The college admissions process plays an important role in our high school students’ educational journey and in their individual journeys of self-discovery. From the moment students arrive as freshmen, they are immersed in a college-bound culture designed to help them identify and realize their own goals and aspirations. With the active guidance of our college counselors and academic deans, as well as the support of our faculty, one hundred percent of our graduates who desire to attend college gain entry to a college or university of their choice.
Our careful and attentive planning involves both parents and students in a collaborative process that spans their high school years and is embedded in course work and course selection. The formal college search and application process kicks off in the spring of our students’ junior year with an informational evening for parents and with weekly seminars for the students. Following individual family meetings, students then meet regularly and individually with our college counseling staff to identify programs, colleges and universities that closely match their talents, aspirations and capabilities. We continue to meet with and support our students throughout their senior year as they complete their college applications. We offer weekly college counseling seminars in the junior and senior years. We provide extensive programs and events for our families in both English and Spanish. We present a Spring Case Studies program for students, financial aid planning for parents, and welcome more than 160 college representatives who visit our campus to meet with students each fall. Frequent, open communication among the students, parents, college counselors, and the colleges themselves is key to a successful admissions process.
College Counseling Department
Alejandra Bonilla
Director of College Counseling
abonilla@newroads.org
310-828-5582 x 205 phone
310-828-2582 fax
Alejandra Bonilla
Director of College Counseling
abonilla@newroads.org
310-828-5582 x 205 phone
310-828-2582 fax
Lacy Hall
Assistant Director of College Counseling
310-828-5582 x 222 phone
310-828-2582 fax
310-828-2582 fax
Flynn Linehan
Assistant Director of College Counseling
310-828-5582 x 131 phone
We are so proud of the Classes of 2016-2020 for their acceptances into such a diverse and impressive range of colleges and universities. We wish them the very best on the road ahead!
Schools in bold were selected by New Roads graduates.
The total merit scholarship for the Class of 2020 was $7,588,856.
Schools in bold were selected by New Roads graduates.
The total merit scholarship for the Class of 2020 was $7,588,856.
American Colleges & Universities
Abertay University (UK)
American University
Amherst College
University of Applied Arts Vienna
Arizona State University
Art Center College of Design
Babson College
Bard College
Barnard College
Bates College
Belmont University
Beloit College
Bennington College
Berklee College of Music
Bethune-Cookman University
Boston College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Bowling Green State University
Brandeis University
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College
California College of the Arts (San Francisco)
California Institute of the Arts
California Lutheran University
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
California State University Maritime Academy
California State University, Channel Islands
California State University, Chico
California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, East Bay
California State University, Fresno
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Monterey Bay
California State University, Northridge
California State University, Sacramento
California State University, San Bernardino
California State University, San Marcos
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design
Chapman University
City College of New York CUNY
Claremont McKenna College
Clark Atlanta University
Clark University
Colby College
Colby-Sawyer College
Colgate University
Colorado College
Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Hollywood
Connecticut College
Cornell University
Cornish College of the Arts
Dartmouth College
Dean College
Denison University
DePaul University
Dickinson College
Drexel University
Duquesne University
Elon University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott
Emerson College
Emmanuel College
Fairfield University
Fordham University
Franklin & Marshall College
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Gettysburg College
Goucher College
Grambling State University
Grinnell College
Hamilton College - NY
Hampshire College
Hampton University
Harvard College
Harvey Mudd College
Haverford College
Hawaii Pacific University
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Hofstra University
Hollins University
Howard University
Humboldt State University
Hunter College of the CUNY
Indiana University at Bloomington
Ithaca College
Johns Hopkins University
Johnson & Wales University (Providence)
Kalamazoo College
Kenyon College
Knox College
La Salle University
Lasell University
Lawrence University
Leiden University College The Hague
Lehigh University
Lewis & Clark College
Louisiana State University
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University New Orleans
Macalester College
Manhattanville College
Marist College
Maryland Institute College of Art
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McDaniel College
Menlo College
Miami University, Oxford
Michigan State University
Middlebury College
Mills College
Morehouse College
Mount Holyoke College
Muhlenberg College
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater
New York University
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences
Occidental College
Ohio Wesleyan University
Oregon State University
Otis College of Art and Design
Pace University, New York City
Pennsylvania State University
Pepperdine University
Pitzer College
Pomona College
Portland State University
Pratt Institute
Purchase College, SUNY
Reed College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rhode Island School of Design
Rice University
Ringling College of Art and Design
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
San Diego State University
San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco State University
San Jose State University
Santa Clara University
Sarah Lawrence College
Savannah College of Art and Design
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Seattle University
Skidmore College
Smith College
Soka University of America
Sonoma State University
Southern California Institute of Architecture
Southern Methodist University
Spelman College
St. Edward's University
St. John's College (NM)
St. John's University
Stanford University
Stevens Institute of Technology
Suffolk University
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
Temple University
Texas Christian University
Texas Southern University
The College of William & Mary
The College of Wooster
The Evergreen State College
The George Washington University
The New School - All Divisions
The Ohio State University
The University of Arizona
The University of Iowa
The University of Montana, Western
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Trinity College
Tufts University
Tulane University
Tuskegee University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Merced
University of California, Riverside
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Chicago
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Colorado at Denver
University of Connecticut
University of Delaware
University of Denver
University of Georgia
University of Hartford
University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Kansas
University of La Verne
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
University of New Mexico
University of Notre Dame
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
University of Portland
University of Puget Sound
University of Redlands
University of Rochester
University of San Diego
University of San Francisco
University of Southern California
University of Utah
University of Vermont
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Washington State University
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Wheaton College MA
Whitman College
Whittier College
Willamette University
Williams College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Xavier University of Louisiana
American University
Amherst College
University of Applied Arts Vienna
Arizona State University
Art Center College of Design
Babson College
Bard College
Barnard College
Bates College
Belmont University
Beloit College
Bennington College
Berklee College of Music
Bethune-Cookman University
Boston College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Bowling Green State University
Brandeis University
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College
California College of the Arts (San Francisco)
California Institute of the Arts
California Lutheran University
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
California State University Maritime Academy
California State University, Channel Islands
California State University, Chico
California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, East Bay
California State University, Fresno
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Monterey Bay
California State University, Northridge
California State University, Sacramento
California State University, San Bernardino
California State University, San Marcos
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design
Chapman University
City College of New York CUNY
Claremont McKenna College
Clark Atlanta University
Clark University
Colby College
Colby-Sawyer College
Colgate University
Colorado College
Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Hollywood
Connecticut College
Cornell University
Cornish College of the Arts
Dartmouth College
Dean College
Denison University
DePaul University
Dickinson College
Drexel University
Duquesne University
Elon University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott
Emerson College
Emmanuel College
Fairfield University
Fordham University
Franklin & Marshall College
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Gettysburg College
Goucher College
Grambling State University
Grinnell College
Hamilton College - NY
Hampshire College
Hampton University
Harvard College
Harvey Mudd College
Haverford College
Hawaii Pacific University
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Hofstra University
Hollins University
Howard University
Humboldt State University
Hunter College of the CUNY
Indiana University at Bloomington
Ithaca College
Johns Hopkins University
Johnson & Wales University (Providence)
Kalamazoo College
Kenyon College
Knox College
La Salle University
Lasell University
Lawrence University
Leiden University College The Hague
Lehigh University
Lewis & Clark College
Louisiana State University
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University New Orleans
Macalester College
Manhattanville College
Marist College
Maryland Institute College of Art
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McDaniel College
Menlo College
Miami University, Oxford
Michigan State University
Middlebury College
Mills College
Morehouse College
Mount Holyoke College
Muhlenberg College
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater
New York University
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences
Occidental College
Ohio Wesleyan University
Oregon State University
Otis College of Art and Design
Pace University, New York City
Pennsylvania State University
Pepperdine University
Pitzer College
Pomona College
Portland State University
Pratt Institute
Purchase College, SUNY
Reed College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rhode Island School of Design
Rice University
Ringling College of Art and Design
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
San Diego State University
San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco State University
San Jose State University
Santa Clara University
Sarah Lawrence College
Savannah College of Art and Design
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Seattle University
Skidmore College
Smith College
Soka University of America
Sonoma State University
Southern California Institute of Architecture
Southern Methodist University
Spelman College
St. Edward's University
St. John's College (NM)
St. John's University
Stanford University
Stevens Institute of Technology
Suffolk University
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
Temple University
Texas Christian University
Texas Southern University
The College of William & Mary
The College of Wooster
The Evergreen State College
The George Washington University
The New School - All Divisions
The Ohio State University
The University of Arizona
The University of Iowa
The University of Montana, Western
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Trinity College
Tufts University
Tulane University
Tuskegee University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Merced
University of California, Riverside
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Chicago
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Colorado at Denver
University of Connecticut
University of Delaware
University of Denver
University of Georgia
University of Hartford
University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Kansas
University of La Verne
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
University of New Mexico
University of Notre Dame
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
University of Portland
University of Puget Sound
University of Redlands
University of Rochester
University of San Diego
University of San Francisco
University of Southern California
University of Utah
University of Vermont
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Washington State University
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Wheaton College MA
Whitman College
Whittier College
Willamette University
Williams College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Xavier University of Louisiana
International Colleges and Universities
Franklin University Switzerland
Northbrook College Sussex (UK)
Queen Margaret University
Quest University Canada
Regent's University London
Richmond, The American International University in London
Technologico de Monterrey (Mexico)
The American University of Paris
The American University of Rome
The Glasgow School of Art
The University of Edinburgh
University of Brighton (UK)
University of British Columbia
University of Glasgow
University of Stirling
University of the Arts London
Northbrook College Sussex (UK)
Queen Margaret University
Quest University Canada
Regent's University London
Richmond, The American International University in London
Technologico de Monterrey (Mexico)
The American University of Paris
The American University of Rome
The Glasgow School of Art
The University of Edinburgh
University of Brighton (UK)
University of British Columbia
University of Glasgow
University of Stirling
University of the Arts London
University of Toronto
New Roads School is a college preparatory K-12 private independent school in Santa Monica, CA, serving over 514 school age children from the greater Los Angeles area. New Roads School provides an inspired educational program from which an authentically diverse student population, mirroring the rich diversity of Los Angeles, develops a personal dedication to learning, a respect for independent thinking, and an expanding curiosity about the world and its people.