennsylvania Culinary Institute of America • Syracuse University • Drexel University • Marist College • Ursuline College • CUNY Hunter College • • Ohio State University • University of Pittsburgh • Marquette University Texas A & M University • Vanderbilt University • Eckerd College • Curry College • • Old Dominion University • University of Richmond • Mars Hill College Texas Christian University • Villanova University • Dartmouth College • • Elon University • Maryland Institute and The American Academy of • Wagner College • Pace University • University of South Florida • De Paul University Dramatic Arts • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical College of Art • Wake Forest University • Drew University • • The Catholic University of University • Penn State, Univ. Park • University of Tampa Massachusetts Institute of • Warner Pacific College • Drexel University Technology America • Pratt Institute • University of Texas, Austin • Washington College • Eugene Lang College, New • Duke University • McGill University • Trinity College • Washington University in St. School • Princeton University • University of Vermont • Duquesne University • • Tufts University Miami University of Ohio Louis • • • • Eckerd College • • Tulane University Flagler University Queens College University of the Virgin Islands Michigan State University • Wellesley College • Elms College • • Universidad de Puerto Rico - • Florida Atlantic University • Rhode Island School of Design • University of Virginia New College of South Florida • Wells College • Elon University • New York University Bayamón, Carolina, Cayey, • Florida Institute of • Rice University • Vassar College Mayaguez, Rio Piedras • Wentworth Institute of • Emerson College • Newbury College Technology • Universidad del Sagrado Technology • Rider University • Villanova University • Emmanuel College • Niagara University Corazón • Western University • Gannon University • • • Emory University • Roanoke College Virginia Commonwealth Northeastern University • Universidad del Turabo • Wilfrid Laurier University • • Eugene Lang College • George Washington • Rochester Institute of University Northwestern University • Universidad Interamericana • Williams College • University Technology • Virginia Polytechnic University Fairfield University • Oberlin College de PR • Worcester Polytechnic • • Georgetown University Fashion Institute of Design & • Pace University • Universidad Metropolitana Institute • Roger Williams University • Washington University, St. Merchandising • Pennsylvania State University • Universidad Politécnica de PR • Xavier University • Georgia Technical Institute • Rollins College Louis • Florida Gulf Coast University • Pontificia Universidad • University of Alabama • Yale University • Gettysburg College • Rutgers University • Wellesley College • Hampton University • Sacred Heart University • Wesleyan University • High Point University • Savannah College of Art and • Williams College • Howard University Design Statistics: 2010-2015 318 students (GHS, CDS, GHCDS) • Percentage Ivy League Applicants/Acceptance: 19.8%/15.8% (avg. AR 14%; IvyCoach.com) • Percentage of Little/Public Ivies (Michigan, Berkeley, UVM, Swarthmore, etc.) : 21.7%/36.2% • Colleges That Change Lives; U.S. News Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges: 30%/72.3% • Early Decision Applicants/Acceptances: 2.2%/50% • Early Action Applicants/Acceptances: 21%/82% • General Acceptance Rate: 100% • Most popular destinations: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Chicago-area, New Orleans! Challenges

• Successfully delivering the message around competitiveness/colleges off “our radar” • Keeping students on track/responsible for timeline • Inability of our students to visit colleges • Educating families about Gap Year opportunities/appropriateness

In The End

• Thanks to your dedication to our students, the majority of them leave us to lead responsible, happy and productive lives!