The College Counseling Office looks forward to the opportunity to work with individual students and families beginning in
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the Fourth Form year. Until then, we hope you will use this Underformer’s Guide to enhance your Lawrenceville experience and simultaneously create a strong foundation for your eventual college process. Additionally, the College Counseling Office offers the following opportunities for Underform students and their parents to gather information, to ask questions and to learn about the college process:
A Parents of Underformers are welcome to attend the Winter Gathering Sunday Seminars to hear
presentations on specific topics such as financial aid, multi-cultural issues and college athletic recruiting. A Students have the opportunity to ask questions about
appropriate courseloads and schedules on Scheduling Day in the spring. College counselors are happy to address both current class choices and long term academic considerations during this event. Students’ time at Lawrenceville goes quickly, unfortunately, and the college search will come faster than you think. We feel confident that if students “do Lawrenceville well” and follow the advice
A At the beginning of each academic year we will send
within this Guide, they will both enjoy their overall experience and
all students a letter which highlights the important points to consider at that particular stage in their Lawrenceville career, much of which resonates with the information in this Underformer’s Guide.
arrive at their college search in the Fourth Form year fully prepared
A On Parents’ Weekend the College Counseling Office
offers a Q & A session for Underform families. At this session, parents will have the opportunity to ask specific questions about the college process and other issues related to the Lawrenceville experience.
to embrace the process. We look forward to seeing you then! Jeffrey Durso-Finley & Holly Burks Becker Co-Directors of College Counseling