College Counseling

The College Counseling Office is committed to working with our students beginning in freshman year to guide and encourage them as they navigate the college admissions process.

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Committed to Our Students

The College Counseling Office is committed to working with our students beginning in their freshman year to guide and encourage them as they navigate the college admissions process. We work collaboratively alongside each student to ensure that he/she meets important deadlines, researches a wide array of colleges, registers for tests, and successfully completes applications. We are dedicated to ensuring that our students are well-prepared as they tackle any challenges they may face while working to achieve their goals in high school, while also working with them to develop a groundwork for success in their higher education aspirations.

Meetings will be held with parents regularly throughout the four-year college preparatory and application process. Parents will also be kept abreast of information concerning financial aid and graduation requirements.

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Freshman Year

The introduction to the college application process begins freshman year by encouraging students and their parents to log onto Naviance, a robust college search engine. One key tool that Naviance offers is the Learning Style Inventory (LSI), an online assessment which diagnoses students’ unique learning styles based on an analysis of their personal preferences in 22 different areas. A personally tailored report identifies each student’s unique environmental, emotional, sociological, and physical preferences. This information can then be used to personalize the college search process based on each student’s strengths. Early on in the college application process we also work on resume building with a focus on meaningful extra-curricular activities.
Sophomore Year

During students' sophomore year, we work with students to delve deeper into the vast features of Naviance with a special focus on the Needs Assessment, PLAN test interpretation, and the Personality Type Survey. We also encourage students to consider taking a college summer course and to visit one or two schools. This is done so that the student can start to formulate an idea of what their ideal college would be like.
Junior Year

During students' junior year, we begin to formulate a plan for higher education with a focus on intensive college research. A Career Interest Inventory test is also administered. Periodic small group workshops covering several topics related to the college application process, including essay writing, college visits, EA, ED I, ED II, SAT’s, ACT, SAT Subject Tests, and important deadlines, are offered for juniors and seniors. College visits are highly encouraged.
Senior Year

In students' senior year, we meet with students to discuss, review, and enhance essays and resumes, as well as finalize college choices and submit applications.

Opportunities

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College Fair | Current List of Colleges Attending

Adelphi University
Albertus Magnus College
Alfred University
Assumption University
Binghamton University
College of Mount Saint Vincent
College of the Holy Cross
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
CUNY Brooklyn College
CUNY City College of New York
CUNY College of Staten Island
CUNY FH LaGuardia Community College
CUNY Hunter College
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
CUNY Medgar Evers College
CUNY York College
Dominican University
Drexel University
Emmanuel College
Fairfield University
Fordham University
Franklin and Marshall College
Gordon College
Hartwick College
Hofstra University
Iona University
King's College
La Salle University
Lafayette College
Le Moyne College
Liberty University
LIM College
Long Island University–Brooklyn
Loyola University Maryland
Loyola University New Orleans
Maine Maritime Academy
Manhattan College
Manhattanville College
Marist College
Mercy College
Misericordia University
Molloy University
Monroe College-New Rochelle
Moravian University
Mount Saint Mary College
New York Film Academy
New York Institute of Technology
Pace University
Pennsylvania State University
Providence College
Regis University
Rutgers University
Sacred Heart University
Saint Joseph's University
Salve Regina University
Seton Hall University
St Bonaventure University
St. Francis College
St. John's University-New York
St. Joseph’s University - New York
St. Thomas Aquinas College
SUNY Albany
SUNY Brockport
SUNY College at Geneseo
SUNY College at Old Westbury
SUNY College at Oswego
SUNY College of Technology at Canton
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi
SUNY Cortland
SUNY Farmingdale
SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology
SUNY Maritime College
SUNY New Paltz
Syracuse University
The Catholic University of America
The College of New Jersey
The College of Saint Rose
Touro College
United States Naval Academy
University of Connecticut
University of New Haven
University of San Francisco
University of Scranton
Ursinus College
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
Villanova University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Wagner College
Western Governors University
Xavier University

Updated 4.17.23
College Visits

Each week a variety of different colleges and universities are stationed in a common area outside of the cafeteria so that students can learn about different schools at their leisure.
On-Site Decisions

On-Site Decisions - Many schools visit Xaverian in order to provide our students with immediate acceptance decisions and financial aid information.
Questions for the College Admissions Representative

Click here for a quick-reference list of questions you should ask a College Admissions Representative.