Upper Mid Parent Program Information
SCHOOL CODE= 070880
The attention that Taft gives students comes into special focus during the college selection process. College counselors work with students throughout the uppermid (11th grade) and senior years to find the best match between student and college. We have four full-time college counselors on staff, who are able to devote all of their time during the class day and in the evenings to working with students and families throughout the various stages of the college search, application and selection process.
Through individual and group meetings, the counselors offer guidance on the many issues pertaining to college admissions. Parents are also involved, through meetings, personal conferences, e-mails, and a bimonthly newsletter from the college office.
More than 100 representatives of colleges visit Taft annually, giving students the opportunity to learn about them and enabling the counselors to maintain the rapport and professional understanding that marks Taft's relationship with these colleges. The excellence of our academic program leads to outstanding options for students' post secondary education.
Link to Naviance for seniors and uppermids who have been assigned logins
College Acceptances
From 2005 to 2009, Taft Seniors have matriculated in greatest numbers at the following colleges and universities: Amherst (11), Bates (7), Boston College (22), Boston University (19), Bowdoin (10), Brown (10), Bucknell (9), Carleton (4), Carnegie Mellon (11), Colby (11), Colgate (15), College of Charleston (6), ), William and Mary (7), Colorado College (17), Columbia (13), Connecticut College (12), Cornell (21), Dartmouth (10), Davidson (11), Denison (6), Dickinson (5), Fairfield (6), Franklin and Marshall (7), Georgetown (23), George Washington (14), Gettysburg (8), Hamilton (13), Harvard (9), Hobart (William Smith (6), Holy Cross (4), Johns Hopkins (8), Lehigh (10), Middlebury (19), Mount Holyoke (5), New York University (14), Northeastern (6), Northwestern (5), Princeton (10), Reed (6), Skidmore (5), Southern Methodist (7), St. Lawrence (14), Stanford (5), Syracuse (8), Trinity College 23), Tufts (5), Unio (6), USNA (4), UC Berkeley (5), U. of Chicago (7), U. of Colorado (4), U. of Denver (4), U. of Edinburgh (5), I. of Miami (4), U. of Pennsylvania (19), U. of Richmond (10), U. of Southern California (5), U. of Vermont (4), Vanderbilt (7), Wake Forest (15), Washington and Lee (4), Wesleyan (7), Williams (7) and Yale (10).
Meet the Staff
Terence A. Giffen
Director of College Counseling
860-945-7825
TerryGiffen@TaftSchool.org
Andrew D. McNeill
Senior Associate Director of College Counseling
860-945-7701
AndrewMcNeill@TaftSchool.org
Jason B. Honsel
Associate Director of College Counseling
860-945-7973
JasonHonsel@TaftSchool.org
Catherine D. Ganung
Associate Director of College Counseling
860-945-7983
CatherineGanung@TaftSchool.org
Cheryl A. Gatling
Office Manager
860-945-7703
CherylGatling@TaftSchool.org
Dena Torino
Testing Coordinator
860-945-7709
DenaTorino@TaftSchool.org
Office fax number: 860-945-7704
For College Representatives...
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Some Useful Links
In addition to Naviance, you might find the following sites helpful in your search:
Princeton Review
Peterson's
Index of American Universities
Campus Tours
College Board's My Road
Colleges That Change Lives
For online registrations and testing information:
The College Board-SAT registration
ACT registration
NCAA registration (click here for eligibility rules)
Financial Aid and Scholarship Information:
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
http://studentaid.ed.gov/
http://www.fastweb.com/
http://www.finaid.org/
https://profileonline.collegeboard.com/index.jsp
http://www.scholarships.com/
Online applications:
Common Application
CollegeNET's ApplyWeb
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