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College Bound
The college application process at Tara is unique. Our robust and well-established method replaces the need to hire an outside advisor. By the end of eleventh grade, college choices have been discussed in parent and student meetings. Tara faculty then counsels each family individually, suggesting a range of appropriate colleges, and students conduct personal research over the summer. In the first few weeks of twelfth grade, they work on their personal statements/supplemental questions and complete their applications, which are mailed by mid-October. The students are then free to focus on and fully experience the senior year curriculum.
Tara has become known at a number of colleges and universities for the beautiful presentations of our students. In a mini-portfolio, they introduce themselves with photos, artwork and an explanation of Tara’s rich curriculum of music, theater, dance and community service. These days, when so many college applicants have the same high qualifications, a Tara student’s offering stands out and calls special, positive attention to the application.
Tara graduates have been accepted to the following colleges:
Adelphi University Agnes Scott College Alfred University Allegheny College American Academy of Art American Musical Dramatic Academy American University American University of Paris Amherst College Antioch College Arcadia University Arizona State University Art Institute of Chicago Auburn University Bard College Barnard College Belmont University Beloit College Bemidji College Bennington College Berklee College of Music Brevard College Brooklyn College Bryn Mawr College Butler University California Lutheran University California Polytechnic State University Carlton College Case-Western University Central Washington University Chapman University Claremont McKenna College Clark University Clemson University College of Santa Fe College of Wooster College of the Atlantic Colorado College Colorado Mesa University Colorado Mountain College Colorado State University Columbia College Chicago Columbia University Cornell College Cornell University Cornish College of the Arts DePaul University Denison University Design Institute of San Diego Dickinson College Drew University Drexel University Duquesne University Earlham College Eastern Mennonite University Eckerd College Elmira College Elon University Emerson College Emory University Emory and Henry College Endicott College Escoffier School of Culinary Arts Eugene Lang, The New School Evergreen State College Falmouth University Fordham University Fort Lewis College Franklin & Marshall College Franklin Pierce College Furman College George Washington University Goddard College Gonzaga University Goshen College Goucher College Grand Canyon University Grinnell College Guilford College Hampshire College Hillsdale College Hiram College Hofstra University Humboldt State University Illinois Institute of Technology Ithaca College James Madison University Juniata College Kalamazoo College Kenyon College Knox College Lafayette College Lake Superior State University Lawrence University Lewis & Clark College Linfield College Long Island University Maastrict University Macalester College Marist University Marlboro College Marymount Manhattan College Massachusetts College of Art & Design McGill University Meredith College Mesa State University Middlebury College Minot State College Molloy College, CAP Conservatory Morningside University Mount Holyoke College Muhlenberg College | Naropa University New College of Florida New College of Florida New World School of the Arts New World School of the Arts New York Conservatory of Dramatic Arts New York Film Academy New York University New York University, Tisch School of the Arts North Carolina School of the Arts Oberlin College Occidental College Ohio Wesleyan University Oregon State University Otterbein College Pace University Pacific University Paul Smith College Pennsylvania State University Pepperdine University Pitzer College Portland State University Pratt Institute Prescott College Purchase College Quest University Reed College Rhodes College Richmond University, London Roanoke College Rosemont College Rutgers University SUNY Potsdam San Francisco State University Santa Clara University Santa Fe University of Art Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art & Design School of the Art Institute of Chicago Scripps College Shenandoah University Skidmore College Smith College Soka University Sonoma State University Southern Methodist University Southern Vermont College St. Andrews Presbyterian College St. John’s College St. Martin's College St. Olaf College Stanford University State University of New York Suffolk University Swarthmore College Syracuse University Temple University The New School for Drama Union College University of Arizona University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, Riverside University of California, Santa Cruz University of Chicago University of Cincinnati University of Colorado, Boulder University of Colorado, Denver University of Delaware University of Denver University of Essex, East 15 Acting School University of Findlay University of Hawaii University of Kentucky University of Maine University of Massachusetts, Boston University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth University of Minnesota University of New Hampshire University of North Carolina, Greensboro University of North Carolina, Wilmington University of Northern Colorado University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania University of Portland University of Puget Sound University of Rhode Island University of San Francisco University of Southern Oregon University of Utah University of Victoria University of Washington University of the Arts Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia Ursinus College Vassar College Virginia Polytechnic Institute Wagner College Warren Wilson College Washington State University Wells College Wesleyan University Western Colorado University Western State University Western Washington University Westminster University Whitman College Whittier College Willamette University |