College Counseling
The College Counseling Process is an important piece of the 11th and 12th-grade years at Horace Mann. Students and parents begin the college process in the fall of 10th grade with a presentation and materials from the College Counseling Office and in the spring with a College Planning evening. Students are assigned a College Counselor (in addition to their Academic Advisor) during January of their 11th-grade year and will continue to work with them until graduation. HM alumni report that the academic preparation they received from HM more than prepared them for their next educational community.
Resources
School Profile - facts, figures and information about Horace Mann School provided to colleges and universities.
College Visit List by Geography - A big part of researching colleges and their potential fit for a student is a campus tour and/or admissions information session. Good college decision-making starts with knowing what kinds of options are out there. Liberal arts college/comprehensive university, urban/suburban/rural, large/small, public/private, and distance from home are all key factors in determining what may fit a student best. If you're traveling over spring, summer, or winter breaks and would like to visit campuses as part of your trip, here is a list of colleges organized by geographic area and size to aid in your planning. This list is not exhaustive, but does provide a broad range of suggestions.
Attendance Statistics
| Year | Number of Graduates |
Number of Colleges Attended |
| 2024 | 179 | 68 |
| 2023 | 183 | 58 |
| 2022 | 180 | 67 |
Horace Mann Class of 2022-2024 graduates have attended 106 unique colleges and universities. During that 3-year period, at least 10 HM graduates entered each of the following colleges and universities:
| U. Chicago | 60 | U. Penn | 17 | Barnard | 11 |
| Cornell | 38 | NYU | 16 | USC | 11 |
| Columbia | 23 | Duke | 15 | Harvard | 10 |
| Georgetown | 21 | Princeton | 13 | Tufts | 10 |
| Emory | 19 | Brown | 12 | Tulane | 10 |
| U. Michigan | 18 | Yale | 12 |
Fewer than 10 HM graduates entered each of the following schools:
American University, American University of Paris, Amherst, Babson, Bates, Boston College, Boston University, Bowdoin, Brandeis, Bucknell, University at Buffalo, University of California-Berkeley, University of California- Irvine, University of California-Los Angeles, University of California-San Diego, California Poly-San Luis Obispo, Carleton College, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western Reserve, Clark University, Colby, Colgate, Colorado State University-Fort Collins, CUNY-City College, University of Connecticut, Dartmouth, Denison, Dickinson, Emerson, Fordham University, George Washington University, Gettysburg, Hamilton, Haverford, University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign, Indiana University-Bloomington, Johns Hopkins University, Lafayette, Lehigh, Loyola of Maryland, McGill, University of Miami, Michigan State, Middlebury, United States Military Academy at West Point, Mt. Holyoke, The New School, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill, Northeastern, Northwestern, Oberlin, Penn State- University Park, Penn State- Erie, Purdue, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Richmond, Rice, University of Rochester, Sarah Lawrence, University of St. Andrews, Scripps, Shenandoah University, Skidmore, Smith, Southern Methodist University, Spelman, St. John’s University- New York, Stanford, SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY Plattsburgh, SUNY Purchase, Syracuse, Texas A&M -Galveston, University of Texas at Austin, University of Toronto, Trinity College-CT, Trinity College Dublin, Vanderbilt, Vassar, University of Virginia, Wake Forest, Washington University in St. Louis, Wellesley, Wesleyan, William & Mary, Williams, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Xavier University in New Orleans