College Counseling

MEET THE COLLEGE COUNSELING TEAM

Dawn Bickoff Senior Associate Director of College Counseling

Drew Guarino Associate Director of College Counseling

Danielle Cohen, College Counseling Associate

RECENT ACCEPTANCES

"Our position on the college admissions process centers on discovering the most competitive match/fit for each student."
Joe Runge, Director of College Counseling

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The College Counseling Philosophy

Carrollwood Day School's college counseling philosophy centers on a five-year developmental program that is designed to deconstruct and demystify what has become a complex process involving many moving pieces. We holistically invest in “slow dripping” information to parents and students as they begin their tenure in the upper school. It is our goal to discover the most competitive match/fit for each CDS student. As college students spend 90% of their time outside the classroom, it is imperative to not only seek a challenging and scholarly environment, but one that feels comfortable and manageable both inside and outside the classroom.

Carrollwood Day School is the most recent secondary school in the United States to be inducted into the Cum Laude Society. This is the highest and most prestigious academic honor a secondary school can earn in the United States. Carrollwood Day School is 1 of 3 secondary schools in Florida and 1 of 15 in the United States (out of 27,000 public, private, and charter schools) to earn Cum Laude Society membership and be an IB (International Baccalaureate) qualified institution.

SCHOOL PROFILE

CUM LAUDE SOCIETY

COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVES

College Representatives

Thank you for your interest in visiting Carrollwood Day School. We look forward to seeing you soon! Click here to request a visit, read our school profile, and see a campus map.

COLLEGE COUNSELING
TIMELINE

College Counseling Timeline

The Carrollwood Day School college counseling department believes that planning for a collegiate career should start before the upper school journey begins, which is why we have a very unique timeline for college planning. Read more about how the CDS specialized program starts in 8th grade.

FINANCIAL AID &
BRIGHT FUTURES

Financial Aid and Bright Futures

Families often ask about Financial Aid and what the process looks like. Read more about the types of financial aid available and how to determine what will work for your student and family.

NAVIANCE
SITE

NAVIANCE

Naviance is a comprehensive database used by students and parents in conjunction with College Counseling to store important academic information (transcripts, letters of recommendation, and school documents such as our profile) to assist students in the application process. College Counseling uses Naviance as the platform to not only store important documents in the admission process, but to electronically deliver this information to each school to which a student applies.

CDS NAVIANCE SITE

LINKS FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS

Links for students and parents

With all the information out there, we've made it easy for you to find what you're looking for. Click here to find all the links for the college counseling process.

CDS COLLEGE COUNSELING HAS A TWITTER ACCOUNT!

Follow us on Twitter

Stay up to date on the latest CDS College Counseling news. Whether we have colleges visiting us (on campus or virtually), special announcements about or school or our students, this is the place to find it!

CDS College Counseling Twitter Page