College Counseling

Horace Mann School’s College Counseling program is dedicated to supporting students in their journey to higher education.

Our focus is to provide comprehensive guidance and personalized support to help students navigate the college application process with their health and wellness as a top priority. Our holistic approach aims to help students achieve their academic and career goals while building confidence and reducing stress.

Using personalized counseling, each student receives tailored advice to match their unique strengths, interests, and goals. We facilitate timely workshops and webinars to educate students and parents/guardians on various aspects of the college application process, ranging from the traditional application process to applying to college as a first-generation college student to applying to Historically Black Colleges & Universities and applying to college as a recruited athlete and developing performing or visual arts portfolios in support of college applications.

The College Counseling Office provides access to a wide range of resources including support for college essay writing, college guidebooks, a comprehensive database of college admissions statistics, practice opportunities for standardized testing, a week-long college tour, and one-on-one financial aid support for families.

College Counseling Team

Our counselors have over 100 combined years of college admissions experience and 100 combined years of college counseling experience.

Our collective college admissions and college counseling backgrounds include extensive work with:

Arts: Visual and Performing
Athletics and College Recruitment
Financial Aid for College
International Colleges & Universities
Learning Differences and Executive Functioning Challenges

Our counselors have worked in admissions at Brown University, Duke University, Harvard University, Lafayette College, New York University, and Springfield College.

View contact information for the College Counseling Office here.

College Counseling Process

Grade 9

Students: Through their academic advisor and class dean, students are given guidance on taking advantage of academic and extracurricular opportunities and resources at HM. They also receive tips on how to leverage the summer months to explore interests and cultivate new skills.
Parent(s)/Guardian(s): A "College Admissions 101" program is open to all 9th and 10th-grade families, but is of particular relevance for parents who did not complete a bachelor's degree themselves or who did not complete a bachelor's degree in the US. There are also opportunities to speak with HM's Executive Director of College Counseling.

Grade 10

Students: Through the College Counseling Office, students take the practice ACT and practice SAT in spring of tenth grade. Test prep consultation is offered to determine ACT or SAT and testing timeline.
Parent(s)/Guardian(s): Sophomore college update newsletters are sent to parents/guardians. Help is offered to families to plan ahead for test prep and standardized testing requirements and how to get the most out of HM in terms of course selection and extracurricular involvement in eleventh and twelfth grades. A "College Admissions 101" program is open to all 9th and 10th-grade families, but is of particular relevance for parents who did not complete a bachelor's degree themselves or who did not complete a bachelor's degree in the US. There are also opportunities to speak with HM's Executive Director of College Counseling.

Grade 11

Students: Eleventh graders are assigned a college counselor in the second semester. A college counseling workshop series is held on key college topics, including researching colleges, understanding "fit" for various colleges, college list building, and college admission statistics. Students have 1:1 meetings with their counselor 2-4 times, and families have 1-2 meetings with their counselor. A spring break college tour and college essay workshop with the counselors is offered, as well a case studies program with college reps. Students also begin preparing to apply for financial aid.
Parent(s)/Guardian(s): Junior college update newsletters are sent to parents/guardians. A junior family college night is held in September, followed by a junior college night for parents/guardians in November. There is a parent letter/questionnaire, which is the parent's opportunity to share insights about their student with their counselor. Parents/guardians can participate in a case studies program with college reps, as well as a junior parent/guardian webinar series.

Grade 12

Students: As seniors, students work with their counselor to showcase their best self in applications. Students have 1:1 meetings with their counselor 4-8 times, and families have 1-2 meetings with their counselor. Students finalize their college list, early and regular application plans, college essays, and financial aid application materials. The students explore and make well-informed choices.
Parent(s)/Guardian(s): Senior college update newsletters are sent to parents/guardians. A senior family college night is held in September, followed by a senior parent/guardian webinar series. There are also opportunities to speak with HM's Executive Director of College Counseling.

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Horace Mann School, Class of 2023 - 2025 Graduates

During this three-year period, five or more HM graduates entered each of the following colleges and universities.

College Counseling Outcomes, 2023 - 2025

Year	Number of Graduates	Number of Colleges Attended
2025	177	61
2024	179	68
2023	183	58

Matriculation, 2023 - 2025

American University
American University of Paris
Amherst
Babson
Barnard
Boston College
Bowdoin
Brandeis
Brown University
Bucknell
California Institute of Technology
Carnegie Mellon
Case Western Reserve
Colby College
Colgate
Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Columbia University
Cornell University
CUNY-City College
Dartmouth
Denison
Dickinson
Duke University
Emerson
Emory University
Fordham University
Georgetown University
George Washington University
Gettysburg
Hamilton
Harvard University
Haverford
Indiana University-Bloomington
Johns Hopkins University

The Juilliard School
Lafayette
Lehigh
Loyola Marymount University
MIT
McGill
Middlebury
Mt. Holyoke
The New England Conservatory of Music
The New School
New York University
Northeastern
Northwestern
Oberlin
Penn State-University Park
Princeton University
Purdue
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rice
Rochester Institute of Technology
Scripps
Shenandoah University
Skidmore
Smith
Spelman
St. Andrew's
St. John’s University-New York
Stanford
SUNY Stony Brook
Syracuse
Trinity College-CT
Tufts
Tulane University
United States Military Academy at West Point

United States Naval Academy
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Irvine
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-San Diego
University of Chicago
University of Connecticut
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Maryland-College Park
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
University of Pennsylvania
University of Southern California
University of Texas-Austin
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Vanderbilt
Vassar
Villanova
University of Virginia
University of Washington
Wake Forest
Washington University
Wellesley
Wesleyan
Wheaton
William & Mary
Williams
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Yale University

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