College Counseling Blog
Welcome to Berkshire's College Counseling Blog. Check back for regular updates on the college admission process, important dates, and tips from our office.
If you have questions, please email collegeoffice@berkshireschool.org
Andrea Bowler - Director of College Counseling
As July steadily speeds along, we are writing with a few reminders about your summer college planning "homework." The more work that you're able to complete before the start of your sixth-form year, the easier you will find the demands of the fall and the more successful your process will be.
Your summer assignment covers.....
Andrea Bowler - Director of College Counseling
We’ve spent the last few weeks following up with many Sixth Formers as they finalize their matriculation decisions for next September. We are writing to ask you to confirm the information we have regarding your child’s final decision. Please check your Naviance Student page to make sure that we have the correct college or university listed...
Andrea Bowler - Director of College Counseling
We are reaching out to you from the College Counseling Office to welcome you to Berkshire. We are genuinely excited that you have joined the Class of 2027. As new families, we want to ensure that you have access to the entire college counseling staff and all of our resources over the summer and as we head into the fall.
Andrea Bowler - Director of College Counseling
The College Counseling Office frequently reaches out to parents and guardians to communicate ways for you to support your child’s college process, or with checklists of things for your child to do. As we begin to look ahead to summer, we have developed a Family Questionnaire, in order to assist our efforts as a college counseling team. This questionnaire helps us write thoughtful and thorough counselor letters of recommendation in support of your child’s application.....
Andrea Bowler - Director of College Counseling
We hope this email finds you all well and, like us, excited to be nearing the conclusion of the college process for the talented Class of 2026 as you ready yourselves for their well-deserved graduation from Berkshire on Friday, May 22!
We write simply with a final reminder to ensure that your child has successfully deposited at a college or university before the May 1 deadline. Students that have already deposited at a college need to withdraw their other applications. The process for securing a student’s place next fall is straightforward....