
College Advising
The college search and application process is an opportunity for students to exercise their decision-making skills and independence. Brearley offers a comprehensive college advising program that builds upon the personal and academic advising given in earlier years and begins formally in the fall of Class XI. The students meet in seminars with the college advisors throughout Class XI and through the fall of the senior year.
In the second half of Class XI, girls begin to meet individually with the advisor in a series of conversations that eventually include their parents. The process is a very personal one in which the advisor comes to know each girl well and is thus prepared to serve as her advocate throughout the college application process. As the school’s representative to the colleges, the college advisor writes a lengthy letter of recommendation for each student that draws upon her knowledge of each girl; the recommendation is supplemented by substantial commentary from teachers and advisors and is endorsed by the Head of the School.
The college advisor is available as counselor and editor as the students complete their applications, and she remains a source of information and guidance until a student has made the decision about which college she will attend. While the primary relationship is forged with the student, the college advisor serves as a resource for parents as they, too, navigate the college application process. Our students’ college choices reflect the strength of their academic preparation and the self-knowledge that are the culmination of their Brearley experience.
Carolyn W. Clark
Director of College Advising
The College Office
College Enrollment: 2021–2025

Harvard University
25 Attending

Columbia University
21 Attending

Cornell University
20 Attending

University of Chicago
18 Attending

Yale University
18 Attending

University of Pennsylvania
15 Attending

Williams College
11 Attending

Brown University
10 Attending

Princeton University
10 Attending

Georgetown University
8 Attending

Northwestern University
7 Attending

Colgate University
6 Attending

New York University
6 Attending

Amherst College
5 Attending

Dartmouth College
5 Attending

Tufts University
5 Attending

University of Michigan
5 Attending

University of Virginia
5 Attending

Emory University
4 Attending

Hamilton College
4 Attending

Middlebury College
4 Attending

Stanford University
4 Attending

Boston College
3 Attending

Bucknell University
3 Attending

Duke University
3 Attending

Kenyon College
3 Attending

Lafayette College
3 Attending

Oberlin College
3 Attending

Pomona College
3 Attending

Trinity College
3 Attending

University St. Andrews
3 Attending

Wake Forest University
3 Attending

Bowdoin College
2 Attending

Davidson College
2 Attending

George Washington University
2 Attending

Howard University
2 Attending

Macaulay Honors College at CUNY
2 Attending

Rice University
2 Attending

Swarthmore College
2 Attending

Tulane University
2 Attending

University of California, Los Angeles
2 Attending

Vanderbilt University
2 Attending

Vassar College
2 Attending

Wellesley College
2 Attending

Wesleyan University
2 Attending

Adelphi University
1 Attending

American University in Paris
1 Attending

Barnard College
1 Attending

Bennington College
1 Attending

California Institute of Technology
1 Attending

Carleton College
1 Attending

Carnegie Mellon University
1 Attending

Case Western Reserve University
1 Attending

Colby College
1 Attending

College of William and Mary
1 Attending

Connecticut College
1 Attending

Denison University
1 Attending

Eastman School of Music
1 Attending

Haverford College
1 Attending

Johns Hopkins University
1 Attending

Loyola University of New Orleans
1 Attending

Macalester College
1 Attending

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1 Attending

McGill University
1 Attending

Occidental College
1 Attending

Purdue University
1 Attending

Smith College
1 Attending

Southern Methodist University
1 Attending

Stony Brook University
1 Attending

United States Military Academy: West Point
1 Attending

University of Cambridge
1 Attending

University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill
1 Attending

University of Richmond
1 Attending

University of Southern California
1 Attending

University of Vermont
1 Attending

Washington University in St. Louis
1 Attending
