| Happy Holidays!
We want to take a moment of gratitude for all our families who trusted us to help their students reach their college goals. Sharing this journey with each of you has been a privilege and a blessing.
First and foremost, we’d like to congratulate our amazing 2024 seniors. So far there have been exciting early acceptances to schools including Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell, Duke, Northwestern, University of Chicago, Vanderbilt, University of Virginia, Wellesley, Georgetown, Emory, Georgia Tech, Boston College, NYU, Tulane, Miami, Northeastern, Indiana, FSU, and so many more. Our students have also earned hundreds of thousands of merit scholarship dollars, and the numbers continue to grow. We are incredibly proud of our students for their hard work! We eagerly await hearing about upcoming acceptances as the colleges announce them.
For all our students who have not yet finished the admissions process, please be assured that your International College Counselors advisor will remain with you and your family until you are happily settled into a wonderful school. While some students have to wait a little longer than others, we’re certain that great things will come in 2025!
We also wanted to share some exciting company news from 2024. Recognizing that our collective expertise, international exposure, and institutional knowledge generate a huge advantage for all our families, we will continue to add resources, products, and partnerships to meet your needs effectively.
1. This year, we supported over 700 high school students who hailed from numerous private and public schools from 25 states and 25 countries, spanning six continents. We also helped home-schooled students, graduate school students, and transfer students with the college admissions process.
2. Our Class of 2024 seniors received offers of admission to 288 different colleges and universities, including all eight of the Ivy League schools, highly selective schools like MIT and Caltech, as well as multiple acceptances to schools including: Stanford and Notre Dame (2 students each); Harvard, Yale, and Boston College (3 students each); Brown, Princeton, and Rice (4 students each); Johns Hopkins, WashU, and Brandeis (5 students each); Carnegie Mellon, UChicago, and Tufts (6 students each); UCLA (7 students); Columbia, Northwestern, UC Berkeley, and Georgia Tech (9 students each); Vanderbilt and Georgetown (10 students each); Cornell (11 students); Duke (12 students); University of Pennsylvania and UNC Chapel Hill (14 students each); Tulane and GW (18 students each); Syracuse (27 students); University of Michigan (28 students); CU Boulder (38 students); Northeastern (44 students); University of Maryland (48 students); University of Miami (59 students); University of Florida (61 students); and FSU (64 students). Click here for our complete results listing. We also continued our boarding school and graduate school services with stellar results to numerous prestigious institutions.
3. Our ICC team includes 20 full-time employees, including 16 college advisors, with a combined 250+ years of experience helping students and families successfully navigate the college application journey. We welcomed a new Senior Manager of Client Relations to our team, Martha LeDuc, who plays a crucial role in fostering, developing, and maintaining relationships between ICC and its families. We are thrilled to have her on our team!
4. Around our community, ICC college advisors held over 65 free seminars, presentations, and webinars at high schools and middle schools, religious groups, businesses, leadership groups, and other organizations. We honored two students with scholarships through the 15th annual International College Counselors Scholarship. And, we sponsored numerous high schools and organizations through gift donations and other pro bono work.
5. For students and professionals, our sister company, Edit the Work, provided professional editing and proofreading help on college and high school essays as well as resume review.
6. For families who have students trying to gain acceptance into private middle and high schools, we continued to offer the SSAT Flex Test at our Ft. Lauderdale office as ICC is an approved SSAT Flex Testing Center, and we continue to provide admissions assistance for entry into primary and secondary schools in South Florida.
Thank you for being a part of the International College Counselors family. We sincerely appreciate your continued support and confidence. Here’s to a fantastic 2025!
Warmest regards,
Mandee, Barry, Aimee, Amy, Andrea, Andy, Beth, Cheree, Claudia, Danielle, Debra, Erik, Heidi, Jen, Jillian, Jon, Kelly, Kerri, Laura, Lourdes, Marlene, Martha, Mary, Nancy, and Nicole
– The International College Counselors Team |
