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Ranney Alums Thrive at Colleges and Universities across the Country

Graduates share collegiate experience with current students
 
Ranney School juniors and seniors heard first-hand how the school’s graduates are thriving at collegiate institutions across the country as part of a Young Alumni College Panel on January 5, 2017. The annual event, led by Ranney’s College Counseling Office and Alumni Office, brings first-year college students back to campus to share their experiences and answer questions from upper-classmen currently embarking on their college search and application process.

Featured on the panel, with majors ranging from business to theater to molecular biology, were the Class of 2016’s:
  • Daniel Blumenkrantz – University of Miami
  • Jerome Cohen –University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business
  • Sophia Jackman   – Harvard University
  • Corey Natofsky – Stevens Institute of Technology (on the Div III Baseball Team)
  • Dean Parker  – Columbia University
  • Peri Rohl  – Fordham University at Lincoln Center
  • Sidarth Sharma  – Gettysburg College
  • Rachel Staats  – Georgetown University
  • Tessa Payer  – The College of William and Mary
  • Jacob Wahba  – Muhlenberg College
In addition to answering typical questions about workload, dorm life, and the dining hall experience, alums expressed how well Ranney prepared them for the rigor of college. For example, they noted how the advising system and small class sizes at Ranney helped them forge positive relationships with their professors early on—a confidence that gave them an edge over their peers. Several students have applied these leadership and self-advocacy skills to their extracurricular life at college as well. Sidarth Sharma, for instance, was recently elected to his class’s Student Council, and Tessa Payer, Peri Rohl, and Sophia Jackman have all been able to continue their love for the performing arts at college—passions discovered through Ranney’s orchestra and drama programs. They expressed gratitude for learning how to successfully balance academics and extra-curriculars while at Ranney. (See a few alums express these thoughts in this VIDEO.)

Additional alums write back to their Ranney advisors and teachers often, thanking them for imparting core academic skills. For example, the Class of 2016’s Ariella Silverstein, who is attending Lehigh, said she taught her dorm floor of 20 girls how to perform the rocking horse method in her business calculus class. “They were all blown away at how easy it made things,” she said. And 2016’s T.J. Spicer, attending the University of Richmond, acknowledged the writing skills he gained at Ranney. “I am proud to be the only one in my class to have successfully determined meter and rhyme.”

But most important, the young alums were thankful to the College Office for guiding them—and their families—step by step through their college process.  

Ranney’s comprehensive College Counseling Program includes an early start, with students as young as eighth grade being introduced to the College Office team and what to expect throughout the Upper School counseling program. Read more about the signature program’s “right-fit” approach to college selection here
 
 
FOR MORE INFO:
  • FAQs: Ranney's College Counseling Program 
  • View a video on our YouTube Channel  featuring our young alums on how Ranney prepared them for college and the advice they have for current juniors and seniors
  • Watch the Class of 2016’s Valedictorian Sophia Jackman (attending Harvard) speak about Ranney’s ABCDs of problem-solving 
  • Read first-hand Ranney student testimonials about their college search and application process, including the latest essay from Jared Rush 
  • See our full matriculation lists year by year  
  • Read about the Class of 2017's early acceptances to date
  • View our 2017 Young Alumni Panel Photo Gallery 
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