College Counseling

"Our son had all the information and guidance he needed every step of the way, including formulating a list of schools, fulfilling application requirements and meeting deadlines. We had a great degree of confidence in the advice our son was given, and were always able to get prompt answers to our questions and concerns."
Paul and Angela DiGiovanni, Parents

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College Counseling

As a top college prep school in Connecticut for boys, we thoughtfully guide our students to identify and facilitate the right higher learning match.

An Avon student begins his college counseling process during sophomore year – setting expectations and goals early. By senior year, he is prepared to take the lead on this leg of his journey to adulthood. As a result, our students attend some of the world’s finest colleges and universities and go on to become highly successful during their post-secondary careers.

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Our role is to find and facilitate good matches between our students and institutions of higher learning. We want graduates of our boys college prep high school in Connecticut to matriculate to colleges and universities where they will be challenged and successful academically, and where they will find the setting, the extracurricular offerings, and the campus culture both welcoming and broadening.
The college admission process itself offers students a very positive growth experience. To be successful, a student must engage in serious self-assessment; he must come to understand his own strengths and weaknesses, his own values, and his own likes and dislikes.
It is essential that the student himself play the principal role in the college selection and admission process. Parents provide guidance, emotional support, and the physical and financial means to visit and apply to colleges. Counselors provide guidance, information, and support in the actual process of applying (counselors also act as advocates for our students, making sure college admission officers understand our school and read our students accurately). It is the student, however, who must take the lead in most aspects of the process: researching and visiting colleges, deciding where to apply, completing applications, requesting teacher recommendations, establishing and maintaining contact with athletic coaches or other inside advocates, and, finally, deciding where to enroll.

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"Ms. Barzun provided my son with all the tools, encouragement, and counseling needed to confidently submit his college applications at the beginning of his senior year."

- Carmen Vega, Parent

College Matriculation List

Avonians Are Currently Enrolled At

Avonians Are Currently Enrolled At

American University

Amherst College

Auburn University

Babson College

Bard College

Bates College

Bentley University

Boston College

Boston University

Bowdoin College

Brandeis University

Brown University

Bryant University

Bucknell University

Carleton College

Carnegie Mellon University

Catholic University of America

Champlain College

Clark University

Clarkson University

Clemson University

Colby College

Colgate University

College of Charleston

College of the Holy Cross

College of Wooster

Columbia University

Concordia University

Connecticut College

Cooper Union

Cornell University

Dartmouth College

Denison University

Dickinson College

Drew University

Drexel University

Duke University

Durham University

Eckerd College

Elon University

Emerson College

Emory University

Endicott College

Fairfield University

Florida Golf Coast University

Fordham University

Franklin & Marshall College

Furman University

George Washington University

Georgetown University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Southern University

Gettysburg College

Hamilton College

Harvard University

Harvey Mudd College

Haverford College

High Point University

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Howard University

Johns Hopkins University

Kenyon College

Lafayette College

Lake Forest College

Lehigh University

Liberty University

Loyola University Maryland

Manhattan College

Marist College

McGill University

Mercyhurst University

Miami University, Oxford

Middlebury College

Mount St. Mary's University

Muhlenberg College

New School

New York University

Nichols College

North Carolina State University

Northeastern University

Northwestern University

Ohio State University

Oklahoma State University

Oxford College of Emory

Pennsylvania State University

Pepperdine University

Pomona College

Princeton University

Providence College

Purdue University

Quinnipiac University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rhode Island School of Design

Richmond (UK)

Rochester Institute of Technology

Roger Williams University

Rollins College

Sacred Heart University

Salve Regina University

Savannah College of Art and Design

Sewanee University of the South

Skidmore College

Southern Methodist University

Springfield College

St. John's University (NY)

St. Lawrence University

St. Olaf College

Stetson University

Stevens Institute of Technology

Stonehill College

SUNY Albany

SUNY College at Cortland

Swarthmore College

Syracuse University

Texas Christian University

Trinity College

Tufts University

Tulane University

Union College (NY)

United States Air Force Academy

United States Military Academy

United States Naval Academy

University of Arizona

University of Arkansas

University of British Columbia

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Davis

University of California, Irvine

University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, San Diego

University of Chicago

University of Colorado, Boulder

University of Connecticut

University of Denver

University of Glasgow

University of Hartford

University of Iowa

University of Maine

University of Maryland, College Park

University of Massachusetts

University of Miami

University of Michigan

University of Missouri

University of Nebraska

University of New Hampshire

University of North Carolina

University of Notre Dame

University of Oklahoma

University of Oxford, London

University of Pennsylvania

University of Rhode Island

University of Richmond

University of Rochester

University of Saint Joseph

University of Scranton

University of South Florida

University of Southern California

University of Tampa

University of Tennessee

University of Vermont

University of Virginia

University of Warwick

University of Wisconsin

Utica College

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Wake Forest University

Washington College

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Wesleyan University

West Virginia University

Western New England University

Western University

Westminster College

Wheaton College

Whittier College

Williams College

Wofford College

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Xavier University

Yale University