Hi! My name is Madeline Frech...
Katie Kern...
Zach Benton...
Garrett Glasgow...
Lily Scaife...
and I'm a member of the class...
and I am a member of the class of...
2021.
At Rowland Hall, we are dedicated college counselors.
This is all we do. It is a hundred percent of our time.
These students are so talented and so capable that we are able to show them how to bring those
talents and the skills that they've developed here at Rowland Hall to the application process.
We are incredibly fortunate at Rowland Hall that we have the opportunity to get to know our students
and families individually and really tailor the process to what they need and what they're looking for,
which is, is unique both in the state of Utah but also nationally.
I just love Coral so much. Every meeting, she makes it so personal,
and she asks you questions about your life before even getting into the details about college.
That just made it so much easier to talk about college, which is, in general, just such a stressful process.
Going into my senior year, I had no idea where I was going to apply, because I really didn't
know what I wanted to do, and so when it came to thinking about like applying to an early decision
school or an early action school, I was really struggling with that. So I think Coral was really
helpful in navigating that process and finding a school I could apply to EA that would still
fit both my wants in a school but was also a reach that my parents would be happy with.
I was about to submit my application to Columbia, and I was just checking through the entire common app,
and when I clicked one of the buttons, like a whole new essay question popped up. And so I just
went into crisis mode. So I immediately scheduled a meeting with my counselor. In the meeting,
she was just completely calm. She was like, "this happens all the time. Don't worry, you have two
weeks." I actually got in. I definitely felt supported throughout the entire process.
I think the most surprising thing for me was how it wasn't that stressful because I was super stressed going
into it. I did not have a test score. But for me, and like the support that I got made the process
really easy. I feel like they give you a lot of agency towards what you want to do,
and having my opinion be the first priority made me feel really supported.
I was expecting something that would be very demanding, very stressful, but it ended up being a little bit more
relaxing with the aid of the college counselors. They were readily available constantly, and it
made the process way easier than I expected.
When students and parents say, when everything is said and done,
that the process was not as stressful as they thought it was going to be,
that is because of the time, the connection, the trust, and the bonds that we are able to form
with the students and with the families.
When students are able to feel as though they're accomplishing their goals,
that they are realizing, you know, the first part and the first step in their future,
that's what I love the most about my job. Seeing those faces at graduation and knowing that
I played one small, you know, piece of their journey; that's pretty incredible.