David McCauley, Director of College Counseling. Photo by Mr. Michael Aldridge.
Senior year is always busy for students: senior traditions, last firsts, and the dreaded yet exciting college process. For many students at Northwood, the application process has already been completed. With a school full of high-level student-athletes, some of whom knew where they would spend the next four years before their senior year started, the application process has already been in full swing. Others have already gotten a jump on the early applications with immense help from the college office and are eager to see what awaits in the upcoming years.
Mr. David McCauley is the director of college counseling at Northwood and has had a busy start to the school year, doing his best to help get seniors submitted to their schools. He spends countless hours contacting schools and meeting with students daily to find the right fit in a school and ensure everything runs smoothly.
“Honestly, it’s an ongoing process,” McCauley said. “The first and most important part of what we do is to review students’ interests, grades, and classes and suggest schools for their college list. The next is to lead students through the process of researching schools, introducing students to the college admission offices, and then completing and submitting the applications. The end of our work is calling and communicating with college admission offices to advocate for our students’ admission and financial aid,” McCauley added.
McCauley expressed gratitude toward the senior class this year in a number of ways, but most notably how well the seniors communicate with the college office. Going through the college process is not an easy task. The fact that the students are diligent in what must be completed is an important factor. It goes without recognition.
This year, the 2025 graduating class of Northwood has 81 students not just from all over the country but the world. With that, the seniors have had a jump start in the application process. 41 different schools have received applications from Northwood students, and it is only the beginning for Mr. McCauley, the college office, and the senior class. The future’s so bright for everyone!
List of schools Northwood students have applied to:
- Babson College
- Boston College
- Boston University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Clarkson University
- College of the Holy Cross
- Cornell University
- Dartmouth College
- Drexel University
- Endicott College
- Fairfield University
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges (2)
- Long Island University
- Michigan Technological University
- Northeastern University
- Onondaga Community College
- Oregon State University- Cascades
- Purdue University
- Quinnipiac University
- Rochester Institute of Technology (3)
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
- Rutgers University
- Lawrence University (2)
- Santa Clara University
- Stony Brook University
- SUNY at Albany
- SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
- SUNY College of Technology at Canton (2)
- SUNY Oneonta
- Union College
- University of Colorado Boulder
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- University of Miami
- University of Minnesota
- University of New Hampshire (2)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Vermont (7)
- University of Wisconsin (Madison)
- Villanova University
- Vermont State University
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute