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.
Historically, 100% of graduating seniors attend competitive colleges and universities.
Waterford School College Matriculation (Enrollment), Classes of 2009-2012
| University of Arizona | Arizona State University |
| Barnard College | Baylor University |
| Bentley University | Boston College |
| Boston University | Brandeis University |
| Brigham Young University | Brigham Young University-Hawaii |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho | Brown University |
| Bucknell University | University of California-Berkeley |
| University of California-San Diego | University of California-Santa Barbara |
| California Institute of Technology | Carleton College |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Chapman University |
| Clemson University | Cochise College |
| Colorado College | University of Colorado-Boulder |
| Colorado State-Pueblo | Columbia University |
| Cornell University | Dartmouth College |
| Denison College | University of Denver |
| Duke University | Eckerd College |
| Emerson College | Emory University |
| Evergreen State College | Franklin & Marshall College |
| George Washington University | Georgetown University |
| University of Georgia | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Harvard University | University of Hawaii-Hilo |
| Hendrix College | Hofstra University |
| Kenyon College | Lafayette College |
| Lehigh University | Lewis and Clark College |
| Loyola Marymount University | University of Nevada-Las Vegas |
| University of New Mexico | New York University |
| NYU-Tisch School of the Arts | University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill |
| Occidental College | University of Pennsylvania |
| Pepperdine University | University of Portland |
| Pratt Institute | University of Puget Sound |
| Purdue University | Quinnipiac University |
| Santa Clara University | School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| Seattle University | Skidmore College |
| Snow College | University of Southern California |
| Southern Oregon University | Southern Utah University |
| Stanford University | Swarthmore College |
| University of Tampa | Tufts University |
| Tulane University | Union College |
| U.S. Air Force Academy | University of Utah |
| Utah State University | Utah Valley University |
| Vanderbilt University-Blair School of Music | Vanderbilt University |
| University of Virginia | Washington University in St. Louis |
| University of Washington | Weber State University |
| Wesleyan University | Westminster College |
| Whitman College | College of William and Mary |
| Willamette University | College of Wooster |
| University of Wyoming |