The introduction to the college application process begins freshman year by encouraging students and their parents to log onto Naviance, a robust college search engine. One key tool that Naviance offers is the Learning Style Inventory (LSI), an online assessment which diagnoses students’ unique learning styles based on an analysis of their personal preferences in 22 different areas. A personally tailored report identifies each student’s unique environmental, emotional, sociological, and physical preferences. This information can then be used to personalize the college search process based on each student’s strengths. Early on in the college application process we also work on resume building with a focus on meaningful extra-curricular activities.
Sophomore Year
During students' sophomore year, we work with students to delve deeper into the vast features of Naviance with a special focus on the Needs Assessment, PLAN test interpretation, and the Personality Type Survey. We also encourage students to consider taking a college summer course and to visit one or two schools. This is done so that the student can start to formulate an idea of what their ideal college would be like.
Junior Year
During students' junior year, we begin to formulate a plan for higher education with a focus on intensive college research. A Career Interest Inventory test is also administered. Periodic small group workshops covering several topics related to the college application process, including essay writing, college visits, EA, ED I, ED II, SAT’s, ACT, SAT Subject Tests, and important deadlines, are offered for juniors and seniors. College visits are highly encouraged.
Senior Year
In students' senior year, we meet with students to discuss, review, and enhance essays and resumes, as well as finalize college choices and submit applications.
Adelphi University Albertus Magnus College Alfred University Assumption University Binghamton University College of Mount Saint Vincent College of the Holy Cross Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art CUNY Brooklyn College CUNY City College of New York CUNY College of Staten Island CUNY FH LaGuardia Community College CUNY Hunter College CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice CUNY Medgar Evers College CUNY York College Dominican University Drexel University Emmanuel College Fairfield University Fordham University Franklin and Marshall College Gordon College Hartwick College Hofstra University Iona University King's College La Salle University Lafayette College Le Moyne College Liberty University LIM College Long Island University–Brooklyn Loyola University Maryland Loyola University New Orleans Maine Maritime Academy Manhattan College Manhattanville College Marist College Mercy College Misericordia University Molloy University Monroe College-New Rochelle Moravian University Mount Saint Mary College New York Film Academy New York Institute of Technology Pace University Pennsylvania State University Providence College Regis University Rutgers University Sacred Heart University Saint Joseph's University Salve Regina University Seton Hall University St Bonaventure University St. Francis College St. John's University-New York St. Joseph’s University - New York St. Thomas Aquinas College SUNY Albany SUNY Brockport SUNY College at Geneseo SUNY College at Old Westbury SUNY College at Oswego SUNY College of Technology at Canton SUNY College of Technology at Delhi SUNY Cortland SUNY Farmingdale SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology SUNY Maritime College SUNY New Paltz Syracuse University The Catholic University of America The College of New Jersey The College of Saint Rose Touro College United States Naval Academy University of Connecticut University of New Haven University of San Francisco University of Scranton Ursinus College Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology Villanova University Virginia Commonwealth University Wagner College Western Governors University Xavier University
Each week, a variety of different colleges and universities are stationed in a common area outside of the cafeteria so that students can learn about different schools at their leisure. To see who is visiting, click here.