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How Northwood Helps Students Get Into College

Halle Mules ’24 works on her application with Director of College Counseling Mr. David McCauley. Photo: Gavin Kruger ’26.

Northwood students are already committed to some big-name schools this year, including Georgetown, Middlebury, St. Lawrence, UVM, and Providence. The Mirror wanted to go behind these commitments and ask some important questions.How does the application work? How is the process broken down? What separates a Northwood Student from other applicants? What do some of our best student-athlete commits have in common?                                    

In talking to Director of College Counseling Mr. David McCauley, I learned the steps of an application process.

First, the student has a self-assessment of their personality and traits. Once that form is filled out, there is a filtered list of schools that match their strengths and personality. This is a preliminary shortlist of schools.

The next step is for the student to contact the schools on their shortlist. If there is a mutual interest from both the student and the college, the application process begins. Mr. McCauley and our admissions team are helping in their respective ways all throughout this process.                                

What separates a Northwood student from any other student? “The size of our school is an advantage,” McCauley said. Additionally, he feels that our location allows us to have a unique set of place-based course offerings. “We have courses that few other schools have, and this separates our students during the application process,” McCauley observed.

Some of Northwood’s best student-athletes have already committed this year. Among them are Mitchell Baker ’25 (Georgetown), Sachiel Ming ’24 (Syracuse), and Leon Brody ’24 (Middlebury). I asked Mr. McCauley if he noticed any common traits or strengths the three soccer commits share. “They haven’t rested on their [athletic] talent,” McCauley said without hesitation. “They’ve done as much as they can to develop those talents.”

Something for Northwood students to take away: No matter how talented you are, do not get comfortable and do not rely on just being good. Instead, be like Mitch, Sachiel, and Leon and strive for greatness.

 

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How Northwood Helps Students Get Into College

Northwood students are already committed to some big-name schools this year, including Georgetown, Middlebury, St. Lawrence, UVM, and…

By Gavin Kruger

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Halle Mules ’24 works on her application with Director of College Counseling Mr. David McCauley. Photo: Gavin Kruger ’26.

Northwood students are already committed to some big-name schools this year, including Georgetown, Middlebury, St. Lawrence, UVM, and Providence. The Mirror wanted to go behind these commitments and ask some important questions.How does the application work? How is the process broken down? What separates a Northwood Student from other applicants? What do some of our best student-athlete commits have in common?                                    

In talking to Director of College Counseling Mr. David McCauley, I learned the steps of an application process.

First, the student has a self-assessment of their personality and traits. Once that form is filled out, there is a filtered list of schools that match their strengths and personality. This is a preliminary shortlist of schools.

The next step is for the student to contact the schools on their shortlist. If there is a mutual interest from both the student and the college, the application process begins. Mr. McCauley and our admissions team are helping in their respective ways all throughout this process.                                

What separates a Northwood student from any other student? “The size of our school is an advantage,” McCauley said. Additionally, he feels that our location allows us to have a unique set of place-based course offerings. “We have courses that few other schools have, and this separates our students during the application process,” McCauley observed.

Some of Northwood’s best student-athletes have already committed this year. Among them are Mitchell Baker ’25 (Georgetown), Sachiel Ming ’24 (Syracuse), and Leon Brody ’24 (Middlebury). I asked Mr. McCauley if he noticed any common traits or strengths the three soccer commits share. “They haven’t rested on their [athletic] talent,” McCauley said without hesitation. “They’ve done as much as they can to develop those talents.”

Something for Northwood students to take away: No matter how talented you are, do not get comfortable and do not rely on just being good. Instead, be like Mitch, Sachiel, and Leon and strive for greatness.