North Dakota - College Admission Counseling https://greatcollegeadvice.com Great College Advice Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:29:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://greatcollegeadvice.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/758df36141c47d1f8f375b9cc39a9095.png North Dakota - College Admission Counseling https://greatcollegeadvice.com 32 32 Secondary Schools Where Students Have Received Great College Advice https://greatcollegeadvice.com/secondary-schools-where-students-have-received-great-college-advice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=secondary-schools-where-students-have-received-great-college-advice Sun, 31 Jul 2016 19:41:25 +0000 https://greatcollegeadvice.com/?p=15787 Great College Advice guides students attending selective private and public high schools in college selection, college admission, and college applications.

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Below is a partial list of the secondary schools that our students have attended as we have helped them map their college journeys.

SELECTED PRIVATE SCHOOLS

Choate Rosemary Hall (CT)
Hotchkiss School  (NH)
Phillips Andover  (MA)
Lawrenceville School (NJ)
Cate School (CA)
Holderness School (NH)
Northfield Mount Herman School (MA)
Germantown Friends School (PA)
Moses Brown School (RI)
Emma Willard School (NY)
Cushing Academy (MA)
Lawrence Academy (MA)
Brentwood School (BC, Canada)
Fountain Valley School (CO)
Bishop Fenwick HS (MA)
St. John’s Prep (MA)
Mid-Pacific Institute (HI)
Saint Thomas Academy (MN)
Colorado Academy (CO)
Kent Denver School (CO)
International School of San Francisco (CA)
Signature School (IN)
Prospect Hill Academy (MA)
Interlochen Arts Academy (MI)
Judge Memorial HS (UT)
Xavier HS (WI)
Harrow School (UK)
Woldingham School (UK)
Chinese International Schools (Hong Kong)
Shanghai American School (PRC)
Geelong Grammar Schools (Australia)
Anglo-Chinese School (Singapore)
Beijing 101 Secondary School (PRC)
American School of Muscat (Oman)

SELECTED USA PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS

We have worked with students attending some of the most competitive high schools in the country, many of whom have pursued Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) curricula.  We have worked with students who hail from just about every state in the country (we’re working to add Alaska and South Dakota!).  Below is just a sampling of the great schools where our students have attended.
NEW YORK

Scarsdale HS
Stuyvesant HS
Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women

MASSACHUSETTS

Lexington HS
Belmont HS
Hingham HS
Burlington HS
Ipswich HS
Needham HS
Bedford HS
Melrose HS
Somerville HS

CALIFORNIA

Pacific Palisades HS
Palos Verdes Peninsula HS
Westview HS
Cerritos HS
Woodcreek HS
Redlands East Valley HS
Rancho Cotate HS (CA)

NEW JERSEY

Ridgewood HS
Westfield HS
Cranford HS (NJ)
Metuchen HS (NJ)
Rumson / Fairhaven HS (NJ)

ILLINOIS

Buffalo Grove HS

COLORADO

Cherry Creek HS
Fairview HS
Boulder HS
Denver East
George Washington
Cheyenne Mountain HS
For more Colorado Schools, click here

MISSOURI

Clayton HS

MAINE

Yarmouth HS

UTAH

Snow Canyon HS

WYOMING

Laramie HS

NEBRASKA

Hastings HS
Scotch Plains Fairwood HS

TENNESSEE

Tullahoma HS

INDIANA

Indiana Academy for Science, Math, and Humanities
Munster HS

NORTH DAKOTA

West Fargo HS

PENNSYLVANIA

Lancaster HS

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Newmarket HS

DELAWARE

Cape Henlopen HS

SOUTH CAROLINA

JL Mann HS

TEXAS

Kempner High School

NEW MEXICO

Maya Gold

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]]> Choosing a High School or School District To Boost College Admission Chances https://greatcollegeadvice.com/choosing-a-high-school-or-school-district-to-boost-college-admission-chances/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=choosing-a-high-school-or-school-district-to-boost-college-admission-chances Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:18:33 +0000 https://greatcollegeadvice.com/?p=8012 Should you move to a different town or state to give your kids a better chance at a selective university? Maybe yes, but probably no.

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]]> I received an email from a reader this morning that wondered whether it was worth it to move to a different school district where the schools have a better reputation, in order to give his kids a boost in the college admissions process.
Here’s his question:

My answer is equivocal, in some sense.  Generally, a big move is not going to give you a big advantage.  However, it is important to investigate the quality of teaching at your kids’ schoools.  Here is my response:
The factor of high school rigor is usually factored into the equation. For example, a student in Lexington or Wayland may get an extra “brownie point” for living there, rather than in Saugus or Chelsea.  They are interested in the academic rigor of the offerings, not the “ranking” or “reputation.”  the irony is, however, that ambitious (and wealthy) parents all flock to the same towns, hoping to give their kids an edge in college admissions. But if 14 kids from Lexington apply to Harvard each year, only 1 or 2 (or sometimes 0) will get in.  However, a really amazing kid from Chelsea?  Since he’s a stand-out, he has a good chance, too, despite his lack of town-based “brownie points.”
If you are really thinking of moving to a place where your kid has the best chance of getting into college, I have three recommendations:  Wyoming, North Dakota, and Mississippi.  Top flight colleges are always seeking qualified applicants from those states.  But if you live in Woburn and are thinking of moving (at great expense) to Dover, I’d tell you to focus, instead, on providing great opportunities for your kids, undergirding their extracurriculars, promoting their academic interests and talents, and being involved in their education.  The “edge” you might get from moving is slight, and certainly would not be enough to make it or break it in admissions at the most selective colleges.
However, I have one caveat.  You do need to consider the quality of teaching at the school your kids attend.  This especially important when it comes to the AP and IB classes.  I have seen kids earn straight As in AP courses at some schools (or in some subjects) and yet fail the AP exams.  This is silly.  The tests are nationally normed, and a grade of A ought to correspond to the rigor of the test.  Experienced AP teachers will grade classwork in this way:  if they expect that the work would earn a perfect 5 on the AP test, then the kid is awarded an A in the class.  But if  teacher is over-the-moon about a kid’s classwork, and then that same kid flunks the exam…well, the teacher isn’t aware of the level of proficiency required, and isn’t calibrating his or her expectations to the national norm.  Some teachers in my own kids’ school will sometimes even give out a conservative grade in the AP course, but then change the grade if the student aces the AP exam.  Thus a kid who received a B in the course but a 5 on the exam can ask to have the course grade boosted to the A.  So the bottom line:  be on the lookout for grade inflation, especially when it comes to these high-stakes, nationally normed exams.  Just because the school labels a course “Advanced Placement” doesn’t necessarily mean their kids are passing the exams with flying colors.
Mark Montgomery
Educational Consultant

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