College Preparation
The college search and application process is one of the most exciting and anxious times in a student’s life. Just as Waterford faculty and coaches have nurtured students’ intellectual, physical, and moral development, the Waterford School College Counseling Office guides, supports, and serves as an advocate for our students as they consider an exciting variety of undergraduate options. Recognizing that this transition is important both for students and their families, the Waterford School has College Counselors who have extensive experience in both secondary education and in college admissions and have developed a program to guide, educate, and encourage students to take responsibility for meeting deadlines and making important decisions.
Waterford students have learned to write, read, discuss, and learn at a college level. They are prepared to excel at the nations’s most selective universities, and they are gaining acceptance to these institutions. The most competitive colleges aren’t the best fit for every student, however, and Waterford college counselors help find schools nationwide that are suited for the individual goals of our students. Working with 25-35 students each, our counselors are able to give personalized attention in every aspect of the college preparation, search, application and decision-making process. We visit colleges nationwide and attend the National College Admissions Conference every year. Students are motivated, interested and focused on continuing academics and opportunities at the highest level.
Waterford School College Matriculation (Enrollment), Classes of 2008-2011
| American University | Arizona Christian College |
| Baylor University | Bentley University |
| Berklee College of Music | Boston College |
| Boston University | Bowdoin College |
| Brandeis University | Brigham Young University |
| Brigham Young University – Hawaii | Brigham Young University – Idaho |
| Brown University | University of California – Berkeley |
| University of California – San Diego | University of California – Santa Barbara |
| California Institute of Technology | California State – Fullerton |
| Carleton College | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Chapman College | Clemson University |
| Cochise College | Colorado College |
| Colorado State – Pueblo | University of Colorado – Boulder |
| Columbia University | Cornell University |
| Denison College | University of Denver |
| Duke University | Eckerd University |
| Emory University | George Washington University |
| Georgetown University | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| University of Georgia | Harvard University |
| University of Hawaii – Hilo | Lafayette College |
| Lehigh University | Lewis and Clark College |
| London College of Fashion | Loyola Marymount University |
| Muhlenberg College | University of New Mexico |
| New York University | New York University – Tisch School of the Arts |
| University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill | Northeastern University |
| Northern Arizona University | Occidental College |
| Ohio Northern University | University of Pennsylvania |
| Pepperdine University | University of Portland |
| Pratt Institute | University of Puget Sound |
| Purdue University | Quinnipiac University |
| University of Redlands | Salt Lake Community College |
| Santa Clara University | School of The Museum of Fine Arts |
| Scripps College | Seattle University |
| Southern Oregon University | Southern Utah University |
| Southern Virginia University | St. Mary’s College of California |
| St. Olaf College | Stanford University |
| Swarthmore College | University of Tampa |
| Tufts University | Tulane University |
| Union College | University of Utah |
| Utah State University | Utah Valley University |
| Vanderbilt University – Blair School of Music | Vanderbilt University |
| University of Washington | Wesleyan University |
| Westminister College | Whitman College |
| College of Wooster | Yale University |
| Willamette University | College of William and Mary |
| University of Wyoming |