College Counseling

"Dr. Seuss got it right: 'It's opener out there, in the wide, open air,' he penned in Oh, The Places You'll Go! What a privilege it is in the work of college counseling, to walk hand-in-hand with students as they seek and find their own wide open air beyond our cherished walls. Oh, the places they'll go!" Brian Leipheimer,^{Director of College Counseling}

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From North or South of Richmond:

From I-95, take the I-64 west exit towards Charlottesville(from the south I-95 and I-64 will merge for a short time before the exit to Charlottesville). Take Parham Road South exit (Exit 181A). Continue south on Parham Road for 4.0 miles. Turn left at traffic light for the River Road exit. Go up hill and turn right on River Road. Turn right onto North Mooreland Road (.8 mile) Collegiate is on the right as you continue down North Mooreland Road. The Office of College Counseling is located in Middle School Science Building. Please plan to park in the back parking lots directly across from our building.
From I-64 Using Gaskins Road:

From I-64, you may also take the Gaskins Road South exit (which is beyond Parham Road South). Continue on Gaskins south to River Road (3.8 miles). Turn left on River Road at the traffic light, and continue to North Mooreland Road (.9 mile). Turn left onto North Mooreland at the traffic light; Collegiate is on the right as you continue down North Mooreland Road. The Office of College Counseling is located in Middle School Science Building. Please plan to park in the back parking lots directly across from our building.
Alternate Route From The South:

From I-95, you may take the Chippenham Parkway (Route 150) NORTH across the Willey Bridge. Once you cross the bridge, turn right at the first traffic light onto the access ramp to River Road. At the light, turn right onto River Road, and continue to North Mooreland Road. Turn right at the traffic light onto North Mooreland Road; Collegiate will be on your right. The Office of College Counseling is located in Middle School Science Building. Please plan to park in the back parking lots directly across from our building.
From East of Richmond:

From 1-64 west, take Parham Road South exit (Exit 181 A).Continue south on Parham Road for 4.0 miles. Turn left at traffic light for the River Road exit. Go up hill and turn right on River Road. Turn right onto North Mooreland Road (.8 mile)Collegiate is on the right as you continue down North Mooreland Road. The Office of College Counseling is located in Middle School Science Building. Please plan to park in the back parking lots directly across from our building.
From West of Richmond

Take 1-64 east to the Gaskins Road exit (Exit 180).Turn right on Gaskins Road and continue south to River Road 3.8 miles. Turn left on River Road to North Mooreland Road (.9 mile)Collegiate is on the right as you continue down North Mooreland Road. The Office of College Counseling is located in Middle School Science Building. Please plan to park in the back parking lots directly across from our building.

Every student has a story to tell. Our reward is to learn and share each student's story through the college process, a journey of discovering exciting options that best fit students as unique individuals. The journey centers around our four-year developmental model, from planning as freshmen and beginning individual meetings as sophomores to intensive search and application mapping as juniors and seniors. While student ownership of the process rests at the core of our philosophy, students work closely with their counselors: meeting one-on-one, developing tailor-made plans for course selection, testing and college lists, participating in our annual application workshop with admission deans from across the country and engaging in small-group classes. Our office houses four full-time counselors with a collective 77 years in the profession, experience as admission officers in highly selective institutions from coast to coast, and unwavering passion for working with students. Helping them to find great fits leads us to wear many hats, from guide and cheerleader to realistic messenger. One hat we do not wear is that of a “placement officer” who ensures students “get in” to a certain college, nor are we micromanagers. Rather, we are committed advisors and advocates.

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Acceptances and Enrollments

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Class of 2020 College Acceptances

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American University	6
Amherst College	1
Auburn University	3
Belmont Abbey College	1
Belmont University	2
Boston College	7
Boston University	4
Bridgewater College	3
Bucknell University	2
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo	1
California State University, Long Beach	1
California State University, Northridge	1
Campbell University	1
Case Western Reserve University	2
Catholic University of America	1
Christopher Newport University	7
Clemson University	19
Coastal Carolina University	1
Colgate University	1
College of Charleston	5
Colorado State University, Fort Collins	1
Connecticut College	1
Dartmouth College	1
Davidson College	4
Denison University	2
Dickinson College	2
Drew University	1
Drexel University	4
Drury University	1
Duke University	2
East Carolina University	2
Eastern Michigan University	1
Eckerd College	2
Elon University	15
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	1
Emerson College	2
Emory University	6
Ferrum College	1
Fordham University	6
Franklin and Marshall College	3
Furman University	3
Gardner-Webb University	1
George Mason University	7
George Washington University	2
Georgetown University	5
Gettysburg College	3
Hampden-Sydney College	1
Harvard College	1
Hendrix College	1
Hollins University	1
Howard University	1
Indiana University, Bloomington	2
Jacksonville University	1
James Madison University	54
John Cabot University	1
Lafayette College	1
Liberty University	1
Louisiana State University	1
Loyola University Maryland	2
Mary Baldwin University	1
Maryland Institute College of Art	2
Marymount University	2
McGill University	1
Miami University	6
Middlebury College	2
Morgan State University	1
Mount St. Mary's University, Maryland	1
Muhlenberg College	1
New York University	4
North Carolina State University	8
North Carolina Wesleyan College	1
Northeastern University	4
Northwestern University	2
Nova Southeastern University	1
Oberlin College	1
Occidental College	1
Ohio State University	3
Oklahoma State University	1
Old Dominion University	3
Pennsylvania State University	4
Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg	1
Point Park University	1
Pratt Institute	1
Purchase College, SUNY	1
Purdue University	2
Queen's University	1
Radford University	2
Randolph-Macon College	7
Regent University	1
Rhodes College	1
Ringling College of Art and Design	1
Roanoke College	6
Rochester Institute of Technology	1
Rollins College	3
Rutgers University	1
Saint Joseph's University	1
Saint Vincent College	1
San Francisco Conservatory of Music	1
Savannah College of Art and Design	1
Sewanee: The U of the South	10
Shenandoah University	3
Skidmore College	1
Southern Methodist University	4
Stanford University	1
SUNY Buffalo State	1
Syracuse University	1
Texas Christian University	2
Tufts University	1
Tulane University	3
University College Dublin	1
University of Alabama	8
University of Arizona	2
University of California, Berkeley	1
University of California, Los Angeles	2
University of California, San Diego	1
University of Colorado, Boulder	4
University of Delaware	3
University of Florida	1
University of Georgia	15
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	1
University of Iowa	1
University of Kentucky	1
University of Lynchburg	2
University of Mary Washington	8
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	1
University of Maryland, College Park	4
University of Miami	6
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	6
University of Mississippi	8
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	7
University of North Carolina, Charlotte	2
University of North Carolina, Wilmington	2
University of North Georgia	1
University of Notre Dame	1
University of Pittsburgh	3
University of Puget Sound	2
University of Redlands	1
University of Richmond	5
University of Rochester	1
University of San Diego	1
University of San Francisco	1
University of South Carolina	29
University of St Andrews	2
University of Tennessee, Knoxville	2
University of Vermont	4
University of Virginia	33
University of Washington, Seattle	1
University of Wisconsin, Madison	1
Vanderbilt University	5
Villanova University	1
Virginia Commonwealth University	14
Virginia Military Institute	1
Virginia Tech	26
Virginia Wesleyan University	1
Wagner College	1
Wake Forest University	11
Washington and Lee University	5
West Virginia University	3
William and Mary	16
Wofford College	1

Class of 2020 College Enrollments

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2017-20 4-Year College Acceptances

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Allegheny College	1
American Musical and Dramatic Academy	2
American University	12
Amherst College	1
Auburn University	14
Auburn University at Montgomery	1
Augusta University	1
Barnard College	2
Bates College	3
Baylor University	3
Belmont Abbey College	1
Belmont University	10
Berry College	1
Birmingham Southern College	1
Boston College	26
Boston University	11
Bowdoin College	1
Bridgewater College	4
Brown University	3
Bucknell University	8
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo	1
California Institute of Technology	1
California State University-Northridge	1
California State University, Long Beach	1
Campbell University	2
Case Western Reserve University	4
Catholic University of America	1
Centre College	6
Chapman University	1
Chatham University	1
Christopher Newport University	34
Claremont McKenna College	1
Clarkson University	1
Clemson University	57
Coastal Carolina University	1
Colby College	2
Colgate University	5
College of Charleston	22
College of the Holy Cross	1
Colorado College	6
Colorado State University, Fort Collins	4
Columbia University	1
Connecticut College	1
Dartmouth College	1
Davidson College	17
Denison University	10
DePaul University	1
DePauw University	1
Dickinson College	9
Drew University	4
Drexel University	11
Drury University	1
Duke University	10
Durham University	1
East Carolina University	3
Eastern Michigan University	1
Eckerd College	4
Elon University	55
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	1
Emerson College	6
Emory University	12
Erskine College	1
Ferrum College	1
Florida State University	3
Fordham University	15
Franklin and Marshall College	7
Full Sail University	1
Furman University	14
Gardner-Webb University	1
George Mason University	19
George Washington University	9
Georgetown University	8
Georgia College, Milledgeville	1
Georgia Institute of Technology	9
Gettysburg College	7
Goucher College	2
Grove City College	1
Guilford College	2
Hamilton College	1
Hampden-Sydney College	21
Hampton University	4
Harvard College	2
Harvey Mudd College	1
Hendrix College	1
High Point University	13
Hofstra University	1
Hollins University	2
Howard University	4
Indiana University, Bloomington	5
Ithaca College	2
Jacksonville University	2
James Madison University	177
John Cabot University	1
Keene State College	1
Kenyon College	4
King's College London	1
Lafayette College	13
Lehigh University	1
Liberty University	5
LIU Post	2
Longwood University	7
Louisiana State University	4
Loyola Marymount University	1
Loyola University Maryland	6
Macalester College	1
Marquette University	1
Mary Baldwin University	2
Maryland Institute College of Art	2
Marymount Manhattan College	1
Marymount University	4
Massachusetts College of Art and Design	1
McGill University	3
Miami University	24
Michigan Technological University	1
Middlebury College	5
Mississippi State University	1
Montana State University	1
Morgan State University	1
Mount Holyoke College	1
Mount St. Mary's University, Maryland	1
Muhlenberg College	5
New York University	9
Norfolk State University	2
North Carolina A & T State University	1
North Carolina Central University	5
North Carolina State University	49
North Carolina Wesleyan College	1
Northeastern University	5
Northwestern University	4
Nova Southeastern University	1
Oberlin College	2
Occidental College	5
Oglethorpe University	1
Ohio State University	4
Oklahoma City University	2
Oklahoma State University	1
Old Dominion University	16
Oregon State University	1
Pace University, New York	1
Pace University, Westchester Campus	1
Pennsylvania State University	15
Pennsylvania State University, Fayette	1
Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg	1
Pitzer College	1
Point Park University	2
Pratt Institute	1
Princeton University	5
Purchase College, SUNY	1
Purdue University	8
Queen's University	1
Quinnipiac University	1
Radford University	8
Randolph-Macon College	21
Regent University	1
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	3
Rhodes College	7
Ringling College of Art and Design	1
Roanoke College	10
Rochester Institute of Technology	3
Rollins College	7
Rowan University	1
Rutgers University, New Brunswick	2
Saint Joseph's University	1
Saint Vincent College	1
Samford University	2
San Francisco Conservatory of Music	1
Sarah Lawrence College	1
Savannah College of Art and Design	4
Sciences Po - Columbia University	1
Seton Hall University	1
Sewanee: The U of the South	23
Shaw University	1
Shenandoah University	4
Skidmore College	2
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale	1
Southern Methodist University	11
Spelman College	1
St. John's College	1
St. Mary's College of Maryland	1
Stanford University	1
Stetson University	1
Suffolk University	1
SUNY Buffalo State	1
SUNY College at Cortland	1
Sweet Briar College	1
Syracuse University	3
Temple University	3
Texas A&M University	1
Texas Christian University	5
The American University of Paris	1
The New School	2
The University of Texas, Austin	1
Trinity College	2
Trinity College Dublin	1
Tufts University	2
Tulane University	17
Union College, Schenectady	1
United States Military Academy, West Point	1
United States Naval Academy	1
University College Dublin	1
University College London	1
University of Alabama	53
University of Arizona	3
University of Bristol	1
University of California-Davis	1
University of California, Berkeley	5
University of California, Los Angeles	8
University of California, San Diego	3
University of California, Santa Barbara	2
University of Chicago	3
University of Cincinnati	1
University of Colorado, Boulder	18
University of Dayton	1
University of Delaware	7
University of Denver	5
University of Edinburgh	1
University of Florida	5
University of Georgia	54
University of Glasgow	1
University of Hartford	1
University of Idaho	1
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	2
University of Iowa	1
University of Kentucky	9
University of Louisville	1
University of Lynchburg	4
University of Manchester	1
University of Mary Washington	16
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	2
University of Maryland, College Park	11
University of Massachusetts, Amherst	2
University of Massachusetts, Boston	1
University of Miami	17
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	15
University of Mississippi	23
University of Montana	1
University of North Carolina, Asheville	1
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	23
University of North Carolina, Charlotte	4
University of North Carolina, Wilmington	10
University of North Georgia	1
University of North Texas	1
University of Notre Dame	1
University of Oregon	2
University of Pennsylvania	1
University of Pittsburgh	6
University of Puget Sound	4
University of Redlands	1
University of Richmond	27
University of Rochester	2
University of San Diego	1
University of San Francisco	1
University of South Carolina	103
University of South Florida	1
University of Southern California	7
University of St Andrews	5
University of Tampa	2
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga	1
University of Tennessee, Knoxville	20
University of the Arts London	1
University of Vermont	15
University of Virginia	120
University of Washington	2
University of Wisconsin, Madison	3
University of York	1
Ursinus College	1
Van Hall Larenstein	1
Vanderbilt University	9
Vassar College	1
Villanova University	10
Virginia Commonwealth University	44
Virginia Military Institute	4
Virginia State University	2
Virginia Tech	104
Virginia Wesleyan University	2
Wagner College	3
Wake Forest University	30
Washington and Lee University	22
Washington University, St Louis	10
West Virginia University	8
William and Mary	61
Williams College	1
Winston-Salem State University	2
Wofford College	3
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	1
Yale University	3

2017-20 4-Year College Enrollments

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American University	2
Amherst College	1
Auburn University	3
Barnard College	1
Bates College	1
Belmont University	1
Berry College	1
Boston College	5
Boston University	2
Bowdoin College	1
Bridgewater College	1
Brown University	2
Bucknell University	2
Campbell University	1
Chapman University	1
Christopher Newport University	8
Clemson University	9
Coastal Carolina University	1
Colby College	1
Colgate University	2
College of Charleston	4
Colorado College	2
Dartmouth College	1
Davidson College	7
Denison University	6
Dickinson College	1
Drew University	1
Duke University	7
East Carolina University	1
Elon University	3
Emerson College	1
Emory University	2
Fordham University	1
Franklin and Marshall College	3
Furman University	2
George Mason University	1
George Washington University	5
Georgetown University	4
Georgia Institute of Technology	2
Gettysburg College	2
Goucher College	1
Hamilton College	1
Hampden-Sydney College	4
Harvard College	1
High Point University	3
Howard University	1
James Madison University	39
Lafayette College	5
Liberty University	2
Loyola University Maryland	1
Marymount University	1
McGill University	1
Miami University	1
Middlebury College	2
Montana State University	1
New York University	4
North Carolina State University	10
Northwestern University	2
Occidental College	1
Oklahoma City University	2
Old Dominion University	6
Pennsylvania State University	1
Point Park University	2
Pratt Institute	1
Princeton University	4
Purdue University	1
Randolph-Macon College	5
Regent University	1
Rhodes College	1
Roanoke College	1
Rollins College	2
Saint Joseph's University	1
Savannah College of Art and Design	1
Sciences Po - Columbia University	1
Sewanee: The University of the South	4
Skidmore College	1
Southern Methodist University	4
Stanford University	1
SUNY at Purchase College	1
Syracuse University	1
Texas Christian University	2
Tulane University	5
United States Military Academy, West Point	1
United States Naval Academy	1
University of Alabama	12
University of California, Berkeley	3
University of California, Los Angeles	3
University of Chicago	2
University of Colorado, Boulder	8
University of Delaware	2
University of Florida	1
University of Georgia	14
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	1
University of Louisville	1
University of Mary Washington	2
University of Maryland, College Park	2
University of Miami	3
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	8
University of Mississippi	2
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	7
University of North Carolina, Charlotte	1
University of Notre Dame	1
University of Pennsylvania	1
University of Richmond	11
University of San Diego	1
University of South Carolina	23
University of Southern California	1
University of St Andrews	1
University of Tampa	1
University of Tennessee, Knoxville	2
University of Texas, Austin	1
University of the Arts London	1
University of Virginia	73
University of Washington	1
Van Hall Larenstein	1
Vanderbilt University	6
Villanova University	1
Virginia Commonwealth University	12
Virginia Military Institute	3
Virginia Tech	41
Wake Forest University	11
Washington and Lee University	8
Washington University, St Louis	3
West Virginia University	1
William and Mary	17
Williams College	1
Yale University	2

The Class of 2020 continued Collegiate’s impressive rate of college acceptances. Over the past 10 years, our admit rate has been remarkably consistent, averaging 2 out of every 3 applications resulting in acceptances.

More importantly, our seniors continue to pursue and find many great options for “fit”: in 2020, 138 seniors submitted 866 applications to 197 colleges, received 576 acceptances to 158 colleges in 34 states, Canada, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Such wide-sweeping geographic distribution is compelling, as are the distinct and highly selective majors in which the Class of 2020 will engage, ranging from architecture, business and leadership to aerospace and mechanical engineering, and from neuroscience and nursing to language and foreign affairs. Additionally, the class received more than $11.6 million in merit scholarship offers, including the national Army ROTC Scholarship and Davidson College's Belk Scholarship; also our seniors earned prominent honors designations, along with a bevy of offers to attend Honors colleges and programs, at more than 20 institutions across the country. And finally, 11 artists will pursue their craft in acting, dance, music, technical theater, visual arts, and vocal performance, while 26 recruited athletes will compete at the Division I (13) and Division III (13) levels in baseball, basketball, cross-country, field hockey, football, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, track & field and volleyball.