College Counseling
Woodlands’ College Counseling Program is committed to helping students make informed choices regarding their post-high school plans. Through individual meetings, college skills classes, information sessions, and workshops, we encourage students to discover the best about themselves and to research the opportunities available to them. Most important to this College Decision-Making Process is self-evaluation. When a student knows herself, she is able to make appropriate decisions about her future.
Our College Counseling Program stresses personal and interactive communication among students, parents, and counselors. Parents are encouraged to participate in all individual conferences and to attend special college counseling programs for parents.
Family Connection, an internet-driven college counseling program, enables students to manage the college search process electronically. Students can track their test data and grade point averages, research colleges, examine their admissibility using Woodlands’ historical data, and access our college visit calendar.
College Skills Course
The focal point of our College Counseling program is the College Skills Class. All juniors are enrolled their second semester and it continues through first semester of senior year. In these small classes, students work with the College Counselor on the following:
- Self-evaluations – discovering strengths, learning styles, interests, personality type, values, and what makes them special.
- Researching colleges – what aspects are important to look for in a college, what to look for in a college visit or at a college fair, finding a match between yourself and your college.
- Application process – standardized testing strategies and plan, interviews, college essays, resumes, obtaining recommendations, supplementary materials (portfolios, auditions, etc.), filling out the applications in a thorough and timely manner. Not to mention guidance on managing the stress and excitement of the college application process.
Each student works with the College Counselor to develop her own individualized testing plan for the ACT, SAT, SAT Subject Tests, and TOEFL. If testing accommodations are needed, each student also works with the Learning Program to ensure proper applications and documentation are submitted.
College Counseling for Parents
Our College Counseling Program stresses personal and interactive communication among students, parents, and counselors. Parents are encouraged to participate in all individual conferences and to attend special college counseling programs for parents. We host informative workshops throughout the year. Below is a sample schedule of the College Counseling office's programming for the year.
| Month | Intended Audience | Topic |
| September | Senior Parents/Guardians | Senior Year Process
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| November . | Juniors & Parents/Guardians of Juniors | The College Search, Part I
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| March | Sophomores & Parents/Guardians of Sophomores | Anticipating the College Search
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| April | Juniors & Parents/Guardians of Juniors
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The College Search Part II
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Current Parents: access robust resources in the parent portal.
College Outcomes
Woodlands’ College Counseling Program is committed to finding and developing the unique and special qualities of every student. We encourage students to reach beyond the obvious; to discover the abundant opportunities that are available to them; to make informed choices; and to find the “perfect” fit. We are proud of the diversity and quality of our graduates' college acceptances.
Recent College Acceptances
| Academy of Art University |
| Allegheny College |
| Alverno College |
| American University |
| Amherst College |
| Arizona State University |
| Art Center College of Design |
| Auburn University |
| Augsburg College |
| Augustana College |
| Azusa Pacific University |
| Ball State University |
| Bard College |
| Barnard College |
| Baylor University |
| Bellarmine University |
| Belmont University |
| Beloit College |
| Bentley University |
| Berklee College of Music |
| Berry College |
| Boston College |
| Boston University |
| Bradley University |
| Brown University |
| Bryant University |
| Bucknell University |
| Butler University |
| California Institute of the Arts |
| Calvin College |
| Carleton College |
| Carroll University (Wisconsin) |
| Carthage College |
| Case Western Reserve University |
| Champlain College |
| Chapman University |
| Clark University |
| Clemson University |
| Coe College |
| Colby College |
| Colgate University |
| College of Charleston |
| College of Lake County |
| College of Saint Benedict |
| College of the Holy Cross |
| Colorado School of Mines |
| Columbia College Chicago |
| Concordia University Chicago |
| Cornell College |
| Cornell University |
| Creighton University |
| Dartmouth College |
| Davidson College |
| Dean College |
| Denison University |
| DePaul University |
| DePauw University |
| Dickinson College |
| Dominican University |
| Drake University |
| Drexel University |
| Duke University |
| Durham University |
| Eckerd College |
| Elmhurst College |
| Elon University |
| Emerson College |
| Fairfield University |
| Fashion Institute of Technology |
| Florida Gulf Coast University |
| Florida State College at Jacksonville |
| Fordham University |
| Furman University |
| Georgetown University |
| Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Grinnell College |
| Guilford College |
| Gustavus Adolphus College |
| Hamilton College - NY |
| Hamline University |
| Hampshire College |
| Hawaii Pacific University |
| High Point University |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges |
| Hope College |
| Howard University |
| Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Illinois State University |
| Illinois Wesleyan University |
| Imperial College London |
| Indiana University at Bloomington |
| Iowa State University |
| Iowa Wesleyan College |
| Ithaca College |
| Jacksonville University |
| John Cabot University |
| John Carroll University |
| Johns Hopkins University |
| Kalamazoo College |
| Kansas City Art Institute |
| Kenyon College |
| King's College London |
| Knox College |
| Lafayette College |
| Lake Forest College |
| Lawrence University |
| Lehigh University |
| Lewis University |
| LIM College (Laboratory Institute of Merchandising) |
| Loras College |
| Loyola Marymount University |
| Loyola University Chicago |
| Loyola University Maryland |
| Loyola University New Orleans |
| Luther College |
| Lynn University |
| Manhattanville College |
| Marietta College |
| Marquette University |
| Maryland Institute College of Art |
| McGill University |
| Mercyhurst University |
| Merrimack College |
| Miami University, Oxford |
| Michigan State University |
| Michigan Technological University |
| Millikin University |
| Montana State University, Bozeman |
| Mount Holyoke College |
| Mount Mary University |
| Mount Mercy University |
| National Louis University-Chicago Campus |
| New York University |
| North Central College |
| Northeastern Illinois University |
| Northeastern University |
| Northern Illinois University |
| Northwestern University |
| Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences |
| Ohio University |
| Ohio Wesleyan University |
| Pennsylvania State University |
| Pepperdine University |
| Pratt Institute |
| Providence College |
| Purdue University |
| Regis University |
| Rhodes College |
| Ringling College of Art and Design |
| Ripon College |
| Robert Morris University Illinois |
| Roger Williams University |
| Rollins College |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
| Sacred Heart University |
| Saint Louis University |
| Saint Mary's College |
| Saint Mary's College of California |
| Saint Mary's University of Minnesota |
| Saint Michael's College |
| San Diego State University |
| San Jose State University |
| Santa Barbara City College |
| Santa Clara University |
| Savannah College of Art and Design |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| School of the Museum of Fine Arts |
| School of Visual Arts |
| Scripps College |
| Sewanee: The University of the South |
| Simmons College |
| Simon Fraser University |
| Skidmore College |
| Smith College |
| South Georgia College |
| Southern Illinois University, Carbondale |
| Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville |
| Southern Methodist University |
| Spring Arbor University |
| Spring Hill College |
| St. Ambrose University |
| St. Edward's University |
| St. John's College |
| St. John's University - Queens Campus |
| St. Lawrence University |
| St. Mary's University of San Antonio |
| St. Norbert College |
| St. Olaf College |
| Stonehill College |
| Suffolk University |
| Syracuse University |
| Taylor University |
| Temple University |
| Texas Christian University |
| The American University of Paris |
| The Catholic University of America |
| The College of Wooster |
| The George Washington University |
| The New School - All Divisions |
| The Ohio State University |
| The University of Alabama |
| The University of Arizona |
| The University of Edinburgh |
| The University of Findlay |
| The University of Iowa |
| The University of Melbourne |
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| The University of Oklahoma |
| The University of Tampa |
| Tiffin University |
| Trinity University |
| Tulane University |
| United States Naval Academy |
| University College Dublin |
| University of Arkansas |
| University of British Columbia |
| University of California, Berkeley |
| University of California, Irvine |
| University of California, Santa Barbara |
| University of California, Santa Cruz |
| University of Chicago |
| University of Cincinnati |
| University of Colorado at Boulder |
| University of Connecticut |
| University of Dayton |
| University of Delaware |
| University of Denver |
| University of Dubuque |
| University of Houston |
| University of Illinois at Chicago |
| University of Illinois at Springfield |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| University of Indianapolis |
| University of Kansas |
| University of Kentucky |
| University of Maryland, College Park |
| University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| University of Miami |
| University of Michigan |
| University of Minnesota, Twin Cities |
| University of Mississippi |
| University of Missouri Columbia |
| University of Nebraska at Lincoln |
| University of Northern Iowa |
| University of Notre Dame |
| University of Oxford |
| University of Puget Sound |
| University of Redlands |
| University of Rhode Island |
| University of Rochester |
| University of San Diego |
| University of San Francisco |
| University of South Carolina |
| University of South Florida, Tampa |
| University of St Andrews |
| University of St. Thomas |
| University of Stirling |
| University of Sydney |
| University of Toledo |
| University of Toronto Undergraduate Only |
| University of Vermont |
| University of Washington |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison |
| University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
| University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh |
| University of Wisconsin, Platteville |
| University of Wisconsin, Whitewater |
| Valdosta State University |
| Valparaiso University |
| Vanderbilt University |
| Vassar College |
| Villanova University |
| Wake Forest University |
| Wartburg College |
| Washington University in St. Louis |
| Wellesley College |
| Wesleyan University |
| Western Illinois University |
| Wheaton College MA |
| Widener University |
| Williams College |
| Winona State University |
| Wittenberg University |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Xavier University |