COLLEGE COUNSELING 2022-2023
ready to soar! These Owls are
The Agnes Irwin School empowers each girl to learn, to lead, and to live a legacy. One way this mission takes shape is through the search by each Upper School student to identify appropriate post-secondary opportunities suited to her unique gifts and capable of fulfilling her own boundless vision of success. Through this months-long quest, our students come to learn much about themselves and their life goals. As the well-earned offers of admission roll in, each Agnes Irwin senior can celebrate fully, knowing that she is prepared to step into a future she helped design. Preparing girls to lead and succeed is in our DNA. By the time our students graduate, they’re ready to succeed in whatever paths they choose.
Empowering Girls Since 1869
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Ready to take on the world!
Gioanna ’22
Arielle ’22
Sarah ’22
She Chose: Bryn Mawr College Intended Majors: Gender Studies and Psychology
She Chose: University of Pennsylvania Intended Major: Architecture
She Chose: Harvard University Intended Major: Applied Math
When I sought more rigor in my courses, AIS teachers and department heads guided me through a transition to the honors level. I became much more confident in my academic abilities, and AIS faculty provided unwavering encouragement in shaping them.
The opportunity for interdisciplinary study at Agnes Irwin encouraged me to think creatively about how academic disciplines can work together in the real world. I discovered a passion for mathematics and social science and the freedom to apply them in different contexts.
When I describe my AIS community, I instantly think of the strong support systems I encountered daily among students. We relied on one another equally for academic or personal counseling.
Once you take a class with a teacher at AIS, you have a friend for life. My eighth-grade Algebra teacher, Mrs. Colclaser, was also my Precalculus and Calculus teacher and my senior class dean — and she has become one of the most special people in my life.
Agnes Irwin has prepared me to become a well-rounded individual. The electives became some of my favorite classes, with subjects that really resonated with me. They deepened my passion for the humanities. AIS is a positive and close-knit community, and the school traditions are very cool and fun. The fun and bonding experience students have here is unlike that at any other school.
About our Counselors Director of College Counseling Meg Scott joined Agnes Irwin in 2010 after directing the college counseling office at the Trinity School of Midland, TX, and has counseled hundreds of AIS families since that time. Meg has extensive experience in the college admissions world, having previously worked at an array of institutions, including a small, private liberal arts college, a large research institution, and a women’s college. At AIS, Meg leads the office, matching Agnes Irwin students with the right institutions of higher learning to support their goals. Associate Director of College Counseling Sarah Quin arrived at AIS in 2019 from an independent day school in NYC, where she worked in college advising. Before that, Sarah gained extensive experience in the field of elite college admissions, having worked at both Columbia University and Vanderbilt University, where, among other areas, she acted as the admissions liaison for the midAtlantic area and AIS students.
THE COLLEGE COUNSELING PROCESS AT AGNES IRWIN
Freshmen
Sophomores
• Parents and students attend our Path to College Night to learn about building a course of study and co-curricular plan with a focus toward college.
• Our 10th Grade Parent Night demystifies the application and admission process as college standardized testing gears up.
• Sport-specific athletic recruiting guidance for both AIS and out-of-school sports begins, and continues through senior year.
• In the spring, sophomores are matched with a college counselor to review course projections and discuss how to best develop their interests and talents.
Juniors
Katherine ’22 She Chose: Vanderbilt University (recruited athlete for Division I lacrosse) Intended Major: Computer Science Agnes Irwin provided me with the blueprint to success by creating new classes in topics that interest me. My computer science teacher collaborated with the Media Arts teacher on a course for high-level comp sci students on website design (fonts, colors, UX design). This allowed me to combine my coding skills with my new design skills. Agnes Irwin’s secret superpower is the strength of its community. It is truly a place where women support other women.
Seniors
Key activities include:
Key activities include:
• Junior Parent Night to review the search and application process
• Visits from select national and international colleges and universities, with almost 100 representatives visiting AIS each fall
• Seminars focused on university life, use multiple resources and technologies to conduct college and university research • Family meeting in the spring with assigned college counselor to strategize the path for the college admission process • Testing Game Plan to map out each student’s individual approach to standardized testing • Spring College Panel, in which current seniors and college admission professionals share their insights • Athletic recruiting guidance continues for AIS and out-of-school sports
The Class of 2022 Attending 61 institutions of higher education, located across 18 states and two international destinations
15%
8% 11%
New England
Midwest
39%
West
Mid-Atlantic
2%
International
20% South
• Revisiting colleges of interest and attending athletic recruiting weekends if applicable • Weekly seminars focused on thoroughly completing college applications • Individualized application sessions to ensure application essays are focused and reflective of the student’s strengths and interests • Winter break support for students meeting the January 1 application deadline • Case Study Night led by professional admission officers from selective colleges illustrate how admissions professionals make decisions • Frequent one-on-one meetings with college counselors to review application strategies and build student portfolios • Senior “College 101” Transition Series focused on college readiness and transition, including personal finance, self-defense, and wellness
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Admission & Matriculation | Classes of 2018-2022 Adelphi University Alabama State University Albright College Alvernia University American Musical & Dramatic Academy American University (4) Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences Arcadia University Arizona State University Auburn University Bard College Barnard College (2) Bates College Baylor University Belmont University Beloit College Bentley University Boston College (8) Boston Conservatory at Berklee Boston University (3) Bowdoin College (2) Bowling Green State University Brandeis University Brown University Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University (6) Butler University Cabrini University Canisius College Case Western Reserve University (2) Champlain College Chapman University Claflin University Clark Atlanta University Clark University Clarkson University Clemson University (2) Coastal Carolina University Colby College Colby-Sawyer College Colgate University (2) College of Charleston (3) College of Environmental Science and Forestry College of the Holy Cross College of William and Mary Colorado College (2) Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University, Fort Collins Columbia University (2) Community College of Philadelphia Connecticut College Cooper Union Cornell University (4) Coventry University Dartmouth College (4) Davidson College Dean College
Delaware State University Denison University (2) DePaul University Dickinson College Drew University Drexel University (7) Duke University (4) Duquesne University Eastern University Eckerd College Elmira College Elon University (6) Emerson College Emmanuel College Emory University Emory UniversityOxford College Endicott College Fairfield University (2) Flagler College Florida A&M University Florida Gulf Coast University Florida State University Fordham University (5) Franciscan University of Steubenville Franklin and Marshall College (4) Franklin University Switzerland Furman University (2) Gannon University George Mason University Georgetown University (8) Georgia Southern University Georgia State University Gettysburg College Gonzaga University Goucher College Hamilton College (2) Hampshire College Hampton University Harvard University (2) Haverford College High Point University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Hofstra University Hood College Houghton College Howard University (4) IE University, Madrid Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana University at Bloomington International University of Monaco Ithaca College Jacksonville University James Madison University John Cabot University John Jay College of Criminal Justice Johns Hopkins University (4)
Kenyon College King’s College King’s College London Kutztown University La Salle University Lafayette College Lehigh University (4) Lincoln University Louisiana State University Loyola Marymount University (3) Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Maryland (2) Loyola University New Orleans Macalester College Manhattan College Manhattan School of Music Marist College Marshall University Marymount Manhattan College Massachusetts College of Art & Design McDaniel College McGill University McMaster University Mercyhurst University Messiah University Miami University, Ohio (2) Michigan State University Michigan Technological University Middlebury College (2) Millersville University Mississippi State University Monmouth University Morgan State University Muhlenberg College Nazareth College Neumann University New York University (7) North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina Central University Northeastern University (9) Northwestern University Notre Dame of Maryland University Nottingham Trent University Nova Southeastern University Oberlin College Occidental College Ohio Wesleyan University Oregon State University Pace University, New York City Penn State University (10) Penn State University, Brandywine Penn State, Schreyer Honors College Pitzer College Point Park University Princeton University (4) Providence College
Purdue University Queen’s University (3) Queens University of Charlotte Quinnipiac University Randolph-Macon College Reed College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2) Rice University Richmond, The American Int’l U. in London Rochester Institute of Technology Roger Williams University Rollins College (3) Rowan University Rutgers University, New Brunswick Sacred Heart University Saint Francis University Saint Joseph’s University (3) Saint Louis University Madrid Salve Regina University San Diego State University Santa Clara University Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art & Design Shippensburg University Skidmore College Smith College Southern Methodist University (6) Spelman College (2) St. John’s College St. John’s University St. Lawrence University Stetson University Stevens Institute of Technology Stony Brook University Suffolk University Susquehanna University Swarthmore College Syracuse University (8) Technion Israel Institute of Technology Temple University (6) Texas A&M University Texas Christian University (3) The American University of Paris (2) The Catholic University of America The College of Wooster The George Washington University (8) The Jewish Theological Seminary of America (2) The Juilliard School The New England Conservatory of Music
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The New School (2) The Ohio State University The University of Alabama The University of Tampa The University of Tennessee-Knoxville (3) The University of Texas, Austin Thomas Jefferson University (2) Toronto Metropolitan University Towson University Trinity College (3) Tufts University (3) Tulane University (4) Tuskegee University Union College United States Military Academy University at Buffalo University College Dublin University of Arizona University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles (4) University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Cruz University of Central Florida University of Central Lancashire University of Colorado at Boulder (2) University of Connecticut (2) University of Delaware (2) University of Denver University of Florida (3) University of Gloucestershire University of Hartford University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign University of Kansas University of Limerick University of Maryland, Baltimore County University of Maryland, College Park (2) University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Massachusetts, Boston University of Miami (10) University of Michigan (4) University of Minnesota University of Mississippi University of New England University of New Hampshire
University of New Haven University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of North Carolina at Greensboro University of North Carolina at Wilmington University of Notre Dame (3) University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania (13) University of Pittsburgh (4) University of Redlands University of Rhode Island University of Richmond (6) University of Rochester University of San Francisco University of Scranton University of South Carolina University of South Carolina, Upstate University of South Florida University of Southern California (2) University of St. Andrews (4) University of the Pacific University of the Sciences University of Toronto University of Vermont University of Virginia (3) University of Washington University of Wisconsin, Madison (3) Ursinus College Valdosta State University Vanderbilt University Vassar College Villanova University Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (2) Wagner College Wake Forest University (7) Washington and Lee University (2) Washington College Washington University in St. Louis Wesleyan University West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Virginia University Wheaton College, Mass Widener University Wilfrid Laurier University Wilkes University Williams College Xavier University, Ohio Xavier University of Louisiana Yale University (2)
BOLD: College and university destinations of Agnes Irwin graduates in Classes of 2018-2022 2022.CC.01