College Counseling

It gets personal.

What we mean is this: our college counselors spend quality time with our students so they can understand where they’ll thrive best. The College Counseling Program at The Hun School of Princeton is designed to discover and ultimately achieve the best college placement for each student.

It begins with a college counseling team second-to-none. Our college counseling professionals are experts in their field who leverage their considerable experience and relationships to enhance their work with Hun School families.

The Hun School College Counseling team hosts dozens of education programs for students and parents throughout the year, such as panel discussions with top college admission professionals and case study programs where students and parents get to examine real-life admission scenarios. They offer affinity group programming for LGBTQI+ students, HBCUs, Women’s Colleges, and collegiate student athletes. They are adept and wholly dedicated to getting to know their advisees early and helping them build a menu of great opportunities. So that ultimately, they can identify and meet their collegiate goals.

In today's hyper-competitive college market, no one can predict where a student will go. What we can predict is this: Hun students receive the very best college counseling and faculty mentorship available ensuring the best possible opportunities for each.

"It's not simply whether a student is a good fit for a certain college. It's also about whether that college is a good fit for the student."

radha mishra, Director of college counseling

In partnership with students and parents, knowledgeable college counselors work hard to discover an appropriate future course of action for each student. Beyond our rigorous academics which prepare students for college, informational college counseling programs begin in the student's high school years. As early as sophomore year, students are encouraged to attend these programs and counselors are assigned in the fall of the students' eleventh grade year.

Hun School counselors work very hard to maintain and communicate knowledge of best practices, trends, and emerging opportunities in the world of college admission. They work continuously with college admissions representatives, The Hun School Curriculum Committee, students, and parents. In addition, The Hun School is fortunate to have more than 200 college and university representatives visit each year. Students are invited to meet with representatives, introduce themselves, and ask questions.

Our Process Works

93%

Members of the Class of 2025 who were accepted Early Action or Early Decision.

200+

Colleges and universities offer acceptances to our students each year.

College Matriculation

Each year, our graduates matriculate at colleges and universities around the world.

information for college reps

Class of 2026 Profile

College Matriculation

college reps can schedule a visit using SCOIR

Once you've created an account, you can schedule a time to meet with our students in the fall. Please contact Ms. Kim Esposito if you need help registering with SCOIR or finding a date to visit. Our office can also help facilitate on-campus interviews.

Samira J. '25 - Amherst College

When Samira J. ’25 arrived at Hun in eleventh grade, the dream of attending college felt distant, until her college counselor Mr. DelVecchio introduced her to the QuestBridge scholarship program, opening a door for her that once felt closed.

Out of more than 25,000 applicants, just 2,627 were selected as recipients, including Samira. She'll study international relations and humanities at Amherst College.

Tanmay T. '25 - University of South Florida

Tanmay T. ’25 has always been drawn to STEM, influenced by his mother, a software engineer, and his father, a doctor. For hands-on experience, he became a certified EMT and volunteered as a cadet in Hunterdon County. With his growing love for medicine, he has tailored his course selection at Hun to align with his career aspirations — AP Biology, Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Genetics and Biotechnology. These courses also opened doors to valuable internship experiences.

He will attend the University of South Florida on a pre-med track, and plans to study biomedical engineering of computational biology.

Morgan S. '25

Morgan S. ’25 has always dreamed of traveling the world and helping people. She’ll attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to pursue a B.S. in Aeronautical Science – Flight. Her plan came together through her work with the College Counseling Office, where she considered how to combine her affinity for math and science classes with public service.

Morgan also credits the variety of options available to her at Hun — in both academics and student life — for helping her find her calling. The autonomy she found in choosing her own adventure in the Upper School is echoed in her career plan.