College Counseling

The Jackson Prep College Counseling Office provides a supportive environment for students and families to make informed choices involving appropriate college placement by providing resource materials, offering counsel, and assisting in the submission of applications.

Identifying strengths, values, and interests
College Placement
College Fair
Assisting Application Submissions

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Recognizing that each child is unique,

counselors strive to help each student identify his or her strengths, values, and interests before determining which colleges best meet the student’s needs. Support is individualized, proactive, and empowers the student to take ownership of the process. College counseling at Jackson Prep is a four-year, cumulative process including parent and student meetings at every grade level, extensive individual advising of juniors and seniors, regular communication with students and families, an annual college fair, and other special projects.

As a member of the National and Southern Associations for College Admission Counseling, Jackson Prep agrees to abide by the NACAC Code of Ethics and Professional Practices (CEPP), which sets forth ethical standards for the college admissions process that protects the rights of the students, the secondary schools, and the colleges. The CEPP, which can be found by CLICKING HERE, makes these policies clear to prospective college students.

College Counseling Services

Identification of student needs and abilities
Identification of colleges that meet student needs and abilities
Educating parents and students about the college admission process
Conducting parent informational meetings
Conferencing individually with parents and students
Providing resource materials such as college handbook, guidebooks, catalogs, scholarship banks, videos
Providing documents and information on financial aid programs
Assisting with submission of applications
Presenting the student's transcript and official school statement (recommendation) to the colleges to which applications are submitted
Serving as the students advocate in the application process
Assisting with scholarship searches and applications
Coordinating college visits and tours
Coordinating private visits from college representatives
Coordinating college fairs
Serving as liaison between student, faculty, and college
Providing information about Jackson Prep to colleges and universities through the school profile, conferencing, and visits

College Counseling

2019 STAR Students and Teachers

Standing, left to right: John Haberman, Kimberly Reedy, Marsha Hobbs, Cory Caton, Anna Griffin, Kimberly Van Uden, Ricky Black. Seated, left to right: Anna Katherine Cooper, Alex Gibbs, Abigail Pittman, Catherine Watson, Genevieve Hurst, Mackenzie Nichols, Edwin Griffis, Eliza Burnham, Andrew Wasson, Charlie Ott.