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College Counseling at Dawson

Our approach Fit Student focus Self-discovery Empowerment

Timeline—The first half of high school 9th Grade 10th grade •Take a course load with appropriate rigor •Continue to challenge yourself academically •Sample from Dawson’s rich offerings •Strengthen involvement in a few activities that are genuinely interesting •Take the PSAT in October—just for practice •Consider a Winterim college tour

Timeline—The second half of high school 11th Grade 12th grade •Make this your strongest academic year yet •Attend individual meetings with counselor •Meet with college reps who visit Dawson •Attend College Counseling class in the fall •Take the PSAT in October. •Finish standardized testing •Do some kind of test prep for ACT/SAT in •Work with counselor on college apps spring •Keep working hard in the classroom •Begin College Counseling class in January •Attend individual meetings with counselor

Acceptances—Classes of 2015 and 2016 Adams State University Dominican University of California IDC Herzliya- Raphael Recanati Centre College The University of Alabama Drexel University International School Chapman University Allegheny College Duke University Indiana University at Bloomington College of Charleston American Academy of Dramatic Art Earlham College Iowa State University University of Chicago American University Eckerd College Ithaca College Claremont McKenna College Arizona State University Elon University Juniata College Clark University The University of Arizona Emerson College Kenyon College Coastal Carolina University Bard College Emory University Knox College Coe College Baylor University The Evergreen State College Lafayette College Colby College Berry College Flagler College Laguna College of Art and Design Colgate University Boston College Florida Institute of Technology Lawrence University University of Colorado at Boulder Boston University Fordham University Lehigh University University of Colorado at Bryn Athyn College Fort Lewis College Lewis & Clark College Colorado Springs Bucknell University Franklin and Marshall College Loyola Marymount University University of Colorado at Denver Butler University Franklin W. Olin College of Loyola University Chicago Colorado Christian University California College of the Arts Engineering Loyola University New Orleans Colorado College California Institute of Technology George Washington University Luther College Colorado School of Mines California Lutheran University Georgetown University Marist College Colorado State University California Poly, San Luis Obispo Gettysburg College Marquette University Columbia College Chicago University of California, Berkeley Gonzaga University Maryland Institute College of Art Cornell College University of California, Los Angeles Goucher College University of Maryland, Baltimore County Cornell University University of California, Los Angeles Grinnell College University of Massachusetts, Amherst Cornish College of the Arts University of California, Santa Hamilton College - NY The University of Memphis Creighton University Barbara (College of Letters & Hampshire College Metropolitan State University of Denver Dartmouth College Science) University of Hawaii at Manoa Miami University, Oxford Denison University University of California, Santa Cruz High Point University University of Miami University of Denver Capital University Hobart and William Smith University of Michigan DePauw University Carnegie Mellon University Hofstra University Montana State University, Bozeman Dickinson College

Acceptances—Classes of 2015 and 2016 The University of Montana, Missoula University of Redlands The University of Tampa Worcester Polytechnic Institute Mount Holyoke College Reed College Temple University University of Wyoming Muhlenberg College Regis University University of Tennessee, Knoxville Yale University University of Nebraska at Lincoln Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Texas Christian University University of New Haven Rhode Island School of Design Trinity College New Mexico Institute of Mining and University of Richmond Trinity University Technology Rochester Institute of Technology Tufts University University of New Mexico University of Rochester Tulane University New York University Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design The University of the Arts The University of North Carolina at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology University of Utah Chapel Hill (General College) Saint Louis University Vanderbilt University Northeastern University University of San Diego Vassar College Northern Arizona University University of San Diego University of Vermont University of Northern Colorado University of San Francisco Villanova University Northwestern University Santa Clara University University of Virginia University of Notre Dame Savannah College of Art and Design Wake Forest University Oberlin College Seattle University Washington University in St. Louis University of Oklahoma Sewanee: The University of the South University of Washington University of Oregon Skidmore College Wellesley College Pace University, New York City University of Southern California Wentworth Institute of Technology Pacific Northwest College of Art Southern Methodist University Wesleyan University University of the Pacific University of St. Andrews Western State Colorado University Pennsylvania State University - All St. Edward's University Westminster College Campuses St. Lawrence University Wheaton College MA Pitzer College St. Olaf College Whitman College Pomona College University of St. Thomas Whittier College Providence College Stonehill College University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Puget Sound SUNY Alfred State College Wittenberg University Purdue University Syracuse University The College of Wooster

>$6 million Merit scholarships earned by the Dawson’s class of 2015

National Trends in Admission Increased competition Increased applications Decreased yield High student:counselor ratios NACAC, “State of College Admissions,” May 2015

New in 2016 Redesigned SAT Coalition Application Turning the Tide Report Prior-Prior Year for the FAFSA

Questions? Stefanie Esposito: sesposito@dawsonschool.org David Slater: dslater@dawsonschool.org Denise Alt: dalt@dawsonschool. org