College Counseling
It’s as much about the journey as the outcome. Fostering a collaborative experience for students and families while nurturing individual potential is at the core of the college counseling office.
Ravenscroft’s four-year college counseling program equips students with the skills and confidence to make an informed decision. Counselors encourage students to look at a broad range of colleges in order to find schools that best match students’ desires and capabilities. Our three full-time college counselors get to know students well and provide individualized attention to each Upper School student and their parents. The close partnership provides support and guidance, helping students make confident and informed decisions.
- Four-year Program
- College Acceptances in the Class of 2016/17
- Colleges That Visited Ravenscroft in 2016/17
Four-year Program
Over the four-year relationship, the college counseling team provides guidance, support and resources for students from discovery and research to selecting a school that best matches the student’s desires and capabilities. Our four-year program provides grade-level appropriate programs and resources for students and families.
- Through college nights tailored to freshmen through seniors, students gain insights from Ravenscroft’s college counselors and deans of college admissions into the college search and admission processes.
- Regular small group student programs give students the additional time and space to ask questions and learn more from college counselors about the college application process. Freshmen complete a self-assessment in Naviance online research and planning tool, helping them reflect upon and identify their interests and goals. Junior-year seminars focus on the admissions process, resume development, essay writing and interviewing.
- One-on-one meetings are held with students and families on an as-needed basis. The college counseling office also provides college essay support in conjunction with the English department, a comprehensive letter of recommendation for each senior and one-on-one interview practice for scholarship and admission interviews.
- Special topic presentations throughout the year include Financing College where a financial expert shares information on financing options and the Annual College Alumni Forum where a panel of Ravenscroft college-age alumni answer questions from current students.
College Acceptances in the Class of 2016/17
| Arizona State University | Northwestern University |
| Auburn University | Pace University |
| Boston College | Purdue University |
| Campbell University | Randolph College |
| Centre College | Reed College |
| Chinese Language Institute (Guilin, China) | Roanoke College |
| Christopher Newport University | Savannah College of Art and Design |
| Claremont McKenna College | The College of Wooster |
| Clarkson University | Trinity College Dublin |
| Clemson University | UNC at Asheville |
| College of William and Mary | UNC at Chapel Hill |
| Duke University | UNC at Chapel Hll |
| East Carolina University | UNC at Charlotte |
| Elon University | UNC at Wilmington |
| Emory University | University of Alabama |
| Fordham University | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Furman University | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Guilford College | University of Kansas |
| Hampden-Sydney College | University of Minnesota |
| High Point University | University of Mississippi |
| Houston Baptist University | University of North Carolina School of the Arts |
| Howard University | University of Oxford, UK |
| Lehigh University | University of Richmond |
| Liberty University | University of South Carolina |
| Long Island University, Post | University of Virginia |
| McGill University | Villanova University |
| Meredith College | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| New York University | Wake Forest University |
| North Carolina Central University | Washington and Lee University |
| North Carolina State University | West Virginia Wesleyan College |
Colleges That Visited Ravenscroft in 2016/17
American University
Appalachian State University
Arcadia University
Auburn University
Bates College
Belmont Abbey College
Birmingham-Southern College
Boston College
Boston University
Bryant University
Bucknell University
California Institute of Technology
Campbell University
Carleton College
Case Western Reserve University
Catawba College
Centre College
Champlain College
Clemson University
Colby-Sawyer College
Colgate University
College of Charleston
College of the Holy Cross
College of William and Mary
Connecticut College
Davidson College
Dickinson College
Drew University
Duke University
Durham University
Earlham College
East Carolina University
Eastern University
Eckerd College
Elon University
Emory University
Florida Southern College
Fordham University
Franklin University Switzerland
Furman University
George Mason University
Georgetown University
Georgia Southern University
Gettysburg College
Goucher College
Grinnell College
Guilford College
Hampden-Sydney College
Haverford College
High Point University
Hofstra University
Hollins University
Johns Hopkins University
Kalamazoo College
Lafayette College
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Long Island University
Loyola University Maryland
Lynchburg College
Lynn University
Macalester College
Marquette University
Mary Baldwin University
Mercer University
Meredith College
Merrimack College
Miami University, Oxford
Mount Holyoke College
New York University
North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Occidental College
Pace University, New York City
Princeton University
Providence College
Queens University of Charlotte
Randolph-Macon College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rhodes College
Rider University
Ringling College of Art and Design
Roanoke College
Saint Joseph's University
Salem College
Samford University
Savannah College of Art and Design
Sewanee: The University of the South
Southern Methodist University
St. John's College
St. Lawrence University
Syracuse University
Texas Christian University
The American University of Paris
The Catholic University of America
The College of Wooster
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art
The George Washington University
The Ohio State University
The University of Alabama
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
The University of Georgia
The University of Manchester
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Trinity College
Trinity College Dublin
Tufts University
United States Coast Guard Academy
University College Dublin
University of California, Berkeley
University of Chicago
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Glasgow
University of Mary Washington
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Miami
University of New Hampshire at Durham
University of Notre Dame
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
University of South Carolina
University of Southern California
University of St Andrews
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
University of Vermont
Ursinus College
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Military Institute ROTC
Virginia Tech
Washington and Lee University
Washington College
Washington University in St. Louis
Wellesley College
Williams College
Wittenberg University
Wofford College
Wofford College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Contact the Staff
Mr. Sean Kennedy
Co-Director of College Counseling
919-847-0900, ext. 2722
Mr. Bill Pruden
College Counselor/Director of Civic Engagement
919-847-0900, ext. 2224
Mrs. Lia Prugh
Co-Director of College Counseling
919-847-0900, ext. 2730
Mrs. Millie Florio
Assistant to College Counseling
919-847-0900, ext. 2242