Preparing for College
Our college preparatory program helps prepare you for the next step and your life beyond the Arch.
During students’ junior and senior years, the college counselors work with students, individually and in groups, to move from the general to the specific in the college admissions process. Students are guided in selecting an appropriate range of college choices, completing the admissions process at those schools, and, ultimately, selecting which institution to attend.
Students have access to a college admissions library with material from more than 1,500 institutions, computer software programs for test preparation, and financial aid information. The college counselors are available for conferences during Fall and Winter Family Weekends, and for individual appointments.
Junior Year
During Winter Term, students meet with the college counselors to discuss:
- College options
- Admissions criteria
- SAT/ACT scores
- Sources of information
- Initial career thoughts
During Spring Term, students will be assigned a counselor and will discuss:
- Preliminary college lists
- Learning more about targeted schools
- Summer visit plans
Senior Year
The initial emphasis is on narrowing a student’s list of college choices in preparation for the application process itself. Each student’s college counselor oversees the application process. Assistance is also provided in scheduling college visits during Fall Break as well as admission interviews with area representatives. Students also meet with college admission representatives who visit SSM.
College Counselors
Class of 2024 & 2025 College Acceptances
Adelphi University
Albertus Magnus College
Alfred University
American University
Amherst College
Arizona State University-Tempe
Auburn University
Augsburg University
Augusta University
Belmont University
Bemidji State University
Benedictine College
Bentley University
Bethany College - Bethany
Boston College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
Brown University
Bryant University
Campbell University
Carleton College
Case Western Reserve University
Champlain College
Chestnut Hill College
Chicago State University
Clark University
Clarkson University
Colby College
Colgate University
College of Charleston
Colorado College
Colorado School of Mines
Concordia College at Moorhead
Creighton University
Dartmouth College
Dominican University
Dominican University New York
Drexel University
Duquesne University
East Carolina University
Eckerd College
Elmhurst University
Elon University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott
Emerson College
Emporia State University
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida Tech
Fordham University
Franklin Pierce University
George Mason University
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Grand Valley State University
Grinnell College
Gustavus Adolphus College
Harvard University
High Point University
Indiana University Indianapolis
Iowa State University
James Madison University
John Carroll University
Kennesaw State University
King University
Lake Forest College
Lamar University
Lawrence University
Lesley University
Lewis & Clark College
Liberty University
Linfield University
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Maryland
Luther College
Macalester College
Marquette University
McNeese State University
Mercer University
Merrimack College
Miami University-Oxford
Michigan State University
Milligan College
Minnesota State University-Mankato
Montana State University
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New York University
Nichols College
Northern Michigan University
Northwestern University
Norwich University
Oberlin College
Ohio State University-Main Campus
Oregon State University
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Main Campus
Pepperdine University
Pratt Institute – Brooklyn
Presbyterian College
Princeton University
Providence College
Purdue University-Main Campus
Queens University of Charlotte
Quinnipiac University
Radford University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rhode Island College
Roanoke College
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Sacred Heart University
Saint Cloud State University
Saint Leo University
Saint Louis University
Saint Martin's University
Saint Michael's College
Saint Norbert College
Santa Clara University
Savannah College of Art and Design
Simmons University
Smith College
South Dakota State University
St Bonaventure University
St. Olaf College
Stetson University
Suffolk University
SUNY Cortland
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
Texas A&M University - College Station
The College of Wooster
The George Washington University
The University of Alabama
The University of British Columbia
The University of Texas at Austin
Tiffin University
Trinity College
Union College (NY)
United States Military Academy
University at Albany, SUNY
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Arizona
University of California-Davis
University of California-Irvine
University of California-Riverside
University of California-San Diego
University of California-Santa Barbara
University of California-Santa Cruz
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Connecticut
University of Dayton
University of Delaware
University of Denver
University of Detroit Mercy
University of Edinburgh
University of Evansville
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois Chicago
University of Iowa
University of Kentucky
University of Maine
University of Manchester
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
University of Massachusetts-Boston
University of Miami
University of Minnesota-Duluth
University of Minnesota-Morris
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of Mississippi
University of Missouri-Kansas City
University of Nebraska at Omaha
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of North Dakota
University of Northern Iowa
University of Notre Dame
University of Oregon
University of Ottawa
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
University of Portland
University of Redlands
University of Rhode Island
University of Rochester
University of San Diego
University of St. Thomas (MN)
University of Sydney
University of the Pacific
University of Toledo
University of Toronto
University of Vermont
University of Virginia-Main Campus
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Valdosta State University
Villanova University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Tech
Wartburg College
Western Michigan University
Williams College
Wisconsin Lutheran College
Woodbury University
Yale University
