College Placement Office

During the spring of junior year, each student is invited to meet with a member of the college counseling team to initiate the college planning process. After reviewing the student’s selection of senior courses, confirming his testing plans, and discussing his personal questionnaire, the counselor and student begin to generate a list of potential colleges to pursue.

This initial college list serves as a foundation for the college search, but it is updated, added to, and changed throughout the process. In many cases, this initial list is quite large and will require further clarification of preferences on the student’s part.

After careful research and more discussion, the student begins to plan campus visits. The optimum time for visiting and interviewing is in late August or early September. Once school has begun, seniors are granted college visiting days as needed.

The final list, indicating where each student will apply, will be generated following another meeting with each senior in the early fall.

Students then begin organizing application requirements for each school and writing applications and essays. Our philosophy is to let a student be in charge of his own process and to encourage him to use the advice of the guidance office as often as needed. It is crucial that parents guard against taking over the process.

Since much of the application process occurs at home, parents are encouraged to monitor their son’s progress and to alert us immediately if they see any significant signs of procrastination.

Involvement of the college counselors will continue until late spring, when every student has made a final decision. The College Placement Office prides itself on being supportive of our students every step of the way.


Contact Us

By Phone: 203.625.5846
By Email: college@brunswickschool.org

Meet the Team

List of 4 members.

  • Photo of Douglas Burdett

    Douglas Burdett 

    Assistant Head of School; Director of College Placement; Upper School English
    203.625.5823
  • Photo of Brian Shepard

    Brian Shepard 

    Director of Summer Academic Programming; Associate Director of College Placement
    203.625.5841
  • Photo of Cullen McMahon

    Cullen McMahon 

    Associate Director, College Placement; Upper School English
    203.625.5817
  • Photo of Megan McDermott

    Megan McDermott 

    College Placement Assistant
    203.625.5846

College Matriculation Lists

List of 2 items.

  • Click Here for the Class of 2022 List

    Class of 2022 Matriculation
    Boston College8Bard College1Pepperdine University1
    Georgetown University8Binghamton University1Rochester Institute of Technology1
    Dartmouth College4Bowdoin College1Rutgers University1
    Middlebury College4Brown University1Sacred Heart University1
    University of Chicago4Carnegie Mellon University1Southern Methodist University1
    University Notre Dame4Claremont McKenna College1Trinity College1
    University Wisconsin4Clemson University1Tufts University1
    Villanova University4Colorado College1Tulane University1
    Yale University4Concordia University1University of Colorado Boulder1
    Princeton University3Cornell University1University of Denver1
    University of Michigan3Denison University1University of New England1
    University of Pennsylvania3Duke University1University of New Haven1
    University Virginia3Elon University1University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1
    Wake Forest University3Hamilton College1University of Richmond1
    Colgate University2Lehigh University1University of St. Andrews1
    Harvard University2Louisiana State University1United States Naval Academy1
    Indiana University, Kelley School2Miami University1Virginia Polytechnic Institute1
    Santa Clara University2Massachusetts Institute of Technology1William & Mary1
    University of Connecticut2Northwestern University1YIP Sweden1
    University of Texas2New York University1
    Amherst College1Pace University1
  • Click Here for the 2018-2022 Composite List

    Composite Matriculation List of 2018-2022
    Georgetown University23Junior Hockey9George Washington University4
    University of Pennsylvania22University of Richmond9Hamilton College4
    Boston College19University of Southern California9Northwestern University4
    Duke University19University of Notre Dame8U.S. Naval Academy4
    Princeton University18Villanova University8Boston University3
    Yale University18Washington University8Colby College3
    University of Virginia16Colgate University7Elon University3
    Dartmouth College15Cornell University7Lehigh University3
    Middlebury College14University of Connecticut7Northeastern University3
    University of Chicago13University of Miami7Sacred Heart University3
    University of Michigan13Amherst College6St. Lawrence University3
    Trinity College12Indiana University6Tulane University3
    Wake Forest University12Massachusetts Institute of Technology5University of California, Berkeley3
    University of Wisconsin11New York University5University of Colorado, Boulder3
    Bucknell University10Santa Clara University5University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill3
    Southern Methodist University10Stanford University5William & Mary3
    Brown University9University of Denver5
    Harvard University9Williams College5

    In addition, one or two Brunswick graduates from the classes of 2018-2022 matriculated at each of the following:

    Berklee College of MusicHobart & William Smith CollegesTexas Christian University
    Brigham Young UniversityIDC Herzliya CollegeUnion College
    Carleton CollegeImperial College, LondonUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
    Case Western UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityUniversity of Mississippi (Honors College)
    Central Connecticut State UniversityLong Island University, PostUniversity of North Dakota
    Columbia UniversityPenn State UniversityUniversity of Oregon
    Davidson CollegePurdue UniversityUniversity of Rochester
    Denison UniversityQuinnipiac UniversityUniversity of Vermont
    Dickinson CollegeRhode Island School of DesignVassar College
    Emory UniversityRhodes CollegeWagner College
    Fordham UniversitySeton Hall UniversityWashington & Lee University
    Gap YearStony Brook UniversityWashington College
    Haverford CollegeSyracuse UniversityWilliam & Mary/St. Andrews
    Howard UniversityTrinity College, Dublin


Brunswick School Greenwich, CT

  • Upper School
    100 Maher Avenue
    Office: 203.625.5856

    Lower School
    1252 King Street
    Office: 203.485.3670
  • Middle School
    1275 King Street
    Office: 203.242.1202

    Pre School
    1252 King Street
    Office: 203.485.3652

Main Phone: 203.625.5800
Business: 203.242.1220 
Alumni: 203.242.1223