Latin School of Chicago

���I sat down and outlined core information about every school so that I could compare what they each have to offer.��� ��� Jasmine Arrington ���11 ��� personal level, have real conversations and sometimes act as buffers with families. To make room for both, Pleshette made it her mission when she came to Latin in 2008 to integrate college counseling into the upper school curriculum in a more substantial way. ���The greatest advantage I had in building on the program was that the upper school schedule was changing that year,��� she explains. ���I wanted to offer a counseling experience that was more thorough, more intimate, with more points of contact with us.��� number of parent events and roundtables, met at least once with families, and put together an initial college list for each student, based on the student���s interests and academic achievements. Through the college counseling course, they also have started the juniors on a number of assignments that require self-reflection about their wants and needs for college. For Jasmine Arrington ���11, junior year���s spring break provided that much-needed time for reflection. ���I sat down and outlined core information about every school so that I could compare what they each have to offer.��� She returned to school with a sharpened sense of what she wanted: a place to pursue her dream of becoming a The Process at Latin The college counseling process at Latin officially begins junior year. Juniors and parents are asked to attend a college evening in November during which they are given a general overview. In December, students meet with their counselor for the first time to discuss their PSATs and testing. In the spring, all juniors are enrolled in the required college counseling course that runs through the winter of senior year. ���In junior year we look at the big picture,��� says Pleshette. ���We frame the process, talk about how to do college research and think critically about sources of information. But we also talk about the more personal issues: how to talk to people about the college process, how to handle the millions of questions.��� By the end of junior year, the college counselors have seen students individually several times, hosted a Jasmine Arrington ���11 Graduates of the Class of 2010 were accepted to the following schools. Schools in red have at least one student attending. ��� Colorado at Boulder | Colorado College (4) | Columbia College | Columbia University (2) | Connecticut College | Cornell College | Cornell University | Denison University | DePaul University | Dickinson College | Drake University | Drexel University | Duke University | Earlham College | Eckerd College | Emory University | Fordham University | Franklin & Marshall | George Washington University | Georgetown University (3) | Gonzaga University | Goucher College | Green Mountain College | Grinnell College (2) | Hamilton College - NY | Hampshire College | Hope College | Indiana University (14) | Ithaca College | Johns Hopkins | 28 Latin Magazine

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