College Counseling
The hallmark of the SRDS college process has always been the individualized attention that is given to each of our students, counseling each to consider all of their options as well as empowering them to complete their applications which highlight their accomplishments and unique personality traits. - Karen Ferretti, Director of College Counseling
The strength of college guidance at SRDS is in the care and attention given to each student and family. At SRDS, our families receive expert college guidance that gives our students an advantage in the college admissions process. Over 100 colleges and universities visit SRDS each fall, and many of the best schools in the country want our students because they know an SRDS grad is an inspired learner who is confident, creative and accomplished.
The college counseling philosophy grows out of an unwavering confidence in our students and their readiness to engage in the transition from high school to college. We seek to empower students and support them in a decision-making process that should lead to excellent college choices. Our approach is based on the premise that each student has diverse interests, talents and goals ad that each student requires counseling that is specific to his or her needs. An open and honest dialogue among students, parents and counselor is an essential part of the college process as students begin to question, reason and reflect upon their interests and aspirations. In this supportive climate, students make informed decisions based on research, introspection and their ability to demonstrate the skills that they have honed while at Saddle River Day School.
Our Process
Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 11
Fall
- Over 100 colleges and universities visit each fall to meet with our juniors and seniors
- Junior College Night in October
- Students complete initial college counseling information form and schedule a family meeting with Ms. Ferretti. Meeting goals:
- Become more acquainted with the student and family
- Discuss senior year courses, standardized test plans, and preliminary ideas about college
- Following the meeting, Ms. Ferretti develops an initial list of schools for each student to investigate. This acts as a preliminary guide, focusing the student's research and college visit plans.
Spring
- College Counseling Workshop - During the spring, each student enrolls in a workshop that meets once per week. We teach students how to research colleges, hold mock interviews with SRDS alums and begin their college essays.
- Individual meetings with the College Office to discuss the shaping of the college list, current testing scores, summer plans and recommendation letters
Summer
- Students are encouraged to visit colleges
- Students must submit the Senior Autobiography, a reflective paper which helps seniors generate concepts for application essays
- Parents complete the Parent Narrative form
Grade 12
Summer
- "Get Your Application Done" Days. Two weeks in the summer to give students a jumpstart in the application process
Fall
- Over 100 colleges and universities visit each fall to meet with our juniors and seniors
- College Office meets with students 1:1 as often as necessary to finalize their college list
- College Counseling Workshop - continue weekly meetings
- Two additional "Get Your Application Done" days in on Saturdays in September and October
Fall and Winter and Spring
- Continue to work with each student on essays, applications, interviews and general college counseling
- Students apply to colleges Early Decision, Early Action and Regular Decision
- As the student receives college acceptances, the College Office continues to meet with and counsel students until they have made a final decision
- May 1 - All college decisions finalized! We celebrate our seniors with College Sweatshirt Day!
Past College Matriculations
- Class of 2022 Destinations
- Class of 2022 Acceptances
- Class of 2021 Destinations
- Class of 2021 Acceptances
- Class of 2020 Destinations
- Class of 2020 Acceptances
- Class of 2019 Destinations
- Class of 2019 Acceptances
- Five Year College Matriculation, 2018-2022
Class of 2022 Destinations
Barnard College
Berklee College of Music
Boston University
Central Connecticut State University
Clemson University
Colorado College
Connecticut College
Drew University
Drexel University (2)
Elon University (Business Fellow)
Fairfield University (2)
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Hamilton College
Indiana University (Bloomington)
Lafayette College
Middlebury College
Northeastern University
Pennsylvania State University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rutgers University
Sacred Heart University
Salve Regina University
San Diego State University (Weber Honors College)
Savannah College of Art & Design
Seton Hall University
Stevens Institute of Technology
University of California Irvine
University of California Santa Barbara
University of Georgia
University of Miami (2)
University of Michigan
University of Mississippi
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (2)
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
University of Rochester
University of Virginia (Jefferson Scholar)
University of Washington (Seattle)
Wake Forest University
Wesleyan University
Class of 2022 Acceptances
American University (1)
Arcadia University (1)
Barnard College (1)
Bentley University (1)
Berklee College of Music (1)
Binghamton University (2)
Boston University (2)
Brandeis University (1)
Brown University (1)
Bryant University (1)
Case Western Reserve University (1)
Central Connecticut State University (1)
Clemson University (3)
College of Charleston (1)
College of Mount Saint Vincent (1)
Colorado College (1)
Colorado State University (Fort Collins) (1)
Concordia University (Montreal) (1)
Connecticut College (1)
Dickinson College (1)
Drew University (1)
Drexel University (5)
Elon University (2)
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Prescott) (1)
Emory University (1)
Endicott College (1)
Fairfield University (3)
Fairleigh Dickinson University (Metropolitan Campus) (2)
Fisk University (1)
Florida State University (1)
Fordham University (3)
George Washington University (2)
Georgetown University (2)
Hamilton College (1)
Haverford College (1)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (1)
Hofstra University (1)
Indiana University (Bloomington) (4)
Ithaca College (1)
James Madison University (2)
Johnson & Wales University (Providence) (1)
Lafayette College (1)
Loyola University Marylan (3)
Lynn University (1)
Marist College (1)
Middlebury College (1)
Monmouth University (1)
Montclair State University (1)
New York Institute of Technology (1)
New York University (1)
North Carolina State University (1)
Northeastern University (1)
Nova Southeastern University (1)
Oberlin College (1)
Pace University (New York City) (3)
Penn State University (University Park) (5)
Quinnipiac University (1)
Ramapo College of New Jersey (2)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1)
Rhode Island College (1)
Rider University (1)
Rochester Institute of Technology (3)
Rollins College (1)
Rowan University (1)
Rutgers University (New Brunswick) (4)
Sacred Heart University 2)
Saint Anselm College (1)
Saint Michael's College (1)
Salve Regina University (1)
San Diego State University (1)
Savannah College of Art and Design (1)
Seton Hall University (1)
Siena College (1)
Skidmore College (1)
Spelman College (1)
St. Bonaventure University (1)
Stevens Institute of Technology (1)
Stockton University (1)
Stonehill College (1)
Susquehanna University (1)
Syracuse University (3)
The College of New Jersey (1)
The College of William and Mary (1)
The Ohio State University (3)
The University of Tampa (1)
The University of Texas at Austin (2)
Towson University (1)
Tulane University of Louisiana (2)
University of Arizona (1)
University of California (Davis) (1)
University of California (Irvine) (2)
University of California (San Diego) (1)
University of California (Santa Barbara) (1)
University of California (Santa Cruz) (1)
University of Colorado Boulder (3)
University of Connecticut (1)
University of Delaware (3)
University of Georgia (1)
University of Hartford (2)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1)
University of Massachusetts (Amherst) (1)
University of Massachusetts (Dartmouth) (1)
University of Miami (3)
University of Michigan (2)
University of Mississippi (1)
University of New Hampshire (Main Campus) (1)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2)
University of Oregon (1)
University of Pennsylvania (1)
University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh) (2)
University of Richmond (1)
University of Rochester (1)
University of Scranton (1)
University of South Carolina (Beaufort) (1)
University of Vermont (1)
University of Virginia (Main Campus) (1)
University of Washington (Seattle Campus) (1)
University of Wisconsin (Madison) (2)
Wake Forest University (1)
Washington University in St. Louis (1)
Wesleyan University (2)
Class of 2021 Destinations
Agnes Scott College
Alvernia University
Auburn University
Boston University (3)
Bryn Mawr College
Colgate University
Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
DeSales University
Denison University
Emerson College
Emory University
George Washington University
Indiana University (Bloomington) (2)
Marywood University
Muhlenberg College
New York University (3)
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Quinnipiac University
Rochester Institute of Technology (2)
Rutgers University (New Brunswick) (2)
Stevens Institute of Technology (2)
The University of Tampa
Tufts University
Tulane University of Louisiana
University of California (Santa Barbara)
University of Miami
Villanova University
Wake Forest University
Class of 2021 Acceptances
American University (2)
Babson College
Bates College
Belmont University
Binghamton University (4)
Boston University(3)
Bryant University (2)
University of California-Berkeley
College of Charleston
Clemson University
University of Colorado Boulder
Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Connecticut College
University of Connecticut
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
University of Delaware(2)
DeSales University
Drew University(2)
Drexel University(3)
Elon University (2)
Emerson College (2)
Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
Fairfield University (3)
Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus
FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-Los Angeles
Fordham University (5)
Franklin and Marshall College (2)
George Washington University (4)
Hamilton College
University of Hartford
Hartwick College
High Point University (2)
Hofstra University
College of the Holy Cross
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Indiana University-Bloomington (3)
Ithaca College (4)
James Madison University
Lafayette College (2)
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Maryland (7)
Lynn University
Manhattan College
Marist College (4)
University of Maryland-College Park
Marymount Manhattan College
University of Massachusetts-Amherst (3)
Mercer University
Miami University-Oxford (2)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Monmouth University
Moravian College
Mount Saint Mary College
Muhlenberg College (2)
New Jersey Institute of Technology
The College of New Jersey (2)
New York University (5)
Northeastern University (4)
Northwestern University
University of Notre Dame
Pace University-New York (5)
Parsons School of Design
Pennsylvania State University (3)
University of Pittsburgh (3)
Providence College (4)
Purdue University
Quinnipiac University (5)
Radford University
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Randolph-Macon College (2)
University of Rhode Island (2)
University of Richmond
Rochester Institute of Technology (2)
University of Rochester (2)
Roger Williams University (3)
Rollins College
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Rutgers University-New Brunswick (5)
Sacred Heart University (3)
Salve Regina University
San Diego State University
Savannah College of Art and Design
Seton Hall University
Siena College
University of Southern California
St. John's University
Stanford University
Stevens Institute of Technology (2)
Stony Brook University, State University of New York (2)
Syracuse University (5)
Towson University
Tulane University
Utica College
Wake Forest University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Xavier University
Class of 2020 Destinations
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
BATES COLLEGE
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS
DREW UNIVERSITY
DREXEL UNIVERSITY
EMERSON COLLEGE
FIDM-FASHION INSTITUTE OF DESIGN
& MERCHANDISING-LA
HAMILTON COLLEGE
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND
MARIST COLLEGE
MOUNT SAINT MARY COLLEGE
MUHLENBERG COLLEGE
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (4)
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY (2)
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
PACE UNIVERSITY-NEW YORK
PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY (2)
RADFORD UNIVERSITY
RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK
SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
Class of 2020 Acceptances
American University (2)
Babson College
Bates College
Belmont University
Binghamton University (4)
Boston University(3)
Bryant University (2)
University of California-Berkeley
College of Charleston
Clemson University
University of Colorado Boulder
Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Connecticut College
University of Connecticut
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
University of Delaware(2)
DeSales University
Drew University(2)
Drexel University(3)
Elon University (2)
Emerson College (2)
Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
Fairfield University (3)
Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus
FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-Los Angeles
Fordham University (5)
Franklin and Marshall College (2)
George Washington University (4)
Hamilton College
University of Hartford
Hartwick College
High Point University (2)
Hofstra University
College of the Holy Cross
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Indiana University-Bloomington (3)
Ithaca College (4)
James Madison University
Lafayette College (2)
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Maryland (7)
Lynn University
Manhattan College
Marist College (4)
University of Maryland-College Park
Marymount Manhattan College
University of Massachusetts-Amherst (3)
Mercer University
Miami University-Oxford (2)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Monmouth University
Moravian College
Mount Saint Mary College
Muhlenberg College (2)
New Jersey Institute of Technology
The College of New Jersey (2)
New York University (5)
Northeastern University (4)
Northwestern University
University of Notre Dame
Pace University-New York (5)
Parsons School of Design
Pennsylvania State University (3)
University of Pittsburgh (3)
Providence College (4)
Purdue University
Quinnipiac University (5)
Radford University
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Randolph-Macon College (2)
University of Rhode Island (2)
University of Richmond
Rochester Institute of Technology (2)
University of Rochester (2)
Roger Williams University (3)
Rollins College
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Rutgers University-New Brunswick (5)
Sacred Heart University (3)
Salve Regina University
San Diego State University
Savannah College of Art and Design
Seton Hall University
Siena College
University of Southern California
St. John's University
Stanford University
Stevens Institute of Technology (2)
Stony Brook University, State University of New York (2)
Syracuse University (5)
Towson University
Tulane University
Utica College
Wake Forest University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Xavier University
Class of 2019 Destinations
American University
Arizona State University
Boston College
Boston University
Bucknell University (2)
Clark University
Colgate University
College of Charleston (2)
Colorado School of Mines
Concordia College
Dickinson College
Duke University
Fordham University (2)
George Washington University (2)
Hartwick College
Haverford College
Indiana University at Bloomington (2)
Ithaca College
Lafayette College
Muhlenberg College (2)
New York University
Norwich University
Parsons School of Design (4)
Quinnipiac University
Rutgers University (2)
St. Francis College
Stetson University
Stevens Institute of Technology
SUNY College at Geneseo
Syracuse University (2)
Union College
University of Connecticut
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Miami (2)
University of Michigan
University of Ottawa
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
Villanova University
Washington University of St. Louis
Wesleyan University
York College of Pennsylvania
Class of 2019 Acceptances
The University of Alabama (2)
American University
Arizona State University
The University of Arizona (4)
Auburn University
Bard College (4)
Bentley University
Binghamton University (5)
Boston College (2)
Boston University (2)
Bryant University
Bucknell University (2)
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz
College of Charleston (2)
Clark University (2)
Colgate University
University of Colorado at Boulder (2)
Colorado School of Mines
Concordia College - New York
University of Connecticut (4)
University of Delaware (2)
Dickinson College (2)
Drew University (3)
Drexel University (4)
Duke University
Elon University (2)
Emerson College
Fairfield University (2)
Fashion Institute of Technology
Fordham University (7)
George Mason University
The George Washington University (5)
Gettysburg College
Goucher College
Guilford College
Hartwick College
Haverford College
High Point University
Hofstra University (3)
Indiana University at Bloomington (9)
Ithaca College
Muhlenberg College (3)
Jacksonville University
James Madison University (2)
Lafayette College
Lehigh University
Long Island University, Brooklyn
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University New Orleans
University of Maryland, College Park (2)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (4)
University of Miami (2)
University of Michigan
University of New Hampshire at Durham (2)
New Jersey Institute of Technology (3)
The College of New Jersey (2)
New York University
Norwich University
University of Ottawa
Pace University
Parsons School of Design (4)
Pennsylvania State University (3)
Pepperdine University
Pratt Institute (2)
Providence College (2)
Quinnipiac University (4)
Ramapo College of New Jersey
University of Rhode Island (2)
University of Richmond
Ringling College of Art and Design
Roanoke College
University of Rochester
Roger Williams University
Rutgers University-New Brunswick (10)
Saint Joseph's University
Sarah Lawrence College
Savannah College of Art and Design (2)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
School of Visual Arts
The University of Scranton
Skidmore College (3)
St. Francis College
State University of New York at New Paltz
Stetson University
Stevens Institute of Technology
Stony Brook University
SUNY College at Cortland
SUNY College at Geneseo
Susquehanna University
Syracuse University (5)
The University of Tampa (2)
Temple University (2)
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
The Ohio State University
Tulane University
Union College
The University of Queensland
Ursinus College
University of Vermont
Villanova University (2)
Virginia Tech
Washington University in St. Louis
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Western Colorado University
University of Wisconsin, Madison
York College of Pennsylvania
*(#) indicates student acceptances
Five Year College Matriculation, 2018-2022
Agnes Scott College
Alvernia University
American University (4)
Arizona State University
Auburn University
Babson College
Bard College
Barnard College
Bates College (2)
Binghamton University Honors
Boston College (5)
Boston University (15)
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University (2)
CUNY Hunter College Honors
California Polytechnic University
Carnegie Mellon University
Clark University
Colgate University (2)
College of Charleston (2)
College of New Jersey (4)
College of the Holy Cross
Colorado College (2)
Colorado State University
Colorado School of the Mines
Columbia University
Connecticut College
Concordia College
DeSales University
Denison University
Dickinson College
Drew University (4)
Drexel University (3)
Duke University
Eastman School of Music
Emerson College (2)
Emory University (3)
Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida State University
Fordham University (6)
Franklin & Marshall College
George Washington University (5)
Georgetown University
Gettysburg College
Hamilton College (3)
Hartwick College
Haverford College
High Point University (3)
Hobart William Smith Colleges
Indiana University – Bloomington (4)
Ithaca College (2)
Jewish Theological Seminary/Columbia University Dual Degree
Johnson & Wales University (2)
Lafayette College
Lehigh University
Loyola Marymount University (2)
Loyola University – Maryland
Manhattan College
Marist College
Marymount Manhattan College
Marywood University
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
McGill University
Middlebury College
Monmouth University
Mount St. Mary’s College
Muhlenberg College (7)
New York University (17)
Northeastern University (7)
Northwestern University (4)
Norwich University
Oberlin College
Pace University
Parsons College of Design (6)
Pennsylvania State University
Providence College (3)
Quinnipiac University (7)
Radford University
Ramapo College of NJ
Randolph-Macon College
Rochester Institute of Technology (2)
Roger Williams University
Rutgers University (6)
SUNY College at Geneseo
SUNY Oneonta
Salve Regina University
Santa Clara University
Savannah College of Art and Design
School of Visual Arts
Skidmore College
St. John’s University
Stanford University (2)
Stetson University
Stevens Institute of Technology (3)
Suffolk University
Syracuse University (10)
Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
Tufts University (2)
Tulane University
Union College
University of Arizona
University of California- Berkeley (2)
University of California - Santa Barbara
University of California – Santa Cruz (2)
University of Connecticut (2)
University of Delaware (4)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Maryland
University of Massachusetts (Boston)
University of Miami (5)
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2)
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania (3)
University of Pittsburgh
University of Richmond
University of Rochester (2)
University of Scranton (2)
University of Southern California
University of St. Andrews (Scotland)
University of Tampa (2)
University of Vermont
University of Virginia
University of Washington
Villanova University (6)
Wake Forest University (2)
Washington University in St. Louis (2)
Wesleyan University (2)
York College Pennsylvania