College Counseling

Tatnall college counseling is comprehensive and educationally focused. The challenge is to balance the self-discovery process that is so essential for students at this juncture in their lives with an informed and carefully balanced look at college and university offerings. To this end, our college counselors spend a great deal of time with students and families evaluating post-secondary goals prior to any discussion of specific institutions.

The college counselor consults with each student's academic adviser, both to gain a more complete understanding of a student's strengths and to ensure that the student is taking full advantage of the Tatnall curriculum. We also help students maximize their quantitative profiles by emphasizing timely and appropriate standardized testing to complement their transcripts.  Through Naviance, a web-based college counseling tool, families and counselors manage the college search process together.

With the crush of media, guidebooks, websites and marketing events focused on high school students and parents, it is sometimes difficult to know where to turn. Tatnall emphasizes that the college process is not a finish line, but is another step in a continuum of academic and personal growth. Our students have many options open to them, and making the right match is the ultimate goal. Prepared with a Tatnall education, our graduates are ready to meet the challenges of any rigorous college environment. It is our job to help students understand the choices that lay before them.

The college process confronts young adults at a time that is both exhilarating and difficult. They are being asked to make decisions that will shape the paths of their lives and often to step away for the first time from their "nest" of family and school support. It is an exciting time with powerful opportunities for students to learn more about themselves. In the college counseling office, we feel privileged to participate in this transition, and our door is open every step of the way.

Leigh Owens Morgan, Director of College Counseling

lmorgan@tatnall.org