A significant element of our school mission is to prepare students for college and a global work environment. With that in mind, the college counseling process at Lake Forest Academy is a comprehensive endeavor that spans from freshman to senior year. The mission of college counseling at Lake Forest Academy is to provide resources for students and families in the college search process to help students make college decisions based on their individual needs and appropriate fit.
 

 

Lake Forest Academy views college counseling as a process, not an event. Although punctuated by specific activities and time-driven deadlines, a student’s search for the right college is, ideally, a culmination of several years of careful thought, serious reflection, and thorough investigation, mixed together with hopes and dreams of an exciting future. What happens in the spring of senior year— when a college choice is eventually made—is merely the byproduct of many smaller decisions that have been made since freshman year.
 

 

LFA uses a team approach to college counseling. The college counseling department comprises two full-time college counselors and two part-time counselors (all of whom also teach, coach, and work in the dormitories) plus the registrar. The four-person counseling staff offers students a small student-to-counselor ratio, a big advantage in creating a meaningful and individualized college search for each student. The team approach to college counseling allows students to establish close relationships with counselors before the college search ever begins. Having four counselors on staff also gives students access to widespread experiences and opinions.