College Counseling

The college application process allows students to learn more about themselves and the choices that they make. We work hard with our seniors and encourage them to find colleges that will be good matches for them, both as students and individuals.  Although many students begin standardized testing and college planning in the sophomore year, the formal college process begins in the second semester of the junior year and continues throughout the senior year.

A Successful Process

Sarah Albert, Director of College Counseling, has years of experience and a tried and true method of helping students through the college application jungle. Step by step, students are presented with a clear set of objectives, tools, and to-do lists meant to make the process successful for students and their families. Click here to view the LWS College Handbook.

American high school parents report that senior year for their students can be stressful and confusing. Pressure to get into the right college, and the complexity of how to do it, are listed as the biggest concerns. At LWS, Ms. Albert works with smaller groups of applying students than do college counselors at many schools.  This rare one-on-one assistance is one of the best features of the LWS college preparation program. Parents are kept informed during the process and are educated along with their students.

The LWS College process also makes use of Naviance online software which is state-of-the-art in college applications.  Using Naviance allows students and our Director to keep track on one location of pending or completed applications, essays and letters of recommendations.  Even when foreign travelers and competitors are on the road or home for summer vacation, they may continue to work on college applications.

College Acceptances, Classes of 2006-11

*Colleges at which graduates matriculated in bold

Arizona State University, Austin College, Bard College, Bates College, Boston College, Bowdoin College, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Carroll College (Montana), Claremont McKenna College, Clark University, Colby College, Colorado Christian University, Colorado College, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Evergreen State College, Fort Lewis College, Franklin Pierce College, Georgetown University, Golden West College, Gonzaga University, Hampshire College, Harvard, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Lewis and Clark College, Linfield College, McGill University, Mesa State College, Middlebury College, Montana State University, Bozeman, New England College, Northeastern University, Northern Michigan University, Occidental College, Pepperdine University, Pomona College, Portland State University, Prescott College, Regis University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rutgers University, Saint Michael’s College, Santa Clara University, Sierra Nevada College, Skidmore College, Southern Methodist University, Southern New Hampshire University, St. John’s College (NM), St. Lawrence University, Texas Christian University, The College of Idaho, Tulane University, United States Air Force Academy, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of British Columbia, University of California at Davis, University of California at San Diego, University of California at Santa Cruz, University of Central Florida,University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Colorado at Denver, University of Denver, University of Hawaii, Manoa, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, University of Miami, University of Montana, Missoula, University of New Hampshire, University of Northern Colorado, University of Oregon, University of Portland, University of Puget Sound, University of San Diego, University of Southern Mississippi, University of Texas, Austin, University of Utah, University of Vermont, University of Wyoming, Warren Wilson College, Western State College of Colorado, Western Washington University, Westminster College, Westmont College, Whitman College.

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