College Counseling and Academic Guidance
Shalhevet’s College Counseling program integrates the unique pedagogy of the school with the college application process. We do not simply measure the success of a college application by a letter of admission from a prestigious college. We encourage students to take ownership of the process and recognize that this is a time of great maturity and personal growth. We look to help each student find the best fit in a potential college – academically, socially and Jewishly.
Throughout high school, with emphasis on junior and senior year, we help students explore and identify their priorities and values, and teach them crucial research, time management and decision making skills, ensuring our graduates grow into responsible young adults once they arrive on the campus of their choice. We support this by helping students to assess their goals and investigate universities that best meet their individual needs.
College Counseling begins informally as students transition to the rigor of high school coursework and become comfortable with the challenges entailed. We work closely with students to guide them academically throughout high school, choosing appropriate courses and teaching them how to strive for balance in their lives, academically and co-curricularly. In their junior year, students begin to meet formally with Ms. Aviva Walls and Mr. Eli Shavalian, who guide students through the college process step-by-step. Aviva and Eli also meet with students and parents individually and in small groups to answer questions about the college application process and to discuss plans and goals post-high school.
For more information, feel free to contact our counselors:
Ms. Aviva Walls
Dean of Academic Affairs/College Counseling
Mr. Eli Shavalian
Associate Director of College Counseling and Academic Guidance
Colleges to which Shalhevet students have been admitted (Classes 2016-18):
American University
Arizona State University
Bar-Ilan University
Barnard College
Baruch College
Binghamton University
Boston University
Bowling Green State University
Bradley University
Brandeis University
Brown University
Bucknell University
California College of the Arts
California Lutheran University
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
California Polytechnic State University, Pomona
California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Northridge
Case Western Reserve University
Chapman University
Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Hollywood
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
DePaul University
Drexel University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Emerson College
Emory University
Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles
Franklin and Marshall College
Haverford College
Hofstra University
Indiana University at Bloomington
Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Johns Hopkins University
Kent State University
Lehigh University
Lewis & Clark College
Los Angeles Valley College
Loyola Marymount University
Maryland Institute College of Art
Marymount Manhattan College
Muhlenberg College
New York University
Northeastern University
Occidental College
Ohio University
Pace University
Pepperdine University
Princeton University
Purdue
Reed College
Rice University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rutgers University
San Diego State University
San Francisco State University
Santa Monica College
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
School of Visual Arts
Seattle University
St. John’s College
Suffolk University
Syracuse University
The George Washington University
The New School
The Ohio State University
Trinity University
Tufts University
Tulane University
Union College
University of Arizona
University of British Columbia
University of California at Berkeley
University of California at Davis
University of California at Irvine
University of California at Los Angeles
University of California at Merced
University of California at Riverside
University of California at San Diego
University of California at Santa Barbara
University of California at Santa Cruz
University of Chicago
University of Colorado
University of Connecticut
University of Delaware
University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Kansas
University of La Verne
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of Missouri
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
University of San Francisco
University of Southern California
University of Toronto
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Vancouver Island University
Vanderbilt University
Washington University in St. Louis
Western Michigan University
Yale University
Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University, Honors Program
York University