Learn More About College Guidance
See how Browning's individualized college guidance program and junior/senior college trip leads students to their best-fit colleges and universities.
Putting the Boys’ Needs First
Browning School’s approach to college counseling puts the boy at the center of the experience. Our small size guarantees that every student gets the individual attention necessary to make his college process successful.
We believe that there is no one perfect school for a boy and our process is designed to uncover institutions at which our students will truly thrive. Starting with their entry into high school, Grade 9 boys and their families begin a relationship with the guidance office so that they can be well prepared for life beyond Browning. The annual college trip for both juniors and seniors provides a unique opportunity to visit a variety of different colleges and universities under the supervision of the Director of College Guidance and other faculty members.
College Trip
Every fall, Browning’s Grade 11 and Grade 12 students visit regional colleges and universities. Students will visit several different public and private institutions exposing them to the breadth and variety of schools available to them. Doing this with their peers and teachers sparks further discussion of what schools may be right for them and guarantees that they will be exposed to more than a dozen schools before they have submitted applications.
Visits in the past five years have included: Bates College, Bowdoin College, Brown University, Colby College, Colgate University, Connecticut College, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Hamilton College, Johns Hopkins University, Middlebury College, University of Rochester, Syracuse University, Union College, University of Vermont, University of Virginia, Williams College and Yale University.
Director of College Guidance Sanford Pelz ’71 reviews the college search process with a Browning family.
Classes of 2020-24 Matriculations
Boston College 8
University of Pennsylvania 7
Emory University 6
Colgate University 5
Cornell University 4
Dartmouth College 4
Lehigh University 4
University of Miami 4
Middlebury College 4
New York University 4
University of Rochester 4
Southern Methodist University 4
Tulane University 4
Columbia University 3
Fordham University 3
Georgetown University 3
Hamilton College 3
Tufts University 3
Vanderbilt University 3
Wake Forest University 3
American University 2
Boston University 2
Brown University 2
Bucknell University 2
University of California - Santa Barbara 2
Case Western Reserve University 2
Franklin & Marshall College 2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2
University of St. Andrews 2
Syracuse University 2
Amherst College
Bard College
Butler University
University of California - Los Angeles
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Chicago
Colby College
Connecticut College
Denison University
Dickinson College
Ecole Hoteliere Lausanne
Elon University
Gettysburg College
Harvey Mudd College
Harvard University
Haverford College
High Point University
Indiana University - Bloomington
Istituto Europeo di Design
Johns Hopkins University
Lafayette College
Loyola Marymount University
Miami University
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
New England Conservatory of Music
CUNY - City College
CUNY - John Jay College
SUNY - University at Albany
SUNY - Oswego
SUNY - Purchase
Northwestern University
Occidental College
Oxford College
Pomona College
Pratt Institute of Technology
Purdue University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Stanford University
University of Texas - Austin
Union College
University of Virginia
Washington University in St. Louis
Whitman College
The College of William and Mary
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Yale University
Class of 2024 Offers of Admission
Drexel University (5)
University of Miami (5)
SUNY - University at Buffalo (5)
Case Western Reserve University (4)
Boston University (3)
Fordham University (3)
Lehigh University (3)
Miami University (3)
SUNY - Binghamton University (3)
Rutgers University (3)
University of St. Andrews (3)
Syracuse University (3)
Union College (3)
Villanova University (3)
American University (2)
University of Arizona (2)
Colgate University (2)
University of Connecticut (2)
Emory University (2)
Fairfield University (2)
Indiana University - Bloomington (2)
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (2)
SUNY - Stony Brook University (2)
Northeastern University (2)
University of Pennsylvania (2)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2)
Rochester Institute of Technology (2)
University of Rochester (2)
Tufts University (2)
Tulane University (2)
University of Virginia (2)
Arizona State University
Boston College
Bucknell University
University of California - Irvine
University of California - Los Angeles
University of California - Santa Barbara
Carnegie Mellon University
Clark University
Columbia University
Connecticut College
Cornell University
Elon University
University of Florida - Gainesville
Franklin University in Switzerland
Georgetown University
University of Hartford
Johns Hopkins University
Loyola University
Marquette University
University of Maryland
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
McGill University
Michigan State University
Middlebury College
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Northwestern University
Ohio State University
Pace University
Pennsylvania State University
St. Lawrence University
Santa Clara University
University of Southern California
Southern Methodist University
Texas A&M University
Trinity College
Vanderbilt University
University of Vermont
Wake Forest University
Washington University in St. Louis
University of Wisconsin - Madison