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College Guidance

The Four Year Plan:  Success at Yeshivah of Flatbush and Beyond

The College Guidance process at Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School (YOFHS) is based on a four-year student-focused partnership.  Throughout their high school experience, YOFHS students have the attention and support of all members of our counseling staff as they develop their individual academic plans to achieve their collegiate goals. College Counselors support students in all aspects of the college process, including college selection, the application, and finally, college choice.  By providing individualized attention to students and their families, we strive to connect each student with the college that best fits his or her needs, talents and dreams.

9th Grade

College Guidance counselors serve as mentors for students from the freshman year and beyond, in individual sessions and class meetings led by the counselors. The students are encouraged to get involved in extra-curricular activities that will help them discover and explore their interests and passions. Current seniors meet with freshman to share advice and tips about what they “wish they had known” back in 9th grade with regards to their college application experience.

10th Grade

We continue to maintain contact with our students and guide them academically.  We explain results of standardized testing such as the PSAT and pre-ACT, and help select appropriate elective courses for the remainder of high school.  At the end of tenth grade, students begin to use Naviance, a computer program used throughout the entire college search and application submission process.

11th Grade

The formal college search and application process begins in earnest when we collaborate to match each individual’s distinctive potential and traits with an appropriate range of colleges.  We emphasize “fit” while encouraging each student to consider the five critical elements of the college search: Jewish Life, Geography, Academics, Personal Needs and Finances/Cost.  In the second semester of eleventh grade, we work with students as they begin to draft their essays and plan visits to various colleges in order to refine their college list. We have over 30 different colleges and universities attend our annual College Fair where students can meet with Admissions Officers. We actively seek parent involvement by scheduling individual parent meetings and offering a variety of College Guidance programs. We also meet with students and parents in the summer between junior and senior year to discuss essays and college choices.

12th Grade

Seniors finalize their applications, revise their essays, work with selected teachers on the recommendation letter process, and continue to visit their top-choice colleges. Counselors and students manage the process of submitting the application and related documents.  Together we meet and maintain contact with parents throughout the application, decision and enrollment process. We look forward to celebrating exciting news with our seniors in the spring and are available to assist with the ultimate decision of where each student will attend college and continue onto this next phase of their lives.

Recent College Acceptances Our Students Received

Adelphi University

American University

Babson College

Barnard College

Bar Ilan University

Binghamton University

Boston University

Brandeis University

Carnegie Mellon University

City University of New York

Baruch (Honors), Brooklyn (Honors, Scholars, Presidential), City (Honors), CSI (Honors), Hunter (Honors), Queens (Honors), John Jay

Columbia School of Engineering

Columbia University

Cooper Union

Cornell College of Engineering

Cornell University

Drexel University

Eugene Lang Liberal Arts College – The New School

Fashion Institute of Technology

Franklin and Marshall College

The George Washington University

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hofstra University

Franklin and Marshall College

Ithica College

Johns Hopkins University

Long Island University

LIM

The Macaulay Honors College at CUNY

Baruch College, Brooklyn College, City College, College of Staten Island, Hunter College, Queens College

Marymount Manhattan College

McGill University

Muhlenberg College

New York University

College of Arts and Sciences, Gallatin School of Individualized Study (Scholars Program), Leonard N. Stern School of Business, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, Tisch School of the Arts

Northeastern University

Pace University

Polytechnic Institute of New York University (Scholars Program)

Pratt Institute

Princeton University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Sarah Lawrence College

School of Visual Arts

Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education

Stanford University

Stern College for Women (Honors Program)

Stony Brook University (Honors Program)

Syracuse University

Technion Israel Institute of Technology

Union College

University at Albany

University at Binghamton

University at Buffalo

University of California, Berkeley

University of Chicago

University of Hartford

University of Illinois

University of Maryland, College Park (Honors Program)

University of Massachusetts (Honors Program)

University of Miami

University of Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburgh

University of Rochester

University of Southern California

University of Watson School of Engineering

Vassar College

Washington University in St. Louis (School of Business, School of Engineering)

Wesleyan University

Yeshiva University (Honors Program)

Yale University

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