Lower School 50 Prospect Park West Brooklyn, NY 11215 718-768-1103
COLLEGE COUNSELING The Poly support model is a multifaceted approach that allows deans to mentor, counsel, and advise families on a long-term basis, starting in Grade 9. It facilitates a self-discovery process for students that results in the continuation of an exciting educational journey. THE CLASS OF 2020 STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS: Bard College Baruch College of the CUNY Bates College (4) Bennington College Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Brown University (2) Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University (2) Carleton College (2) Case Western Reserve University Claremont McKenna College Colby College (3) Colgate University (2) College of the Holy Cross Cornell University (2) Dartmouth College (2) Dickinson College Drexel University Duke University Emory University (2) Fordham University Franklin and Marshall College George Mason University George Washington University Grinnell College Hamilton College (2) Hartwick College
POLY AT A GLANCE
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Haverford College Hobart William Smith Colleges Ithaca College (2) Jewish Theological Seminary of America Kenyon College Lafayette College Lehigh University (2) Middlebury College (2) Mount Holyoke College Muhlenberg College New York University Northeastern University (3) Rhodes College Rochester Institute of Technology Roger Williams University Rutgers University New Brunswick (2) Skidmore College (2) Southern Methodist University Spelman College St. John’s College Stony Brook University, State University of New York SUNY at Purchase College The New School The Ohio State University (2)
Trinity College Tulane University (2) University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, San Diego University of Chicago University of Connecticut University of Denver (2) University of Florida University of Miami (4) University of Oxford University of Pennsylvania University of Richmond (3) University of Southern California (4) University of St Andrews University of Virginia University of Wisconsin Madison (4) Vanderbilt University Wake Forest University Washington and Lee University Washington University in St Louis (2) Wesleyan University (5) Williams College Yale University (4)
Senior Thesis The culminating work of each Poly student is a self-directed, academic, creative, or servicebased research project. A sampling of recent topics includes the following: • The ethics of genetic engineering in disease eradication • Police brutality in Chicago and the interplay of de facto segregation • Can disaster proof architecture lead to safe towns and cities, eliminating the need for evacuations? • An exploration of the 2008 U.S. financial crash and its aftermath • The origins of "laicité" and its role in modern-day Islamophobia in France • The impact of social and political systems on teen pregnancy in southern states • Spanish fascism's role in the development of modern soccer