College Prep & Readiness

Just as we believe there is not a one-size-fits-all education, we believe there is not a one-size-fits-all plan for our graduates. For this reason, Sterne high school students and their families are afforded intensive, highly personalized support for college planning beginning in 9th grade and continuing until graduation.

Our college counseling team works to help students find the right-fit college, informed by learning profile, strengths, interests, personality, and family dynamics. This process, combined with our focus on readiness, gives students the tools to be successful in college and beyond.

Scope and Sequence

9th Grade: Interest and involvement

We understand that our students’ post-secondary paths are heavily influenced by the choices they make throughout high school, so together, we develop a personalized set of goals for each student, and an action plan for achieving those goals over their four years at Sterne.

Individual freshman transition meetings
Interest inventories and personality test
Volunteer experiences
Involvement in Sterne activities
Parent presentations

10th Grade: Career exploration

11th Grade: College and post-secondary exploration

During 11th grade, students begin to research and learn about colleges, gap year programs, trade programs, and job opportunities, with the goal of creating a college list and preparing for post-secondary goals. 12th grade students receive individualized weekly support with college applications and timelines. We offer support for ACT and SAT accommodations as well as ACT and SAT test preparation. College visits and concurrent enrollment courses are arranged on an individualized basis.

Individual student meetings
Junior post-secondary workshops
College exploration workshops
Personal statement preparation
Volunteer experiences
Involvement and leadership in activities
Parent presentations
Parent/student post-secondary planning meeting

12th Grade: College, training, and work preparation

12-grade students participate in Senior Seminar. As part of this program, they take on a “Passages” project—an internship, volunteership, job, Teaching Assistantship, or college course enrollment designed to hone in on academic and career interests and inform post-secondary planning.

Parent/student post-secondary preparation meeting
Senior Seminar
Senior office hours, including college application support
Parent presentations
Individual parent meetings throughout the year

Learn more about Passages

The Sterne College Planning Team

Laura Corleto
College Advisor

Louann Katz-Curtis
High School Counselor

COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES, LAST FIVE YEARS

Adelphi University
American University
Arizona State University
Beacon College
Beloit College
Bennington College
Berkeley City College
California College of the Arts
California Lutheran University
Cal Poly Humboldt
CSU Channel Islands
CSU Chico
CSU East Bay
CSU Fresno
CSU Long Beach
CSU Sacramento
CSU Sonoma
Champlain College
City College of San Francisco
College of Marin
College of Wooster
Colorado State University
Columbia College, Chicago
Curry College
Dillard University
Fisk University
Fitchburg State University
Gustavus Adolphus
Hawaii Pacific University
High Point University
Hofstra University
Landmark College
Laney Community College
Lawrence University
Lewis & Clark College
Linfield College
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University
Lynn University
Manhattanville College
Marist College
Mercy College
Michigan State University
Mitchell College
The New School, Parsons School of Design
New York Film Academy, Burbank
Northern Arizona University
Notre Dame de Namur
Oregon State University
Pace University
Pacific University
Paul Quinn College
Portland Community College
Pyramind Music & Audio Production Institute
San Francisco State University
San Jose State University
Saint Edward’s University
Saint Mary’s College of California
Saint Michael’s University
Santa Barbara City College
Santa Rosa Junior College
Savannah College of Art & Design
Seattle University
Southern Oregon University
Southwestern University
Springfield College
University of Arizona
UC Berkeley
UC Merced
UC Santa Cruz
University of Cincinnati
University of Denver
University of Hawaii, Manoa
University of Mississippi
University of New England
University of Oregon
University of Portland
University of Puget Sound
University of San Francisco
University of the Pacific
University of Utah
University of Vermont
Western New England University
Whitman College
Whittier College
Willamette University
Xavier University of Louisiana

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