College Counseling
Just as Concord Academy works to support students' intellectual, physical, and moral development, the College Counseling Office does everything possible to guide, support, and serve as an advocate for our students as they consider an exciting variety of undergraduate options. Recognizing that this transition is significant both for students and their families, Concord Academy has college counselors with experience both in secondary schools and leading undergraduate admissions offices.
The College Counseling Office is happy to talk with students or their parents about the college counseling process at any time. Formal planning for college begins in the winter of the junior year when students and their parents meet for a workshop in January with the school's college counselors.
Students meet at least two times in the spring of their junior year with their designated counselor in order to refine their understanding of their interests, strengths, and tastes and to arrive at an ample list of colleges to investigate. Over the summer, students explore these colleges by obtaining information and making campus visits. In the fall of the senior year, students work with their counselor to refine their lists, visit colleges in session, and work on applications.
College Counseling News
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College Financing Seminar, December 9
Posted November 14, 2008
BISCCA (Boston Independent School College Counseling Association) in conjunction with MEFA (Massachusetts Education Financing Authority) will host a financial aid seminar on December 9 at 7:00 p.m. at the Cambridge School of Weston.
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CA's Annual College Fair
Posted October 23, 2008
Admissions representatives from eighteen colleges came to campus on Thursday, October 4, 2008 for Concord Academy’s annual college fair. An opportunity for students to demonstrate interest in schools on their list or investigate colleges they had not previously considered, the college fair is the perfect venue for informal conversations with admissions professionals.
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College Tour Heads West—Part Two
Posted March 15, 2008
The college tour wraps up today and will head home to Boston having seen nineteen California colleges and universities in seven days. On Thursday, March 13, the CA group arrived in the Bay area leaving behind the glitz and bright lights of southern California.
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College Tour Heads West
Posted March 12, 2008
On Sunday, March 9, twenty-eight juniors traveled west for a week-long tour of nearly twenty California colleges and universities as part of CA’s annual college tour. The students not only packed their shorts, shades, and flip-flops, but also a sense of excitement and curiosity about the next phase of their lives as students, as well as about West Coast life and culture.
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