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 five college counselors with just over 100 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 2023 College Acceptances

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American University	3
Amherst College	1
Appalachian State University	2
Arizona State University-Tempe	2
Auburn University	28
Babson College	1
Baylor University	2
Belmont University	1
Boston College	2
Boston University	1
Bridgewater College	1
Bucknell University	6
Carleton College	1
Case Western Reserve University	1
Catholic University	1
Christopher Newport University	12
Clemson University	13
Coastal Carolina University	1
Colby College	1
Colgate University	1
College of Charleston	19
Columbia University - Sciences Po	1
Connecticut College	1
Dartmouth College	1
Davidson College	4
Denison University	3
Dickinson College	4
Drew University	1
Duke University	3
Duquesne University	2
East Carolina University	3
Eastern Mennonite University	1
Eckerd College	1
Elon University	17
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	1
Emerson College	1
Ferrum College	1
Florida Institute of Technology	1
Fordham University	2
Furman University	6
Gannon University	1
George Mason University	3
George Washington University	3
Georgetown University	1
Gettysburg College	2
Guilford College	1
Hamilton College	1
Hampden-Sydney College	11
Hampton University	1
Hawaii Pacific University	1
High Point University	3
Hofstra University	2
Howard University	1
Indiana University-Bloomington	1
Ithaca College	1
James Madison University	37
Kenyon College	4
Lafayette College	4
Liberty University	1
Longwood University	2
Louisiana State University	1
Loyola Marymount University	1
Loyola University Chicago	2
Loyola University New Orleans	1
Macalester College	1
Manhattan College	1
Mary Baldwin University	1
Marymount Manhattan College	1
McGill University	1
Meredith College	1
Miami University	10
Michigan State University	1
Mississippi State University	1
Montana State University	1
Muhlenberg College	1
Norfolk State University	1
North Carolina A & T State University	1
North Carolina Central University	1
North Carolina State University	2
Northeastern University	2
Northwestern University	1
Occidental College	2
Ohio University	1
Old Dominion University	4
Pennsylvania State University	8
Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg	1
Pepperdine University	2
Pratt Institute	1
Purdue University	1
Randolph-Macon College	4
Rhodes College	7
Richard Bland College	1
Roanoke College	4
Rochester Institute of Technology	1
Rollins College	1
Santa Clara University	2
Savannah College of Art & Design - SCAD	3
School of the Art Institute of Chicago	1
Scripps College	1
Shenandoah University	2
Skidmore College	1
Southern Methodist University	8
Spelman College	1
SUNY at Purchase College	1
Swarthmore College	1
Sweet Briar College	1
Syracuse University	1
Texas A & M University-College Station	1
Texas Christian University	5
Trinity College	1
Tulane University	4
Union College (NY)	2
University of Alabama	17
University of Alabama-Birmingham	1
University of Arizona	2
University of California-Berkeley	1
University of California-Davis	1
University of California-Irvine	1
University of California-Los Angeles	2
University of California-Santa Barbara	3
University of California-Santa Cruz	1
University of Chicago	2
University of Colorado - Boulder	6
University of Delaware	3
University of Denver	8
University of Edinburgh	1
University of Florida	2
University of Georgia	20
University of Kentucky	5
University of Louisville	1
University of Lynchburg	1
University of Maine	1
University of Manchester Inst. of Sci. & Tech.	1
University of Mary Washington	6
University of Maryland	1
University of Maryland-Baltimore County	2
University of Michigan	1
University of Mississippi	14
University of Montana	1
University of New Hampshire	1
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill	2
University of North Carolina - Greensboro	1
University of North Carolina - Wilmington	3
University of North Carolina School of the Arts	1
University of Pennsylvania	2
University of Pittsburgh	3
University of Richmond	4
University of San Diego	1
University of South Carolina	25
University of Southern California	1
University of Southern Maine	2
University of St Andrews	1
University of Tampa	2
University of Tennessee-Knoxville	20
University of Texas at Austin	1
University of the South	10
University of Utah	1
University of Vermont	3
University of Virginia	28
University of Wisconsin-Madison	1
Virginia Commonwealth University	8
Virginia Tech	16
Wake Forest University	5
Washington and Lee University	5
Washington University in St Louis	1
West Virginia University	2
William & Mary	10
Wofford College	3
Xavier University	2

Class of 2023 College Enrollments

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2020-23 4-Year College Acceptances

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Adelphi University	1
American University	12
Amherst College	3
Appalachian State University	5
Arizona State University-Tempe	2
Auburn University	53
Babson College	1
Baldwin Wallace University	1
Bard College	1
Baylor University	3
Belmont Abbey College	1
Belmont University	6
Berklee College of Music	1
Boston College	18
Boston University	8
Brandeis University	1
Bridgewater College	4
Brightpoint Community College	1
Bryant University	1
Bucknell University	10
Cal Poly	1
California College of the Arts	1
California State University-Long Beach	1
California State University-Northridge	1
Campbell University	1
Carleton College	1
Case Western Reserve University	4
Catholic University of America	2
Chapman University	1
Christopher Newport University	38
Claremont McKenna College	1
Clemson University	68
Coastal Carolina University	7
Colby College	1
Colgate University	4
College of Charleston	51
College of the Atlantic	1
College of Wooster	1
Colorado College	2
Colorado State University-Fort Collins	3
Columbia University - Sciences Po	1
Concordia University - Montreal	2
Connecticut College	2
Dartmouth College	4
Davidson College	14
Denison University	9
DePauw University	1
Dickinson College	9
Drew University	4
Drexel University	10
Drury University	1
Duke University	8
Duquesne University	2
East Carolina University	12
East Tennessee State University	1
Eastern Mennonite University	1
Eastern Michigan University	1
Eckerd College	4
Elon University	55
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	2
Emerson College	5
Emory University	8
Fashion Institute of Technology	1
Ferrum College	2
Florida Institute of Technology	1
Florida International University	1
Florida State University	2
Fordham University	15
Franklin and Marshall College	3
Furman University	18
Gannon University	1
Gardner-Webb University	1
George Mason University	18
George Washington University	10
Georgetown University	13
Georgia Gwinnett College	1
Georgia Institute of Technology	5
Gettysburg College	5
Gordon College	1
Grinnell College	1
Guilford College	1
Hamilton College	2
Hampden-Sydney College	27
Hampton University	3
Harvard University	2
Hawaii Pacific University	1
Hendrix College	1
High Point University	4
Hofstra University	2
Hollins University	3
Holy Cross College	1
Howard University	3
Indiana University-Bloomington	4
Ithaca College	3
Jacksonville University	1
James Madison University	171
John Cabot University	1
Johns Hopkins University	1
Kean University	1
Kenyon College	5
La Salle University	1
Lafayette College	5
Lawrence University	1
Liberty University	4
Longwood University	6
Louisiana State University	6
Loyola Marymount University	1
Loyola University Chicago	5
Loyola University Maryland	4
Loyola University New Orleans	1
Macalester College	2
Manhattan College	1
Marist College	1
Mary Baldwin University	3
Maryland Institute College of Art	5
Marymount Manhattan College	1
Marymount University	3
McGill University	2
Meredith College	1
Miami University	28
Michigan State University	2
Middlebury College	2
Millersville University of Pennsylvania	1
Mississippi State University	1
Missouri State University	1
Montana State University	1
Morgan State University	1
Mount St. Mary's University	1
Muhlenberg College	2
New York University	10
Norfolk State University	3
North Carolina A & T State University	1
North Carolina Central University	1
North Carolina State University	21
North Carolina Wesleyan College	1
Northeastern University	14
Northwestern University	4
Nova Southeastern University	1
Oberlin College	3
Oberlin Conservatory of Music	1
Occidental College	5
Ohio State University	8
Ohio University	2
Ohio Wesleyan University	1
Oklahoma State University	1
Old Dominion University	18
Pace University	1
Pennsylvania State University	25
Pennsylvania State University-Altoona	1
Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg	2
Pepperdine University	2
Point Park University	2
Pratt Institute	4
Princeton University	1
Providence College	1
Purdue University	5
Queen's University	1
Queens University of Charlotte	1
Radford University	10
Randolph-Macon College	18
Regent University	1
Rhodes College	13
Richard Bland College	3
Ringling College of Art and Design	1
Roanoke College	14
Rochester Institute of Technology	6
Roger Williams University	1
Rollins College	7
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	4
Saint Joseph's University	1
Saint Vincent College	1
Salisbury University	1
San Francisco Conservatory of Music	1
Santa Clara University	3
Sarah Lawrence College	1
Savannah College of Art & Design - SCAD	5
School of the Art Institute of Chicago	2
School of Visual Arts	2
Scripps College	1
Shenandoah University	7
Skidmore College	2
Southern Methodist University	27
Spelman College	1
St Olaf College	1
St. Mary's College of Maryland	1
Stanford University	1
Suffolk University	2
SUNY at Purchase College	2
SUNY Buffalo State	1
Swarthmore College	1
Sweet Briar College	2
Syracuse University	13
Temple University	2
Texas A & M University-College Station	2
Texas Christian University	22
The New School	2
The University of Edinburgh	1
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	49
Trinity College	1
Trinity University	1
Tufts University	2
Tulane University	12
Union College (NY)	2
United States Naval Academy	1
United States Naval Academy Prep School	1
University College Dublin	1
University of Alabama	70
University of Alabama-Birmingham	1
University of Arizona	4
University of California-Berkeley	3
University of California-Davis	4
University of California-Irvine	4
University of California-Los Angeles	5
University of California-Merced	1
University of California-Riverside	1
University of California-San Diego	5
University of California-Santa Barbara	8
University of California-Santa Cruz	4
University of Chicago	2
University of Colorado-Boulder	22
University of Colorado-Denver	2
University of Delaware	14
University of Denver	15
University of Florida	7
University of Georgia	59
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1
University of Iowa	1
University of Kentucky	12
University of Louisville	1
University of Lynchburg	4
University of Maine	1
University of Manchester Inst. of Sci. & Tech.	1
University of Mary Washington	22
University of Maryland	10
University of Maryland-Baltimore County	4
University of Massachusetts-Amherst	4
University of Massachusetts-Boston	2
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	1
University of Miami	15
University of Michigan	11
University of Mississippi	40
University of Montana	1
University of New Hampshire	2
University of North Carolina School of the Arts	1
University of North Carolina-Asheville	3
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	16
University of North Carolina-Charlotte	3
University of North Carolina-Greensboro	5
University of North Carolina-Wilmington	9
University of North Georgia	1
University of Notre Dame	4
University of Pennsylvania	4
University of Pittsburgh	18
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg	1
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown	1
University of Puget Sound	3
University of Redlands	2
University of Rhode Island	2
University of Richmond	23
University of Rochester	4
University of San Diego	3
University of San Francisco	3
University of South Carolina	111
University of Southern California	5
University of Southern Maine	2
University of St Andrews	3
University of Tampa	5
University of Texas-Austin	3
University of the South	33
University of Utah	3
University of Vermont	13
University of Virginia	108
University of Washington	4
University of Wisconsin-Madison	5
Vanderbilt University	6
Villanova University	5
Virginia Commonwealth University	51
Virginia Military Institute	1
Virginia Tech	80
Virginia Union University	1
Virginia Wesleyan University	2
Wagner College	2
Wake Forest University	26
Washington and Lee University	21
Washington College	2
Washington University in St Louis	3
West Virginia University	6
Western Carolina University	1
Wheaton College	1
William & Mary	48
Wofford College	5
Xavier University	3
Yale University	1

2020-23 4-Year College Enrollments

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American University	3
Amherst College	2
Auburn University	13
Babson College	1
Baylor University	2
Belmont University	3
Boston College	5
Boston University	1
Bridgewater College	1
Bryant University	1
Bucknell University	4
Campbell University	1
Christopher Newport University	6
Claremont McKenna College	1
Clemson University	10
Coastal Carolina University	4
Colby College	1
Colgate University	1
College of Charleston	4
Colorado College	1
Columbia University - Sciences Po	1
Concordia University - Montreal	1
Dartmouth College	4
Davidson College	4
Denison University	5
DePauw University	1
Dickinson College	4
Duke University	6
Duquesne University	1
Eastern Mennonite University	1
Elon University	8
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	1
Emerson College	1
Emory University	2
Fordham University	2
Franklin and Marshall College	1
Furman University	2
George Mason University	2
George Washington University	1
Georgetown University	10
Georgia Gwinnett College	1
Georgia Institute of Technology	2
Gettysburg College	1
Grinnell College	1
Hamilton College	1
Hampden-Sydney College	7
Hampton University	2
Harvard University	1
Howard University	1
James Madison University	42
Johns Hopkins University	1
Kenyon College	2
Lafayette College	2
Liberty University	3
Longwood University	1
Louisiana State University	1
Loyola Marymount University	1
Loyola University Maryland	1
Maryland Institute College of Art	1
Marymount University	2
Miami University	1
Middlebury College	2
Millersville University of Pennsylvania	1
New York University	4
North Carolina State University	6
Northeastern University	3
Northwestern University	1
Ohio State University	3
Old Dominion University	1
Pennsylvania State University	4
Point Park University	2
Pratt Institute	3
Princeton University	1
Purdue University	1
Radford University	1
Randolph-Macon College	4
Regent University	1
Rhodes College	5
Roanoke College	2
Rochester Institute of Technology	1
Rollins College	1
Saint Joseph's University	1
Santa Clara University	1
Savannah College of Art & Design - SCAD	1
Scripps College	1
Skidmore College	1
Southern Methodist University	5
Stanford University	1
SUNY at Purchase College	1
Swarthmore College	1
Syracuse University	2
Texas A & M University-College Station	1
Texas Christian University	4
Trinity University	1
Tufts University	1
Tulane University	4
United States Naval Academy	1
United States Naval Academy Prep School	1
University of Alabama	4
University of California-Berkeley	2
University of California-Irvine	2
University of California-Los Angeles	2
University of Chicago	2
University of Colorado Boulder	7
University of Denver	2
University of Edinburgh	1
University of Georgia	12
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1
University of Kentucky	1
University of Mary Washington	4
University of Maryland	1
University of Miami	4
University of Michigan	4
University of Mississippi	4
University of North Carolina School of the Arts	1
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	4
University of North Carolina-Charlotte	1
University of Notre Dame	3
University of Pennsylvania	3
University of Pittsburgh	2
University of Richmond	10
University of San Diego	1
University of South Carolina	16
University of Southern California	4
University of Tennessee	8
University of Texas-Austin	1
University of the South	7
University of Vermont	1
University of Virginia	69
University of Washington	2
University of Wisconsin-Madison	1
Vanderbilt University	3
Villanova University	2
Virginia Commonwealth University	11
Virginia Military Institute	1
Virginia Tech	31
Wake Forest University	12
Washington and Lee University	9
Washington University in St Louis	1
Wheaton College	1
William & Mary	16
Wofford College	1

The Class of 2023 continued Collegiate’s impressive rate of college acceptances. Over the past two decades, our admit rate has been fairly consistent, averaging between 60%-70%.

More importantly, our seniors continue to pursue and find many great options for “fit”: in 2023, 142 Seniors submitted record number 964 applications to 206 colleges, received 611 acceptances to 170 colleges in 36 states, Canada, England, France and Scotland states and enrolled in 67 colleges in 20 states and France. Such wide-sweeping geographic distribution is compelling, as are the distinct and highly selective majors in which the Class of 2023 will engage, ranging from acting, animal science, business, communications, energy research, engineering, nursing, screenwriting, social work, to theoretical physics. Additionally, the class received more than $8.1 million in merit scholarship offers; also our Seniors earned prominent honors designations, along with a bevy of offers to attend Honors colleges and programs, at 21 institutions across the country. And finally, seven artists will pursue their craft in highly selective programs in acting, dance, film, graphic communications, media arts, music, and the visual arts, while 27 recruited athletes will compete at the Division I (10) and Division III (17) levels in baseball, basketball, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field and volleyball.