An American School Serving the International Community

Country Day School's College Counselor is committed to a student-centered developmental guidance program for every individual. This comprehensive guidance program supports the personal growth of each individual student in attaining their maximum potential by helping each student identify their academic strengths, weaknesses, interests and intellectual abilities. The College Counselor serves as a resource to students, parents, faculty, and community groups in meeting the educational and career needs of our students. This is accomplished through classroom presentations on career education and preparing for achievement tests, special guest speakers on relevant topics of concern, and small group and individual college counseling sessions.

Additionally, CDS's college counseling office strives to "de-stress" the college process by encouraging students to become fully involved in the academic, social and extracurricular life of our school. By students becoming fully involved in their four years in high school, the college process becomes a natural part of a student's life.

The philosophy of the Country Day School college counseling  center begins with the fundamental belief that the college search and selection process should be student-centered. This four-year self-discovery process focuses on individualized counseling with students.

We strive to accentuate the positive in our students by helping them recognize the excellence they have achieved and guide them to seek the most appropriate match in a college/university in light of their particular strengths and abilities.

We strive to guide students through this intricate maze called the college admissions process, supporting them academically, personally, and intellectually as they prepare for the world beyond high school.

We assist students in a continuous evaluation of present and future plans and goals, emphasizing their role and responsibility in making choices. We educate parents on their vital role and responsibilities and provide support and guidance.

We believe that if pursued through a holistic approach designed to foster positive self-esteem, including the development of each student's sense of security, identity, belonging, purpose, and personal competence, every student can achieve success in this integral part of the high school experience. Our very strong record of college acceptances over the years suggests that our approach serves CDS students very well.

The class of 2007 finished the year in accordance with CDS's long and distinguished history of financial aid recognition for excellence in academics, leadership, athletics, and fine arts. Approximately 19 seniors (over55%) received scholarship offers of over $1.4 million.

Country Day school sends 100 percent of the graduating senior class to colleges and universities worldwide, including Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth, Davidson, Brown, Columbia, Northwestern, Penn, Cornell, Emory, Georgetown, Tufts, Tulane, Queens, McGill, University of Toronto, Universidad de Costa Rica, Universidad Latina, ULACIT, Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey, and University of Utretch.