Phillips Exeter Academy

College Counseling Office

Just as teachers at the Harkness table create a student-centered learning environment, the counselors and staff of the College Counseling Office (CCO) foster active and open-minded collaboration with students and parents. 

In this supportive environment, students learn to identify their goals and interests, to manage a complex process, and to make healthy and confident decisions about higher education. We believe that each student should control the self-evaluation, research and application writing that is essential to good college selection. Exeter’s college process is designed to help students transition from adolescence to young adulthood.  

The College Counseling Office partners with the Athletic Department and coaches to support Exeter’s student-athletes in their pursuit of playing their sports at the college level. Every year, a large number of Exeter student-athletes are recruited to play at the Division I, Division II, and Division III collegiate levels for their sports. College Counselors liaison with collegiate coaches and admissions staff; the CCO hosts an Athletic Panel for student-athletes to learn about the recruitment process and life as a college athlete, and monitors NCAA eligibility and rule changes.

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