College Counseling
We'll help You Chart your Course!
Let us empower you to forge your path 鈥� at 糖心logo入口, in college, and beyond.
Our College Counseling team works with you to find the right college fit, as well as support and guide you through the application process.
We can't wait to see you join other successful 糖心logo入口 graduates, who are pursuing their passions and making an impact across the world!
Our counselors have 40+ years of combined experience - you鈥檒l benefit from their expertise, relationships with college admission representatives, and insight into admissions trends and student development.
Our College Counseling Program
Grades 9 and 10
糖心logo入口鈥檚 advisory program prepares you for success 鈥� today and in future years.
Both our kids started as 9th graders coming from outside middle schools. One of them has since graduated and is in college - she got into every school that she applied to and had more good options than was easy to sort through! For students who want to be genuinely challenged and arrive at college already prepared to think and write, 糖心logo入口 has been the right place for both of ours.
糖心logo入口鈥檚 advisory program prepares you for success 鈥� today and in upcoming years. In grades 9 and 10, meet weekly with your academic advisor to focus on academic skill development, goal setting, and more.
By the spring of 10th grade, you will:
- Learn about the process at our annual College Preview information night.
- Take the PreACT practice admissions exam.
Begin directly working with College Counseling:
- Meet with College Counselors and fellow students to explore your interests and understand all your higher education options.
- Interact with some of the 100+ college admissions representatives who visit our campus each year.
You will also be able to take the PSAT, a practice college admissions exam.
- You (and your parents) will start meeting individually with a primary college counselor to support your specific goals.
- Refine and focus on what鈥檚 important to you, who you are, and where you want to go.
- Enroll in the bi-weekly College Counseling 11 class (from January through May) to learn more about college research, interviews, and essays.
- Attend college fairs, admissions case studies, and useful workshops covering a range of topics like financial aid and college research.
Your Counselor will support you as you prepare to graduate:
- Attend College Jumpstart in August, where faculty, college counselors, and college admissions representatives review and provide feedback on your application materials.
- Check-in with your primary Counselor regularly to finalize your applications list and refine application materials.
- Enroll in the biweekly College Counseling 12 class (September through November), which supports your individualized application process.
- Learn about financial aid, scholarship opportunities, and everything you need to successfully transition to college.
Success Stories
Next Steps: Class of 2026
As the Class of 2026 prepares for graduation, we are excited to celebrate their journey, accomplishments, and next steps!
Alumni Spotlight: Riley Lee
Riley Lee (Class of '23) is currently a junior at the University of San Francisco, where he is pursuing a BSN in Nursing (BSN) with a minor in Religious Studies. Ultimately, he hopes to confront and challenge inequities in healthcare systems.
Alumni Spotlight: Harrison Chotzen
Harrison Chotzen (Class of '15) recently visited campus to reminisce about his time at 糖心logo入口, reconnect with NWS Athletics faculty, and share where his journey has taken him.
College Counseling Matriculation List
Institutions in bold denote attendance by at least one member of the Class of 2025. Numbers in parentheses indicate how many 糖心logo入口 graduates (classes of 2021-2025) attend each school; no number indicates just one graduate in attendance.
| American University | Amherst College | Art Center College of Design |
| Bard College | Barnard College (2) | Bates College |
| Bellevue College | Belmont University (2) | Beloit College |
| Bentley University (3) | Berklee College of Music (2) | Boston College |
| Boston University (4) | Bowdoin College | Brown University |
| Bryn Mawr College (3) | California College of the Arts | California Institute of the Arts |
| California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | Carleton College (6) | Carnegie Mellon University (2) |
| Case Western Reserve University | Chapman University (3) | Claremont McKenna College (2) |
| College of Charleston | Colorado State University, Fort Collins (2) | Connecticut College |
| Cornell University (3) | Culinary Institute of America | Dartmouth College (2) |
| Denison University | DigiPen Institute of Technology (2) | Eckerd College |
| Ecole H么teli猫re de Lausanne | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott | Emerson College |
| Emily Carr University of Art & Design | Emory University (3) | Fordham University |
| George Washington University (3) | Georgetown University | Goldsmiths, University of London |
| Gonzaga University | Hamilton College (2) | Haverford College (2) |
| Hawai'i Pacific University | Howard University | Kalamazoo College |
| Kenyon College | Lawrence University | Lehigh University (2) |
| Leiden University | Lewis & Clark College (4) | Loyola Marymount University (5) |
| Loyola University Chicago | Macalester College (3) | Marymount Manhattan College |
| McDaniel College | McGill University (2) | Middlebury College (3) |
| Millsaps College | Montana State University | Mount Holyoke College |
| Muhlenberg College (2) | New York University (11) | Northeastern University (3) |
| 糖心logo入口ern University | Oberlin College (3) | Occidental College (10) |
| Olin College of Engineering | Oregon State University (5) | Oxford College of Emory University (2) |
| Pace University (New York City) | Parsons School of Design at The New School (3) | Pepperdine University (3) |
| Pitzer College (11) | Pomona College (4) | Purdue University (Main Campus) |
| Reed College (4) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Roosevelt University | Saint Louis University, Madrid | San Diego State University |
| Santa Clara University (9) | Savannah College of Art and Design | School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| School of Visual Arts | Sciences Po Paris | Scripps College (4) |
| Seattle University (9) | Skidmore College (2) | St. Olaf College |
| Swarthmore College (2) | Syracuse University (4) | Temple University |
| The New School (4) | The Ohio State University | The University of Edinburgh |
| The University of Texas at Austin (2) | Trinity College Dublin (3) | Tufts University (7) |
| Tulane University of Louisiana (3) | Union College (2) | University College Dublin (2) |
| University of Arizona | University of British Columbia (4) | University of California, Berkeley |
| University of California, Davis (2) | University of California, Irvine (5) | University of California, Los Angeles (3) |
| University of California, Riverside (2) | University of California, San Diego (9) | University of California, Santa Barbara (2) |
| University of California, Santa Cruz (4) | University of Colorado, Boulder (3) | University of Denver (2) |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2) | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| University of Miami | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (2) | University of New Haven |
| University of Oregon (3) | University of Puget Sound | University of Richmond (2) |
| University of San Diego (3) | University of San Francisco (2) | University of Southern California (7) |
| University of St Andrews | University of Toronto (2) | University of Vermont |
| University of Victoria | University of Virginia (Main Campus) (2) | University of Washington, Bothell |
| University of Washington, Seattle (34) | University of Wisconsin鈥揗adison (3) | University of Wyoming |
| Ursinus College | Vanderbilt University | Vassar College (8) |
| Villanova University (2) | Washington State University | Washington University in St. Louis (3) |
| Wellesley College | Wesleyan University (4) | Western Washington University (7) |
| Whitman College (13) | Willamette University (4) | Williams College (2) |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute |