College Counseling

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Taft views the college counseling process as an integral part of the school's educational mission because the process is rich in opportunities for student learning and growth. In college counseling, we are committed to supporting students along the college application journey; we want every student to attend a great-fit college. Taft students invest a lot of time and energy into many important creative and intellectual pursuits, and when met with the question, “What’s next after Taft?” we take our roles as educators around the college process very seriously. We work hard to get to know colleges and universities as well as college admissions officers so that we can best advise students throughout the process.

Importantly, the college process at Taft is about more than just applying to college. In today’s world, it is very important that students know how to articulate their own stories and dreams, as well as their understanding of their place in the communities in which they exist. College counseling works in concert with the goals of the Portrait of a Graduate to teach students how to engage with this process using a growth mindset and self-reflection. It is important that students know how to articulate their story — their values, experiences, and dreams — to admissions officers. But understanding oneself is a lifelong skill that will serve them well long after the college process.

While engaging in this type of reflection, the college office encourages students and families to stay open-minded and thoughtful throughout the process. The college counselors help students think through the various stages of the college application process while also encouraging them to dig deeper within themselves to use this process as an opportunity for growth.

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2025 Spring College Fair

McCullough Athletic Center

Thursday, April 17, 2025

7:00—8:30 PM

You are cordially invited to join us for our annual spring college fair at The Taft School. Our entire junior class will attend the fair, and they will be at a point in the college counseling process when they are most open-minded and curious. We have already begun to work with the Class of 2026 to help them shape their thinking and formulate questions about their college aspirations.

While the fair itself will begin at 7:00pm, we will be offering a light dinner from 6:00pm – 7:00pm. You are welcome to arrive and set up any time after 5:30pm. In addition to Taft students, students from Westover School, and local public high schools will be in attendance.

To accept our invitation, please register via Naviance RepVisits. Once your registration has been submitted, you will receive an email confirmation with a link to our campus map. We hope to see you this spring!

Difficulty registering? Questions? Please email Cheryl Gatling-Galloway

College Acceptances

Over the past five years (2020–2024), Taft students enrolled at 191 different colleges and universities in 39 states, the District of Columbia, and six foreign countries. During the same period, five or more students enrolled at each of the following schools:

Amherst College, 10
Babson College, 8
Barnard College, 6
Bates College, 8
Boston College, 14
Boston University, 9
Bowdoin College, 6
Brown University, 19
Bucknell University, 18
Carnegie Mellon University, 5
Colby College, 8
Colgate University, 8
College of the Holy Cross, 7
Colorado College, 9
Columbia University, 6
Cornell University, 22
Dartmouth College, 9
Duke University, 10
Emory University, 5
Georgetown University, 34
Gettysburg College, 7
Hamilton College, 9
Harvard University, 11
Hobart William Smith Colleges, 5
Indiana University-Bloomington, 5
Johns Hopkins University, 6
McGill University, 6
Middlebury College, 11
New York University, 17
Northeastern University, 13
Pennsylvania State University, 5
Princeton University, 6
Santa Clara University, 6
Southern Methodist University, 21
The George Washington University, 5
Trinity College, 16
Tufts University, 8
Tulane University, 15
University of California-Berkeley, 9
University of California-Los Angeles, 5
University of Chicago, 6
University of Colorado Boulder, 9
University of Connecticut, 8
University of Miami, 17
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor,13
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 9
University of Notre Dame, 8
University of Pennsylvania, 17
University of Richmond, 18
University of Rochester, 5
University of San Diego, 5
University of Southern California, 9
University of St. Andrews, 11
University of Texas at Austin, 7
University of Virginia, 14
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 11
Villanova University, 6
Wake Forest University, 14
Washington and Lee University, 10
Washington University in St. Louis, 5
Wesleyan University, 13
Yale University, 16

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Meet Our Team

Lydia Mann

Director of College Counseling

Carla Ambrosini

Testing Coordinator

Steffon Gales

Associate Director of College Counseling

Catherine Ganung

Senior Associate Director of College Counseling

Cheryl Gatling-Galloway

Administrative Assistant, College Counseling

Jon Gottsegen

Associate Director of College Counseling

Max Rosner

Associate Director of College Counseling

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"The college process is often thought of as a series of steps: research schools, visit, take tests, apply, and choose. However, when done well, the college process is also a time when you can get to know yourself better. You get to examine where you've come from and dream about where you are going. The college office at Taft will encourage you to use this process as a time for larger personal growth that will serve you well long after you have graduated from college."

—lydia Mann, Director of College Counseling

Fast Fact

More than 100 representatives of colleges visit Taft each year, 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.