COLLEGE COUNSELING
spotlight on Anya Huston Brimmer’s new Director of College Counseling shares life lessons for navigating the college process and beyond
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hen Anya Huston thinks back on her own college search, she reflects on how different it was from the experience of the Brimmer students she helps today. At that time, her small rural high school in Downeast Maine didn’t offer a formal college counseling program for students. As an accomplished student-athlete, she tapped into the same skills that brought her success in the classroom and on the track and spearheaded her own college process from start to finish. With the support of her family, she arranged college visits, contacted coaches, created her own athletic recruiting materials, and kept track of her own application timeline. While Brimmer’s College Counseling process differs vastly from her own experience, many of the lessons Huston has learned along the way, both from her college search and her professional journey, are applicable today in her work with students and families.
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As a student at Bates College, Huston had the opportunity to indulge her love of writing, a passion which led to a summer internship in Boston at a magazine publishing company. She enjoyed the experience so much that it spurred her to pursue a career in publishing after graduation. As an editorial assistant in the Children’s Book Division at Harper Collins in Manhattan, she spent her days corresponding with authors and illustrators, overseeing all aspects of the publishing process from manuscript to published copy.
Opposite Page: Anya Huston and Associate Director of College Counseling Lisa Summergrad working with seniors to finalize college lists and fine-tune applications.
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Fall 2019
Brimmer Magazine
