Academics
College Counseling
Welcome
With our combined ninety-plus years of assisting students with their college plans, we bring a wealth of knowledge, experience and energy to helping Hamden Hall families in their college searches. The principal goal of a successful college search is clear enough: to help each senior identify and gain admission to one or more appropriate undergraduate institutions. An “appropriate” college is one where the student finds an ample selection of courses in his/her fields of interest; where the student will feel socially comfortable (allowing for a reasonable period of freshman adjustment); where the student will be challenged academically but not overwhelmed; where the student can explore and develop his/her entire range of talents and interests and grow to become a confident, responsible human being.
The college application process is more than just filling out forms, and much more than just “getting in”. It is a complicated experience, involving a seemingly endless series of deadlines, forms, writings and tests. More than this, it is a wonderful opportunity -- perhaps the student’s first -- to make a careful and considered decision which will affect the course of the future. The process itself can and should become a meaningful growth experience. Good applications and good decisions require unprecedented self-examination, self-description, and confidence in one's own judgment.
It is our philosophy that each student should be guided and encouraged but not replaced in this experience. Parents and counselors share responsibility both to assist and to empower the student at this exciting transitional stage of life. We must provide the information and the support necessary to enable the student to present him - or herself in the most favorable light, and to ensure that good applications are written and sound decisions made. But the ultimate relationship must evolve between the candidate and the college. We are the coaches and the fans; he or she is the star.
The college application process is more than just filling out forms, and much more than just “getting in”. It is a complicated experience, involving a seemingly endless series of deadlines, forms, writings and tests. More than this, it is a wonderful opportunity -- perhaps the student’s first -- to make a careful and considered decision which will affect the course of the future. The process itself can and should become a meaningful growth experience. Good applications and good decisions require unprecedented self-examination, self-description, and confidence in one's own judgment.
It is our philosophy that each student should be guided and encouraged but not replaced in this experience. Parents and counselors share responsibility both to assist and to empower the student at this exciting transitional stage of life. We must provide the information and the support necessary to enable the student to present him - or herself in the most favorable light, and to ensure that good applications are written and sound decisions made. But the ultimate relationship must evolve between the candidate and the college. We are the coaches and the fans; he or she is the star.
Meet the Staff
List of 4 members.
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Kiki Carlson
Director of College Counseling, MathematicsDartmouth College - B.A.
Teachers College, Columbia University - M.A. -
Mr. Frederick Richter
Director of College Counseling, EmeritusColby College - B.A.
Rutgers University - J.D. -
Carole Bird
Associate Director of College CounselingColby College - B.A.
N.Y.U. - M.B.A. -
Sue Toole
History, College CounselorSouthern Connecticut State University - B.S.
Hamden Hall Country Day School
1108 Whitney Avenue
Hamden, Connecticut 06517
Phone: 203-752-2600
Fax: 203-752-2651
admissions@hamdenhall.org
Hamden, Connecticut 06517
Phone: 203-752-2600
Fax: 203-752-2651
admissions@hamdenhall.org
About Us
Hamden Hall Country Day School is a nurturing and inclusive community with a dynamic learning environment that promotes academic excellence by understanding each child and fostering their individual growth.
