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College Counseling

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Debi Hudson

Director of College Counseling , Guidance Dept. Chair
Board of Directors, National Association for College Admission Counseling                                                                                            
dhudson@stteresasacademy.org
816.501.0034      FAX 816.523.2452

Liz Majors

College Counselor - Liz will join STA in mid August; she is currently the associate dean of admission at William Jewell College.

STA School Code (CEEB code for college applications, ACT & SAT registration) - 261700

College Map for 2010 - 2013 St. Teresa's Academy Graduates

(image courtesy of Naviance)

College Counseling Department
The College Counseling Department at St. Teresa's provides a comprehensive and individualized college counseling program to assist families in the college search, application and matriculation process. St. Teresa's maintains relationships with college and university admission offices throughout the country, with more than 90 college and university admission representatives visiting STA each year to meet with students. STA continually boasts a 100% acceptance rate to college and consistent recognition in the National Merit program.

STA students and parents utilize Naviance, an online college planning tool specific to the Academy. Naviance allows students and parents to research colleges, search deadlines and requirements, analyze probability for admission, complete surveys, and much more. Students register with Naviance in their sophomore year through speech class. Note: Parents of the Class of  2013 and Class of 2014, if you need your registration code, please e-mail dhudson@stteresasacademy.org and include your daughter's name in the text.

St. Teresa's serves families through sophomore, junior and senior evening programs, college fairs, monthly newsletters and e-mails, class meetings, small group meetings, and individual meetings (juniors and seniors). The College Resource Center has a vast array of resource materials and is available for juniors and seniors. Sophomores are required to take the PLAN (produced by ACT) and the PSAT (produced by the College Board). Juniors are required to take the PSAT and a practice ACT in their fall semester.

INFORMATION & EVENTS

Congratulations to the Class of 2013! 100% of the class plans to attend a 4 year college/university. 88% received one or more merit based scholarships. The class was accepted to 150 colleges and universities. They will attend over 50 different institutions world-wide, including: Georgetown, Beloit, U of MS, Denison, Miami of Ohio, Oklahoma State, TCU, MO U of Science & Tech, College of Wooster, Avila, Loyola Marymount, U of Chicago,  KU, DePaul, Santa Clara, Iowa State, U of Denver, KU, Colorado State, U of OK, Saint Louis U, Trinity, Rockhurst, U of IA, Webster, IU Bloomington, Baker, U of NM, Benedictine, Belmont, U of Dayton, U of AZ, Duquesne, U of Tampa, MU, Warren Wilson, UMKC, Stephens, Johnson & Wales, Kansas State, Pepperdiine, MO State, U of AR, Villanova, Clemson, U of Dallas, St. Andrews U Scotland, Drake, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Davidson, U of Notre Dame, and more.

Class of 2014 College Application Kick Off Night - Thurs., Aug. 15th, 7-8:30pm in the M&A Auditorium. The is event is mandatory for seniors, parents are strongly encouraged to attend.

Naviance - To access go to http://connection.naviance.com/sta or click on the Naviance logo above. If you forgot your username or password, please contact Mrs. Hudson.

To register for the ACT go to www.actstudent.org STA's code is 261700 *You now must upload a head shot photo!

To register for the SAT &/or Subject Tests go to www.collegeboard.com STA code is 261700 *You now must upload a head shot photo!

ACT Question of the day
http://www.actstudent.org/qotd/

SAT Question of the day
http://sat.collegeboard.com/practice/sat-question-of-the-day

College Planning in the Freshman Year http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/action/freshmen.html

College Planning in the Sophomore Year http://collegeboard.com/student/plan/action/sophomores.html 

College Visits

Over 100 colleges and universities visit STA each year to talk with interested students. For detailed information on colleges, dates, times, and locations see Naviance (Colleges, then click on Visits) or Moodle (see College Resources on the left side tool bar).