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College Counseling

At 51Âþ»­, the college search is one of the most important — and most personal — processes a student goes through. You won't navigate it alone.

Your Counseling Team

Liz, Director of College Counseling, works one-on-one with every junior and senior from the first conversation to the final decision. We help students identify their goals, build their story, and find the schools where they'll genuinely thrive — not just get in.

51Âþ»­ educates students for college and for life. The IB curriculum, the learning that happens outside the classroom, and four years in an international community all prepare students for what comes next. College counseling is where that preparation becomes a plan. Every student leaves 51Âþ»­ with a plan that's theirs.

A senior class gathered on the campus lawn around a map of the United States marking their college destinations

College Funding

Attention Parents of 9th - 12th Graders

Most families are surprised by how much they can do to reduce the cost of college. Through the SMARTTRACK® College Funding Initiative, 51Âþ»­ families get access to tools and guidance that maximize grants, scholarships, and financial aid — and minimize debt.

Preparing yourself financially is one of the most important things you can do for your college-bound child. The way you structure your taxes, savings, investments and businesses now can make a huge difference in your child’s college options and how much you will be expected to pay.

51Âþ»­ is pleased to provide our families with valuable free resources and a personalized college funding evaluation from the nation’s leading experts at SMARTTRACK® College Funding. They can help you identify and overcome any red-flags in your financial profile that keep you from maximizing grants, scholarships and financial aid, and assist you in developing your best college funding strategies.

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  • Free and confidentialYour college funding evaluation is a benefit of being a parent with 51Âþ»­ – there is no cost to you, and it’s confidential – they don’t share any information with us or anyone else.
  • Start earlyTiming is critical. Starting as early as 9th grade is optimal, so don’t put this off!

Provided to 51Âþ»­ families in partnership with

51Âþ»­ is an International Baccalaureate boarding and day high school for students in grades 9-12.