Monthly College Counseling Update: Late January 2025

Seniors

The next round of application decisions began to drop in the second half of January. Students have, or will receive, decisions from Miami, Villanova, Richmond, Rutgers, and James Madison to name a few. 

 

Semester grades will become official next week and College Counseling will forward them to all schools that seniors have an active application at. The only schools that will not receive a transcript are those that we did not send an original to (self report schools). Colleges have begun to request updated grades from students, we will forward as soon as we possibly can. Students who saw a defer decision in early action or early decision should consider a point-of-contact after grades are sent and can reference out Defer Guide. 

 

On February 5th, there is a special schedule and seniors will participate in the Young Alumni Networking programs. We will welcome 15 - 20 young alumni to share their college and career journeys will seniors in a networking setup at the Patio. 

 

Juniors

All Junior Introductory meetings have been completed and we’ve passed Cycle 1 College Seminar Classes. This cycle we discussed students’ reasons for going to college, how the search process starts with students - not colleges, and discussed that ‘why’ questions are a challenge. 

 

All students received an invitation to visit Ursinus College and Saint Joseph’s University on Friday, February 14th. College Counseling is providing transportation and lunch for the day. Registration is capped at 20 students. 

 

 

During the February 5th special schedule, juniors will be participating in a Young Alumni College & Career Panel with select professionals. 

 

Sophomores

On February 5th, sophomores will participate in the Young Alumni College & Career Panel with the junior class. 

 

First Year Students

On February 5th, Mr. Boehm will be doing programming entitled, The Great Sorting Game, with the Class of 2028. It’s a low pressure introduction to college admission and applications. 

 

Sophomore & First Year Parents

Are invited to attend virtual College Coffees on January 27th (7 PM) or January 28th (8:10 AM) to discuss early college searches and how to better understand highly selective admission in order to promote a health college search.