College Counseling
Waring encourages its students to think of attending college not as an end in itself but as a natural consequence of their achievement and growth during their years here. We believe Waring students will continue to thrive as scholars, leaders, and community members in the next chapter of their lives and beyond.
“A community of lifelong learners,” Waring School prepares its students for the future from the moment they enter its doors. By the time they begin the college process they have already built a strong foundation of self-awareness, intellectual curiosity and maturity. Our students grow in an environment that fosters the contemplation of important questions about who they are, where their skills and passions lie, and their relationship to the community and world beyond.
A COMMUNITY OF LIFELONG LEARNERS
Scholars and Leaders Beyond Waring
Waring students, their parents, and the College Counselor formally begin the research and application process early in the winter of junior year, forming a partnership that engages them on a highly individualized, step-by-step path to good decisions. A series of large and small group meetings and individual student and family meetings continues through April of senior year in preparation for the May 1st commitment deadline. In addition, more than twenty-five college admissions representatives visit Waring’s campus and meet with interested students each fall.
We know our students well and take pride in our awareness of and attentiveness to the needs of the individual. Finding the right match for each is the ultimate goal, knowing that, though they have shared a common educational experience at Waring, they will be heading in a variety of directions – to small and large schools, from one end of the country to the other and beyond, to liberal arts colleges, universities, and specialty schools, including art and music conservatories. We encourage them to think of the college goal as not an end in itself but as a natural consequence of their achievement and growth during their years here. Waring students will continue to thrive as scholars, leaders and community members in the next chapter of their lives and beyond.
RECENT COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES
Christine Trowbridge
Director of College Counseling
Christine is committed to working closely with Waring students and families to provide thoughtful, individualized support during all stages of the college search and application process. Prior to becoming an independent college counselor in 2012, she practiced law in the Boston area, where she specialized in securities law and complex commercial litigation. Christine is the mother of a recent Waring graduate and served as a parent volunteer from 2017-2023. She holds a B.A. in Anthropology from Tufts University, a J.D. from Boston University School of Law, where she was Articles Editor of the Boston University Law Review, and a Certificate in College Counseling from UC San Diego.
In her spare time – which she has more of now that both of her children are in college – she enjoys puttering in her garden, walking Crane Beach (particularly in inclement weather), reading just about anything she can get her hands on, and spending time with her husband and their three not-terribly-well-behaved dogs.