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College Counseling

College Counseling at Pinewood is an integral component of a high school student’s education. The process of deciding what to do after high school is a time of great discovery and development as students transition to a life of increased freedom and responsibility. Success in this process requires an open mind, strong communication, and a willingness to stretch boundaries. Our goal is to provide solid advice and guidance to students as they decide where to continue their studies after graduation.

The Director, who assumes the role of College Counselor, designs meetings throughout the year for freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors. Then, in the junior and senior years, students begin to meet one-on-one with the Director to discuss future plans. The College Counseling Program is highly individualized and it is the student’s responsibility to take advantage of the services that are offered.

College Counseling services include information distribution (via emails, individual notices, daily bulletin notices, advisory announcements and a college counseling resource area), sponsorship of evening programs, including two college nights (one for senior students/parents and one for junior students/parents), SAT Prep Courses, a series of college workshops for students throughout the year, assistance with essay-writing techniques and application strategies, and the scheduling of college representatives for on-campus meetings each fall.


COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVE VISITS

Each year, a notable number of university admissions representatives from the United States visit Pinewood and present important admissions, scholarship and financial aid information to our Junior and Senior classes. Below is a sampling of universities that visited Pinewood this year

USA COLLEGE REPESENTATIVE VISITS 2012-2013

DATE

TIME

NAME

TITLE

COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY

3/10

9:45

Aaron B. Zdawczyk

Senior Assistant Director of Admission and Financial Aid

NorthWestern University

 

 

Donielle Wright

Assistant Director of Admission

Princeton University

 

 

John Gaines

Director of Admissions

Vanderbilt University

8/10

9:00

Ken Dunbar

Associate Director of Admissions

Skidmore College

 

 

Andrew Antone

Director of International Recruitment and Admissions

Quinnipiac University

10/10

9:45

John Hamel

Assistant Vice President of Enrollment & Director of Undergraduate Admission

Suffolk University

12/10

9:30

Barbara Miller

Associate Director of Admissions and International Recruitment

HOPE College

 

 

Rebecca Hanson

Associate Director of International Outreach and Recruitment

University of Iowa

 

 

Ashleigh Watson

International Admissions and Retention Counselor

Western Michigan University

 

 

Romelia P. Widders

Assistant Director International Admissions

Michigan State University

2/11

9:45

Jonathan Edwards

 

Grinnell College

5/11

9:45

 

 

Lehigh University

8/11

9:45

Seth Allen

Vice President and Dean of Admissions and
Financial Aid

Pomona College

12/11

10:00

 

 

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

15/11

10:00

 

 

Boston College

19/11

9:45

 

 

Lynchburg College

21/11

10:00

 

 

McNeese State University

USA COLLEGE REPESENTATIVE VISITS 2011-2012



DATE VISIT TIME NAME TITLE COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY
23/9 10:00AM Mary T. Hetlage

Senior Associate Director

Office of College Admissions

 The University of Chicago
6/10 10:00AM Rachel Cowan Jacobs Associate Director of Undergraduate Adm.

Johns Hopkins University
7/10 14:00PM Darcy Thoma Admission Counselor Mt. Holyoke College
11/10 10:00AM Ken Dunbar Associate Director of Admissions Skidmore College
12/10 10:00AM Meredith McDill Assistant Director of Admissions Smith College
12/10 10:00AM Rod Malcolm Associate Director of Admission Kalamazoo College
12/10 13:30PM Stacey Hoekwater Assistant Director of Admissions/Intl. Recruit. Emerson College
13/10 09:00AM John Hamel Director of Undergraduate Admissions Suffolk University
17/10 10:00 AM     University of Mary Washington
1/11 10:00AM Marylin Hesser Senior Associate Director of Admissions University of Richmond
4/11 10:00 AM     Roger Williams University
7/11 10:00AM Evelyn Levinson Director of International Admissions American University
10/11

10:30AM

 Shalon Kegg Senior Assistant Director of International Admission DePauw University
10/11 10:30AM Katelyn C. Cassell Assistant Director of Admissions Hobart & William Smith Colleges
14/11 10:00AM Elizabeth Payne Senior Associate Dean Director of Multicultural Admission Davidson College
30/11 9.30 AM     Florida Institute of Technology

COLLEGE MATRICULATION

The goal of the college counseling process is to help students choose schools appropriate to their interests and goals, and where they can build upon the educational foundation of their years at Pinewood. Our graduates attend a wide array of colleges and universities in the USA, UK, Canada and other English-speaking universities around the world, including the following institutions:

University Acceptances for the Class of 2012

United States

Bard College, NY *

Roger Williams University, RI *

Hobart & William Smith Colleges, NY *

Mount Holyoke College, MA *

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL *

Stony Brook University, NY *

Northeastern University, MA

Manhattanville College, NY *

College of Wooster, OH

Ohio Wesleyan University, OH

United Kingdom

University of Kent *

University of Salford

University of the West of England, Bristol

University of Cardiff

Metropolitan University of Cardiff (UWIC)

University of Huddersfield

Rest of the World

Nottingham Business School (IPAG), FR

Maastricht University, NE

Prague College, PR

(*) Scholarship Awarded


UNITED STATES

  • Alfred University

  • Bard College (3)

  • Baruch College, CUNY

  • Baylor University

  • Berea College (4)

  • Boston College

  • Boston University (5)

  • Cedar Crest College

  • Clark University (5)

  • Cornell University (2)

  • Drexel University

  • Eastern Oregon State College

  • Elmira College

  • Emory University

  • Florida State University

  • Gannon University

  • George Washington University

  • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Hellenic College

  • Hunter College

  • Ithaca College (2)

  • Knox College

  • Lawrence University

  • Long Island University

  • Loyola University, Chicago (2)

  • Macalester College

  • Manhattanville College

  • Marist University

  • Monroe College (2)

  • New Jersey Institute of Technology

  • North Carolina State University at Raleigh (2)

  • North Carolina University at Wilmington

  • Northeastern University (4)

  • Pace University

  • Parson's School of Design

  • Penn State University

  • Princeton University (2)

  • Queens College Cuny

  • Rider College

  • Rhode Island School of Design

  • Rutgers University (2)

  • School of Filmation Arts, Ford Institute, NYC

  • St. Andrew's Presbyterian College (4)

  • St. John's University (2)

  • State University of New York

  • Suffolk University (2)

  • Syracuse University

  • University of Alabama

  • University of Connecticut

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • University of Massachusetts, Lowell (2)

  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst (3)

  • University of Massachusets, Boston

  • University of North Carolina at Greensboro

  • University of Richmond

  • University of San Diego

  • University of Virginia

  • Wesleyan University

  • Worcester State College

UNITED KINGDOM

  • A A School of Architeture, London

  • American College of London

  • American University of London

  • Brighton University

  • Brunel University

  • Chesterfield College

  • City University of London

  • Exeter College

  • Heriot - Watt Institute, Edinburgh

  • Keele University

  • London School of Pharmacy

  • London South Bank University

  • RBS College, London

  • Richmond College, London

  • Royal Holloway, University of London (2)

  • Schiller University, London

  • Sheffield City University

  • Southampton College

  • Surrey Institute of Art & Design

  • University of Brighton (2)

  • University of Edingurgh, Scotland

  • University of Kent (2)

  • University of Leeds

  • University of Leicester (2)

  • University of Plymouth

  • University of Portsmouth

  • University of Surrey, London

  • University of the West of England (2)

  • University of West London

  • University of Westminster

  • University of York

 

CANADA, EUROPE & THE WORLD

 

Canada

 

  • Ryerson University, Toronto

  • University of British Columbia (2)

  • University of Toronto (2)

  • York University at Toronto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Versalius College, Brussels, Belgium

  • American University of Paris, France (4)

  • Bocconi University, Milan, Italy (3)

  • IESEG School of Management, Paris, France

  • Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

  • Law University, Belgrade, Serbia

  • American College of Thessaloniki, Greece (4)

  • Ecole Hotelier of Luasanne, Switzerland

  • University of Lyons, France

  • University of Florence, Italy

  • University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia (3)

  • Saint Louis University, Madrid, Spain

  • Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

  • University of Sofia, Bulgaria

  • University of Ankara, Turkey

  • Instanbul Sehir University, Turkey

  • University of Melbourne, Australia

  • American University of Bulgaria (5)

  • Franklin College, Lugano, Switzerland

  • The American University of Cairo, Egypt

  • University of Skopje, FYROM (4)

  • IPAG Business School, France

  • Maastricht University, Netherlands

  • Prague College, Prague

  • Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

  • University of Sofia, Bulgaria

  • Cyril Methodius University, Skopje, FYROM

  • Technical College of Sydney, Australia

  • University of National & World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria

  • Ca' Foscari University, Venice, Italy

  • Frederick University, Cyprus

  • University of Maryland, Munich, Germany

  • University of Istanbul, Turkey

  • Schiller International University, France

  • Florence Institute of Design, Italy

  • Webster University of Vienna, Austria

  • University of Cape Town, South Africa

  • Escola De Arte, La Coruna, Spain

  • University of Bozen, Italy