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  • Sep
    17

    WCS College Case Studies

    Accepted? Waitlisted? Denied? Come find out why! The CCC highly encourages you and your child(ren) to attend a night of College Case Studies. During this interactive workshop, the audience will be provided with the profiles of student applicants to the same university. Similar to a jury, the audience has to decide who will be accepted to the university based on the information presented (i.e., GPA, test scores, letters of recommendation, essay, and extracurricular activities).  As the evening comes to an end, the college representatives will explain to the audience the rationale for acceptance or denial.
     
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  • Sep
    21

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  • Oct
    11

    No School: Teacher Work Day

College Counseling Center Team

Leonor Belaval, Director of College Counseling
(305) 233-2030, ext. 1270
lbelaval@wcsmiami.org
Ray Marrero, Associate Director of College Counseling
(305) 233-2030, ext. 1226
Cristina Perez-Medrano, Associate Director of College Counseling
(305) 233-2030, ext. 1280
cperezmedrano@wcsmiami.org

Ethel Ricardo, Associate Director of College Counseling
(305) 233-2030, ext. 1243
ericardo@wcsmiami.org

Mia Suarez, Associate Director of College Counseling
(305) 233-2030, ext. 1317
msuarez@wcsmiami.org

Katie Newcomm, Registrar
(305) 233-2030, ext. 1281
knewcomm@wcsmiami.org

    • Florida College Tour 2019

CCC News

  • CCC Hosts College Case Studies Event for Parents and Students

    High school students and parents have the opportunity to learn the criteria colleges use for the admission process through a hands-on exercise/case study on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, at 6:30 p.m., in the HS Media Center. College representatives from Wake Forest University, Boston College, Tufts University and the University of Miami will be in attendance.  RSVP
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  • CCC Hosts College Boot Camp For Seniors

    The senior class of 2020 has been working hard during the Senior Boot Camp hosted by the CCC. Here they learn all about the college application process and what steps need to be taken to apply. 
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  • CCC Attends Harvard Summer Institute

    This summer, Westminster's Associate Director of the CCC Ethel Ricardo was invited to attend the Harvard Summer Institute on College Admissions. The weeklong program, hosted by Harvard faculty and admission staff, discussed issues and trends in U.S. college admissions, the impact of College Board policies on admission decisions, how to highlight students in the application process, and how admission decisions are made. Faculty and deans of admission from Harvard, Brown, UVA, Princeton, Northeastern, UMass, Michigan, Columbia, UT Austin, Stanford, and UPenn, and staff from the College Board shared valuable insights.
     
     
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  • 2019 Sweet Tea Tour

    Last week, our Director Leonor Belaval and CCC Counselor Ethel Ricardo went on the 2019 Sweet Tea Tour. They spent 5 days visiting the campuses of The University of Georgia, Emory University, Agnes Scott College, Spelman College, Morehouse College, Georgia Institute of Technology, Samford University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Alabama, Auburn University, Mercer University, Oglethorpe University & Georgia State University.
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  • Class of 2020 Gets Ahead of The Curve

    It's summer time but some of our rising seniors are still grinding! Mr. Peter Van Buskirk is here today providing the second workshop session titled “What’s My Story." 
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  • CCC Takes Annual College Tour

    The CCC team and our WCS students have been busy on the first day of the Florida College Tour. The first stop was breakfast and a tour of Florida  Atlantic University. Then they caught up with WCS alumni Tamara Kurt '18 and Derek Van Hook '16 for lunch and a tour of University of Central Florida.  Then they enjoyed a sunset tour at University of North Florida followed by dinner & dessert on campus.
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  • Boot Camp 2020

     The Class of 2020 began the College Application Process this week at  “Boot Camp 2020”.
    • Naviance, Super Match and College Search
    • Financial Aid and Scholarship Search Engines
    • Resume
    • Letters of Recommendation and Student Brag Sheet
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  • FSU Counselor Breakfast

    College Counselor’s Mrs. Ricardo and Mrs. Perez-Medrano attended the FSU Counselor Breakfast hosted by the Florida State University Dean of Admissions. They learned all about the statistics for the students accepted for the class of 2019.
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Academic Advisement

Course selection is an important factor in achieving post-secondary goals. The college counselor, in coordination with the high school faculty, will assist students with course selection to maximize success in the classroom, while developing and discovering the students God-given talents and interests.

College Admissions

The college counselor will help discover universities and colleges that fit the student's academic potential and achievement, extracurricular interests, and personal preferences, while managing the necessary paperwork and deadlines from application to matriculation by crafting resumes, collecting and writing recommendations, submitting applications, and requesting transcripts.

College Acceptances