College Counseling

St. Sebastian’s prepares young men for successful college careers. The art of selecting the right school— from initial research to final choice—is guided by the college counselor and supported by the faculty. Though the college counselor frequently consults, both formally and informally, with students and parents in the first two years of the upper school, preparation for the college search process begins in earnest in the junior year.

“St. Sebastian’s College Counselors provide the right combination of independence and support to help students choose the best path to a successful and fulfilling career in college and beyond. We empower them to engage in rigorous self-reflection in order to identify their priorities and aspirations for the next phase of their educational journey. ”

Mrs. Ellen B. Hinman Director of College Counseling Appointed to faculty in 2018 B.A., Dartmouth College, M.A., Boston College M.Ed., Columbia University Teachers College

Over the course of the year, all members of the junior class meet both individually and in groups with the College Counselor to discuss the process and to determine an appropriate list of colleges to be researched and visited during the summer. In their junior year, students have an opportunity to attend a number of college fairs, including one at which recent St. Sebastian’s graduates return to campus to represent the colleges they currently attend. College admissions representatives also visit the School to meet with students and answer questions.

As seniors, students narrow their choices and apply to the schools that best suit their interests. During this important period, the College Counselor serves as a strong advocate for the applying seniors, consulting personally with the admissions representatives of the colleges to which they have applied. His effort to get to know and understand every senior personally makes the college counselor an effective and persuasive ambassador as he works with colleges to match a student with a school. Above all else, the College Counseling process is concerned with helping each student to understand himself and his goals more fully. Only in this way will he select a college that will allow him to continue to become the student and person he aspires to be.

COLLEGE MATRICULATION Members of the last five graduating classes have enrolled at the colleges and universities listed below.

Boston College 36 Providence College 22 College of the Holy Cross 21 University of Notre Dame 17 Harvard College 13 Northeastern University 12 Villanova University 11 Wake Forest University 10 Duke University 7 University of Wisconsin (Madison) 6 Dartmouth College 5 Georgetown University 5 Lehigh University 5 Middlebury College 5 Northwestern University 5 Boston University 4 Colby College 4 Cornell University 4 Trinity College 4 University of Miami 4 University of Richmond 4 Babson College 3 Bowdoin College 3 Bucknell University 3 Clemson University 3 Hobart and William Smith

Colleges 3 Indiana University (Bloomington) 3 Skidmore College 3 Stonehill College 3 Syracuse University 3 Tufts University 3 Union College 3 University of Massachusetts (Amherst) 3 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 3 Bates College 2 Brown University 2 Connecticut College 2 Fairfield University 2 George Washington University 2 Merrimack College 2 Princeton University 2 Santa Clara University 2 Southern Methodist University 2 Tulane University of Louisiana 2 United States Military Academy 2 University of Denver 2 University of Michigan 2 University of Pennsylvania 2 University of Southern California 2 Amherst College 1 Bentley University 1 Birmingham City University 1 Catholic University of America 1 Christendom College 1 Coastal Carolina University 1 Colgate University 1 Colorado College 1 Colorado School of Mines 1 Columbia College (Chicago) 1 Dickinson College 1 Emory University 1 Fordham University 1 Furman University 1 Georgia Institute of Technology (Main Campus) 1 Hamilton College 1 Harvey Mudd College 1 IE University 1 IE University Segovia 1 James Madison University 1 Johns Hopkins University 1 Kenyon College 1 Lake Forest College 1 Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 1 New York University 1 Oberlin College 1 Occidental College 1 Ohio Wesleyan University 1 Saint Anselm College 1 Salem State University 1 St. John’s University (New York) 1 Texas Christian University 1 The Ohio State University (Main Campus) 1 University of Chicago 1 University of Connecticut 1 University of Florida 1 University of Hartford 1 University of Maryland (College Park) 1 University of Massachusetts (Boston) 1 University of San Diego 1 University of Virginia (Main Campus) 1 Vanderbilt University 1 Washington and Lee University 1 Washington University in St Louis 1 William and Mary 1