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The goal of the College Counseling Office is to support, inform, and encourage students and their families as they navigate the exciting, complex, and ever-changing process of college admissions.
Over the course of their Lawrenceville careers, families and students receive information through grade-specific newsletters, class-wide meetings, Parent Weekend programming, publications such as college counseling guides, and other communications designed to maximize a student’s Lawrenceville experience.
SAT Administration Information
Saturday, October 7, 2023
The campus will open at 7:00 a.m. and testing location doors will open at 7:15 a.m. Students must enter the testing area no later than 8:00 a.m. Parents and non-registered students are not permitted to enter any buildings, including testing locations.
Directions
Construction is currently underway on campus and there are some road closures, please allow for extra time while traveling on campus. Signs will be posted directing students to the drop off area, parking, and exit route. If you are unfamiliar with the campus you are encouraged to travel to campus prior to the test date to familiarize yourself with the test locations.
Standard Test
The Standard SAT will be administered in the Loucks Arena.
This is the most direct route: Enter campus at the Gate House entrance which is on Main Street (Route 206) just north of the light at Gordon Avenue and The Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville. Follow signs to the designated parking and student drop off area located just outside of the Tsai Commons, #57 on the Campus Map. The Loucks Arena is #60 on the Campus Map. Signs will be posted on Friday, August 25, 2023.
NonStandard Test
The NonStandard SAT will be administered in the Kirby Math Science Building, room 1018. The Nonstandard SAT will be administered only to students with accommodations approved by the College Board and listed on the official College Board Test Day Roster.
This is the most direct route: Enter campus via the Baker Gate on Lewisville Rd. and proceed to the parking lot located next to the Kirby Math Building and the Mackenzie Administration Building. The Kirby Math Science Center is #54 on the Campus Map. The Mackenzie Administration Building is #43 on the Campus Map.
Identification
All students are required to provide a valid, printed registration ticket and College Board approved photo identification.
Test Day Materials
All test takers must follow the College Board's testing day guidelines for allowable items.
Contact
Please contact Robyn Campbell, Test Center Supervisor with any additional questions at rcampbell@lawrenceville.org.
Lawrenceville’s college counseling program is designed to be an extension of the active learning that takes place each day in the classroom around the Harkness table, in the Houses, on the athletic fields, and throughout campus. Lawrenceville’s college counselors offer decades of professional experience both as secondary school counselors and as college admissions officers. This degree of experience from both sides of the admission process enables the college counseling staff to provide valuable and timely advice to families as the process unfolds and to help students effectively present their abilities, talents, and experiences to the colleges.
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Junior Year
As juniors, or Fourth Formers, students begin a series of college-related standardized testing and launch a self-reflective process with their dedicated counselor in preparation for college research. Students visit colleges during spring and summer, attend on-campus college fairs with more than 100 colleges represented, and meet individually with college counselors to discuss their goals and aspirations. Students and their college counselors work together to develop a list of college options for active research and consideration while gaining an understanding of the current landscape and aligning their strengths and interests with the most appropriate selections.
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Senior Year
In their senior year, Fifth Form students work with their college counselors to develop final lists with an eye for fit and selectivity and begin to focus on the final details of the application process.
Fall Term
College admissions counselors visit the School to meet with groups of interested students and/or to conduct individual interviews during the fall term, while counselors work closely with Fifth Formers on their essays in order to refine their self-presentation.
Winter Term
College counselors and students then work in concert through November and December to finalize a college list that comprehensively connects to students’ personal attributes, supports their intellectual endeavors, and provides them with exciting options for their undergraduate study.
Spring Term
When the college search concludes in the spring, Fifth Formers leave Lawrenceville with a sense of satisfaction for what they have accomplished, a healthy dose of enthusiasm for advanced study and community engagement in college, and the individual resources necessary to have an enriching experience in colleges and universities around the world.
Information for College Representatives
Scheduling Visits
The Lawrenceville School is currently scheduling in-person college visits. If you are interested in scheduling a time to meet with our students, please email collegecounseling@lawrenceville.org.
Our Graduates
This list represents institutions where five or more Lawrentians have matriculated in the last five years. Each year Fifth Form students receive guidance and apply with success to a diverse and broad range of colleges and universities, including HBCUs, U.S. Service Academies, competitive merit-award programs such as the Jefferson and Morehead-Cain Foundation, institutions that award significant merit and need-based financial aid, well as international universities in the U.K., the Pacific Rim, Australia, and Canada.
Amherst College 6
Babson College 9
Bates College 7
Boston College 16
Boston University 10
Bowdoin College 5
Brown University 22
Bucknell University 8
Carnegie Mellon University 13
Claremont McKenna College 6
Colby College 13
Colgate University 15
Columbia University 26
Cornell University 32
Dartmouth College 17
Davidson College 10
Dickinson College 7
Duke University 23
Fordham University 7
Franklin and Marshall College 7
Georgetown University 41
Hamilton College 7
Harvard University 26
Indiana University 6
Johns Hopkins University 10
Lafayette College 7
Lehigh University 30
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 9
Middlebury College 11
New York University 46
Northeastern University 15
Northwestern University 15
Penn State University 6
Princeton University 39
Purdue University 6
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 5
Rutgers University 7
Southern Methodist University 12
Stanford University 11
Syracuse University 10
Trinity College 7
Tufts University 23
Tulane University of Louisiana 11
Union College 5
United States Military Academy 7
United States Naval Academy 5
University of California - Berkeley 10
University of Chicago 21
The University of Edinburgh 6
University of Miami 13
University of Michigan 11
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7
University of Pennsylvania 40
University of Richmond 7
University of Southern California 19
University of St. Andrews 7
University of Virginia 13
University of Wisconsin 11
Villanova University 9
Wake Forest University 20
Washington and Lee University 6
Washington University in Saint Louis 10
Wesleyan University 10
Williams College 8
Yale University 25
College Counseling Transfer Student Request
Please fill out the following to have your credentials sent to colleges to apply for transfer student status.
IMPORTANT: Please allow 5-7 business days for your request to be processed. Be sure to submit your request well in advance of transfer application deadlines.
For questions, please call the College Counseling Office at (609) 895-2042.