Monthly College Counseling Update: October 2019

College Counseling
November Deadlines 

Another year and everyone survived the November 1st admission deadline! Decisions for seniors who have rolling application submitted have begun to trickle in. Most Early Action and Early Decision application decisions will be released in mid-December.  
Students are being encouraged to continue to be engaged in the process, their courses, and to communicate with college admission offices when applicable. Quarter-one grades will be available next week for students to share (this is optional). At this point 95% of seniors have submitted at least one application.  

Class of 2021 Becomes A Focus

Tuesday, November 12th will be the unofficial kick-start to the college search process for the Class of 2021. Admission representatives from Yale, Delaware, Case Western, Fairfield, and Carnegie Mellon will participate in a Q&A panel, sharing their knowledge and recommendations to students and parents about the process. This program is required for juniors, parents and other members of the community are more than welcome to attend. Students will have individual meetings with their college counselors over the next two months and parents are asked to attend on of two Junior Parent Nights on either December 9th or January 14th.
 
Senior Career Experience Day

Seniors will be participating in Career Experience Day on Thursday, December 5th.  Students will be visiting 60+ employers in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey, to gain an introduction to different career opportunities. Thank you to all the Archmere alumni, parents both past and present, and friends that volunteered to host.  
 
ACT and SAT Practice Tests

Information about the December (ACT) and January (SAT) free practice tests will be emailed out next week.  
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Archmere Academy is a private, Catholic, college preparatory co-educational academy,
grades 9-12 founded in 1932 by the Norbertine Fathers.