All SLJ students experience a series of regular college readiness lessons and activities in Advisory as well as opportunities to meet one-on-one and in small groups with our team of College & Career advisors.

These advisors get to know students personally and help them identify and enact the most rigorous post-high school plan possible. 


Our College & Career team undertakes to:

  1. instill the belief in our students that attending college is the norm and the expectation;

  2. coach students' families throughout the college application/preparation process so that they are both aware of and involved in every step;

  3. facilitate the college application process such that any obstacles on the path to matriculation are minimized to the greatest possible degree;

  4. provide enrichment opportunities to supplement classroom learning, to prepare students academically and socially for the college experience, curtail summer melt, and provide skills such as critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and self-advocacy;

  5. support alumni in their efforts to persist in and complete their undergraduate degree.

SLJ’s current College & Career programs

Pre-College Opportunities – Study abroad, residential college programs, arts & culture, STEM, paid internships, leadership development. 

College Access Program – SAT prep, mandatory college prep workshops during summer before senior year, individualized application and financial aid support, essay-writing workshops, parents’ nights and individual counseling, financial literacy curriculum, college transition counseling.

College Campus Visits – Visits for each grade to local colleges to meet with admissions officers, and learn about the application process; juniors apply to attend a five-college overnight trip.

Career Prep – Lunch With Lawyers monthly speaker series, resume and networking workshops, career days, post-college transition counseling and support for non-college bound students.

SLJ students currently attend or have graduated from...

CUNY
Baruch College
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Brooklyn College
City College
College of Staten Island
Guttman Community College
Hunter College
John Jay College
Kingsborough Community College
LaGuardia Community College
Lehman College
Macaulay Honors College
Medgar Evers College
New York City College of Technology
Queens College
Queensborough Community College
York College


SUNY
Alfred State College
Binghamton University
Brockport College
Buffalo State University
Cortland
Fashion Institute of Technology
Mohawk Valley Community College
Morrisville State College
New Paltz
Old Westbury
Oneonta
Oswego State College
Plattsburgh
Potsdam College
Purchase College
Stony Brook University
Tompkins Cortland Community College
University at Albany
University at Buffalo

HBCU's
Bennett College
Bowie State University
Clark Atlanta University
Delaware State University
Hampton University
Howard University
Johnson C. Smith University
Morehouse College
Morgan State University
Norfolk State College
Spelman College
Virginia State University

Private & Public Universities
American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service
American University
Amherst College
Babson College
Barnard College
Bates College
Boricua College
Boston University
Carnegie Mellon University
Colgate University
Colby College
Columbia University
Connecticut College
Cornell University
Daemen College
DePauw University
Dickinson College
Emory University
Fordham University
Franklin and Marshall College
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Hamilton College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Hofstra University
Ithaca College
Lafayette College
Lehigh University

Private & Public Universities
Muhlenberg College
Nazareth College
New York University
Northeastern University
Pace University
Pitzer College
Stanford University
St. John Fisher College
St. Joseph's College (NY)
St. Lawrence University
Skidmore College
Smith College
Syracuse University
Trinity College (CT)
Union College
University of Chicago
University of Maryland, College Park, Honors Program
University of Miami
University of Pennsylvania
University of Rochester
University of Virginia
Vaughn College
Villanova University
Wheaton College
Williams College
Yale University