St. Michael’s Catholic Academy

College Counseling at St. Michael's

St. Michael’s students are well-prepared for college.  In addition to excellent academic course offerings, students receive individualized college counseling and numerous resources to enhance their college search and planning experience.  Each student has a Naviance account and individual conferences start during the junior year.  In August, a majority of students attend the St. Michael's College Boot Camp where they meet with representatives from colleges who assist with college preparations; they meet with English teachers for editing advice on college essays and receive counseling on a variety of college topics, the common application, the Apply Texas application among others. 

St. Michael's hosts over 100 colleges during the fall when representatives come to campus to visit with students during the school day.  St. Michael's also hosts the Hills of Austin College Fair each fall with over 150 colleges in attendance. In addition, St. Michael's is on the Texas Jesuit Tour, a Jesuit college fair with 18 Jesuit colleges participating.  St. Michael's also is the site for information sessions for the Central Texas area for the University of Notre Dame, George Washington University and the University of the Incarnate Word. Each year, we are privileged to have an expert in financial aid and scholarships speak to parents and students about these important topics. Apparently, students and parents take advantage of this opportunity since last year's graduates were awarded more than $9.5 million in scholarships to attend colleges and universities worldwide.

Students are encouraged to find the right college match and apply to a variety of colleges in the United States and abroad.  Students in the Class of 2010 were admitted to the following colleges. 

The University of Alabama						University of Missouri Columbia
Angelo State University						The University of Montana, Missoula
Arizona State University						Muhlenberg College
The University of Arizona						University of Nebraska at Lincoln
University of Arkansas						New York University
Austin College						University of North Texas
Austin Community College						Northeastern University
Baylor University						Northwestern University
Belmont Abbey College						Oklahoma City University
Beloit College						University of Oregon
Berry College						Otis College of Art and Design
Birmingham-Southern College						Our Lady of the Lake University of San Antonio
Blinn College						Oxford College of Emory University
Boston College						Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Carnegie Mellon University						Prairie View A&M University
Case Western Reserve University						Providence College
The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina						Regis University
Claremont McKenna College						Rhodes College
University of Colorado at Boulder						Saint Louis University
Colorado State University						Saint Michaels College
Columbia University						Saint Thomas University
Concordia University at Austin						University of San Diego
Cornell College						University of San Francisco
Del Mar College						School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Earlham College						Schreiner University
Elon University						University of South Alabama
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - AZ						University of South Carolina
Emory University						Southern Catholic College
The Evergreen State College						Southern Methodist University
Franklin College Switzerland						St. Bonaventure University
The George Washington University						St. Gregory's University
Georgetown University						St. John's University - Staten Island Campus
Georgia Institute of Technology						St. John's University - Queens Campus
Georgia State University						St. Mary's University of San Antonio
Gustavus Adolphus College						Stony Brook University
Hendrix College						Susquehanna University
College of the Holy Cross						Syracuse University
University of the Incarnate Word						University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Indiana University at Bloomington						Texas A&M University
Ithaca College						Texas A&M University, Galveston
Johns Hopkins University						Texas A&M University, Kingsville
Juniata College						Texas Christian University
Kansas State University						Texas State University-San Marcos
Knox College						The University of Texas, Austin
Lewis & Clark College						The University of Texas, San Antonio
Louisiana State University						The University of Texas, Tyler
Loyola Marymount University						Thomas Nelson Community College
Loyola University Chicago						Trinity University
Loyola University New Orleans						Tufts University
Marist College						Tulane University
Mary Baldwin College						University of Tulsa
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor						Vanderbilt University
Maryland Institute College of Art						Virginia Military Institute
University of Maryland, College Park						Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Marymount University						Wake Forest University
University of Michigan						West Texas A&M University
Midwestern State University						University of Wisconsin, Madison
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities						The College of Wooster
University of Mississippi						Yale University