College Placement Office

During the spring of junior year, each student meets with a member of the college counseling team to initiate the college planning process. After reviewing the student’s selection of senior courses, considering 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 is from July to 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, writing applications and completing 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 placement 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; Visual Arts, Upper School
    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, Standardized Testing Coordinator
    203.625.5846

College Matriculation Lists

List of 2 items.

  • Click here for the Class of 2024 Matriculation List

    Class of 2024
    Bucknell University7University at Albany2Southern Methodist University1
    University of Virginia6University of Chicago2St. Michael's College1
    Brown University5University of Southern California2Texas Christian University1
    Georgetown University5Amherst College1The George Washington University1
    University of St. Andrews5Boston University1Tulane University1
    Boston College4Bowdoin College1University of Notre Dame1
    Dartmouth College4Carleton College1University of Michigan1
    Juniors Hockey4Carnegie Mellon University1University of New Haven1
    Princeton University4Colby College1University of Richmond1
    Villanova University3Columbia College Chicago1University of Texas1
    Colgate University3Columbia University1University of Washington1
    Cornell University3Denison University1University of Wisconsin1
    Stanford University3Fairfield University1University of North Carolina1
    Syracuse University3Harvard University1University of Colorado, Boulder1
    University of Connecticut3Hobart & William Smith Colleges1Vanderbilt University1
    College of the Holy Cross2Johns Hopkins University1Wake Forest University1
    Indiana University, Kelley School2Lehigh University1U.S. Military Academy West Point1
    Middlebury College2New Jersey Institute of Technology1Williams College1
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology2Northwestern University1Yale University1
    Northeastern University2Santa Clara University1
  • Click Here for the 2020-2024 Composite List

    Georgetown University25Cornell University9Northeastern University4
    Yale University22Harvard University9Santa Clara University4
    Boston College19University of Connecticut9Stanford University4
    University of Pennsylvania18Colgate University8U.S. Naval Academy4
    University of Virginia18Massachusetts Institute of Technology8Washington University4
    Bucknell University16University of Southern California8Boston University3
    Juniors Hockey16Indiana University7Carnegie Mellon University3
    Dartmouth College15Hamilton College6College of the Holy Cross3
    Princeton University15University of St. Andrews6Denison University3
    University of Wisconsin15Trinity College6New York University3
    Villanova University15University of North Carolina6Northwestern University3
    Brown University13Amherst College5Sacred Heart University3
    Duke University13Colby College5Texas Christian University3
    Middlebury College12Syracuse University5The George Washington University3
    University of Chicago12University of Miami5Tulane University3
    University of Michigan12University of Richmond5University of Colorado, Boulder3
    University of Notre Dame11Bowdoin College4University of Denver3
    Southern Methodist University10Columbia University4University of Texas at Austin3
    Wake Forest University10Lehigh University4University of Vermont3


    In addition, one or two Brunswick graduates from the classes of 2020-2024 matriculated at each of the following:
    Arizona State UniversityHobart & William Smith CollegesSt. Michael's College
    Babson CollegeHoward UniversityStony Brook University
    Bard CollegeImperial College, LondonTufts University
    Berklee College of MusicJohns Hopkins UniversityU.S. Military Academy West Point
    Binghamton UniversityLouisiana State UniversityUnion College
    Brigham Young UniversityMiami University, OhioUniversity at Albany
    Carleton CollegeNew Jersey Institute of TechnologyUniversity of California, Berkley
    Central Connecticut State UniversityNew York University, TischUniversity of California, Los Angeles
    Claremont McKenna CollegeOhio State UniversityUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
    Clemson UniversityPace UniversityUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
    College of William & MaryThe Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity of Mississippi
    Colorado CollegePepperdine UniversityUniversity of New England
    Columbia College ChicagoPGUniversity of New Haven
    Concordia University QuebecQuinnipiac UniversityUniversity of Washington
    Connecticut CollegeRennselaer Polytechnic InstituteVanderbilt University
    Dickinson CollegeRhode Island School of DesignVirginia Polytechnic Institute
    Elon UniversityRochester Institute of TechnologyWilliams College
    Emory UniversityRutgers UniversityYIP Sweden
    Fairfield UniversitySkidmore College
    Gap YearSt. Lawrence University

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