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College Counseling at Dawson Our approach Fit Student focus Self-discovery Empowerment TimelineThe first half of high school 9th Grade 10th grade Take a course load with appropriate rigor Continue to challenge yourself

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College Counseling at Dawson

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Our approach

Fit Student focus Self-discovery Empowerment

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Timeline—The first half of high school

9th Grade

Take a course load with appropriate rigor
Sample from Dawson’s rich offerings

10th grade

Continue to challenge yourself academically
Strengthen involvement in a few activities that

are genuinely interesting

Take the PSAT in October—just for practice
Consider a Winterim college tour

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Timeline—The second half of high school

11th Grade

Make this your strongest academic year yet
Meet with college reps who visit Dawson
Take the PSAT in October.
Do some kind of test prep for ACT/SAT in

spring

Begin College Counseling class in January
Attend individual meetings with counselor

12th grade

Attend individual meetings with counselor
Attend College Counseling class in the fall
Finish standardized testing
Work with counselor on college apps
Keep working hard in the classroom

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Acceptances—Classes of 2015 and 2016

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

SLIDE 6 The University of Montana, Missoula Mount Holyoke College Muhlenberg College University of Nebraska at Lincoln University of New Haven New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology University of New Mexico New York University The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (General College) Northeastern University Northern Arizona University University of Northern Colorado Northwestern University University of Notre Dame Oberlin College University of Oklahoma University of Oregon Pace University, New York City Pacific Northwest College of Art University of the Pacific Pennsylvania State University - All Campuses Pitzer College Pomona College Providence College University of Puget Sound Purdue University University of Redlands Reed College Regis University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhode Island School of Design University of Richmond Rochester Institute of Technology University of Rochester Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Saint Louis University University of San Diego University of San Diego University of San Francisco Santa Clara University Savannah College of Art and Design Seattle University Sewanee: The University of the South Skidmore College University of Southern California Southern Methodist University University of St. Andrews

St. Edward's University
St. Lawrence University
St. Olaf College

University of St. Thomas Stonehill College SUNY Alfred State College Syracuse University The University of Tampa Temple University University of Tennessee, Knoxville Texas Christian University Trinity College Trinity University Tufts University Tulane University The University of the Arts University of Utah Vanderbilt University Vassar College University of Vermont Villanova University University of Virginia Wake Forest University Washington University in St. Louis University of Washington Wellesley College Wentworth Institute of Technology Wesleyan University Western State Colorado University Westminster College Wheaton College MA Whitman College Whittier College University of Wisconsin, Madison Wittenberg University The College of Wooster Worcester Polytechnic Institute University of Wyoming Yale University

Acceptances—Classes of 2015 and 2016

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>$6 million

Merit scholarships earned by the Dawson’s class of 2015

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National Trends in Admission

Increased competition Increased applications Decreased yield High student:counselor ratios

NACAC, “State of College Admissions,” May 2015

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New in 2016

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

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Questions?

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