College Counseling FOCUSED ON THE INDIVIDUAL GIRL
The College Process: Student Centered FOCUS ON THE INDIVIDUAL GIRL Foxcroft School promotes a balanced approach to the college admission process. It starts with a focus on the individual girl: her strengths, her interests, and her goals. It builds on making the most of Foxcroft's outstanding educational opportunities and emphasizes the partnership among students, parents, and the College Counseling Office. Parents play an active role while encouraging their daughters to take ownership of their college exploration and application process. Our Director of College Counseling developed an approach, Five First-Choice Colleges, which helps reduce stress and improve outcomes in the college admission process, and each student benefits from this strategy.
FOXCROFT'S ROLE
PARENT'S ROLE
Availability and Communication: We are committed to meeting regularly with students and parents in order to help explore college opportunities.
We believe strongly that a student must assume ownership of her college process. Parents also play a vital role in key areas of participation that include:
Advocacy: In addition to writing the school recommendation included with each transcript package, the Director of College Counseling communicates directly with admission offices to provide in-depth information about each student. Instruction and Guidance: The Director conducts weekly sessions of College Counseling Seminar for Juniors each spring and meets regularly with individual girls to identify goals and strategies.
• Advice and encouragement • College visits • Financial aid (if applicable) • Communication with the College Counseling Office
The Student's Role FRESHMEN Establish a strong foundation. • Work hard in your classes! • Get involved in the school community through clubs, athletics, and service. • Discover your learning style; this will help you stay strong in and out of the classroom. • Get a summer job, travel, or volunteer based on your interests and skills.
SOPHOMORES Study hard, explore special skills and interests. • Continue building your academic strengths, in and out of the classroom. • Try something new with an eye toward leadership opportunities. • Take the PSAT (the "practice SAT") to prepare for college testing. • Take SAT Subject Tests, if appropriate.
JUNIORS Advance your academic experiences and start your college search. • Take the PSAT in October. • Attend information sessions when college admissions representatives visit. • Attend weekly College Seminars and participate in the College Admissions Essay Writing Workshop. • Encourage your parents to attend our Junior Parents' College Program. • Take the ACT Plus Writing, SAT with Essay, and if appropriate, SAT Subject Tests in the spring.
SENIORS Map out your college application strategy and follow it. • When school starts, have 5–8 colleges identified, including Five First-Choice Colleges, as well as drafts of college essays. • Keep your grades up! Take the ACT Plus Writing again in September, the SAT with Essay again in October, and SAT Subject Tests, if appropriate, in November. • Participate in meaningful activities. Update your resume. • Keep track of all your colleges' deadlines. Submit your applications on time — after reviewing them with the Director of College Counseling. • Make your final college choice! Submit the required deposit to your chosen college by the National Notification Date–May 1. • Notify other schools who offered admission that you will not attend.
Five-Year College Matriculation The University of Alabama American University (3) Auburn University Babson College (2) Barnard College Baylor University Bentley University Boston College Boston University (3) Brandeis University California College of the Arts (San Francisco) University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine (2) University of California, Los Angeles University of California, San Diego Carnegie Mellon University College of Charleston (3) Christopher Newport University University of Colorado at Boulder (3) Connecticut College Cornell University (2) Davidson College (2) University of Delaware (2) Dickinson College Drexel University Eckerd College Elon University (3) Emory University (2) The University of Findlay Florida Institute of Technology Florida State University Fordham University (2) Furman University George Mason University The George Washington University (2) Georgetown University (3) Georgia Institute of Technology Gettysburg College (2)
Guilford College Hampshire College Hobart and William Smith Colleges Hollins University (2) Howard University IE University - Segovia Indiana University at Bloomington Kalamazoo College University of Kentucky (2) Lafayette College Liberty University Life University Lincoln University Lynchburg College (2) Manhattanville College (2) University of Mary Washington (6) University of Maryland, Baltimore County University of Maryland, College Park Marymount University University of Miami (2) Middlebury College University of Mississippi University of Missouri Columbia Mount Holyoke College University of New Hampshire at Durham New Jersey Institute of Technology New York University (3) North Carolina State University Northeastern University Oxford College of Emory University Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania State University (College of Engineering) University of Pittsburgh Pratt Institute Radford University (2) Randolph-Macon College Regent's University London
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhode Island School of Design (2) Rhodes College (2) University of Richmond (2) Saint Mary's College of California Savannah College of Art and Design (2) Scripps College Sewanee: The University of the South (2) Shenandoah University Shepherd University Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania University of South Carolina (2) Southern Methodist University St. Edward's University St. Lawrence University Stevens Institute of Technology SUNY Buffalo State College Sweet Briar College (5) Syracuse University Texas Christian University The New School - All Divisions University of Toronto Tufts University University of St Andrews Vanderbilt University (2) Vatel University Villanova University Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Tech (9) Virginia Wesleyan College University of Virginia (12) Washington and Lee University (2) University of Washington (2) Wellesley College West Virginia University (2) Western Washington University College of William and Mary (4) Wofford College