College Counseling

The goal of our College Counseling department is to equip students with skills and knowledge they need in order to apply to college and succeed in college. Our College Counselors majored in the Arts themselves and still work professionally in the Arts, which allows them to offer college and career advice to students based on firsthand experience.

Juniors at ��ֱ�� take a year-long Life Skills class with our College Counselors. It teaches skills such as interviewing, résumé-building, and professional communication, along with introducing students to the college application process. This is also when mandatory meetings with their College Counselor begin. Students use this individual time with their College Counselor to explore their goals and needs, and begin cultivating a selective list of colleges. Students finalize this list during their Senior year by focusing on a manageable number of schools that give them the best chance for admission and future success.

Seniors at ��ֱ�� take a one-semester Life Skills class that covers information all students will need while applying to colleges, and also have individual meetings to focus on things specific to each student. Within their Arts major, Seniors also take a Senior Seminar, which provides instruction and feedback for portfolios and auditions. Faculty members help students coordinate and plan audition recordings, travel, and schedules. Each year, our Dramatic Arts department seniors travel with faculty to the Chicago Unified Auditions; the Visual Arts and InterArts departments travel to Portfolio Days; and students in all departments regularly attend competitions, lectures, and showcases that present them with opportunities at the next level.

While students are ultimately responsible for their college applications, and while self-sufficiency is an important skill they will need to have beyond their time at ��ֱ��, we provide all of the above tools to assist them with navigating this experience.

��ֱ�� offers the PSAT once a year for Juniors in October and the SAT once a year in March. Our test-center coordinator, Rebecca Kandel, works with all aspects of testing. Please address your standardized testing questions to her at rkandel@idyllwildarts.org.

College Acceptances for ��ֱ�� Graduates

IA Students attended colleges listed in bold.

Adelphi University
Alfred University
AMDA College of Performing Arts
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
American Musical and Dramatic Academy
Anáhuac University
Arcadia University
Arizona State University
Art Center College of Design
Arts University Bournemouth
Azusa Pacific University
Ball State University
Bard College
Belmont University
Bennington College
Berklee College of Music
BIMM University
Birmingham City University
Biola University
Boston Conservatory
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Boston University
Brandeis University
Brown University
Buckinghamshire New University
California Baptist University
California College of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
California Lutheran University
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
California State Polytechnic University (Pomona)
California State University, Chico
California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Maritime Academy
California State University, Monterey Bay
California State University, Northridge
California State University San Marcos
Cal Poly Humboldt
Camberwell College of Arts
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design
Central Washington University
Chapman University
City & Guilds of London Art School
Clark University
Cleveland Institute of Music
College of Advertising & Design, Brussels
College of the Desert
Colorado College
Colorado State University
Colorado State University
Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Hollywood
Columbus State University
Conservatory of Amsterdam
Cornell University
Cornish College of the Arts
Creighton University
CUNY Brooklyn College
CUNY City College
CUNY Hunter College
Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre
Dean College
Denison University
DePaul University
DeSales University
Design Academy Eindhoven
Dominican University
Dominican University of California
Drake University
Drexel University
Duke Kunshan University
Eastman School of Music
Elon University
Emerson College
ESMOD Fashion Design and Fashion Business
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Falmouth University
Fashion Institute of Technology
Fisher College
Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida State University
Fordham University
George Mason University
George Washington University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Goldsmiths University
Goldsmiths, University of London
Hampshire College
Hawaii Pacific University
Hilbert College
Hollins University
Hofstra University
Indiana University
Indiana University, Bloomington
Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music
Institute for American Musical Theatre
Institute of the Arts, Barcelona
International Fashion Academy (IFA)
Iowa State University
Ithaca College
Jefferson College
Joffrey Ballet School
Johns Hopkins University
Juilliard
Kansas City Art Institute
Kenyon College
Laguna College of Art & Design
Lawrence University
Lee Strasberg Institute
Leeds Arts University
Lehigh University
Lewis & Clark College
LISAA School of Art & Design
LIM College
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
London College of Fashion
London Film Academy
London Metropolitan University
Long Island University
Long Island University, Brooklyn
Long Island University, Post
Los Angeles College of Music
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University, Chicago
Loyola University, New Orleans
Lynn University
Macalester College
Maine College of Art & Design
Maine Maritime Academy
Manhattan College
Manhattan School of Music
Manhattan University|
Marist College
Maryland Institute College of Art
Marymount Manhattan College
Massachusetts College of Art & Design
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
McGill University
Metropolitan State University of Denver
MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art)
Middlesex University
Michigan State University
Mills College
Minnesota State University
Montana State University
Montclair State University
Montserrat College of Art
Moore College of Art and Design
Mount Holyoke College
Muhlenberg College
National Louis University
Nazareth College
New England Conservatory
New England Conservatory of Music
New York Film Academy
New York University
New York University, Abu Dhabi
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
NHL Stenden
Northeastern University
Northern Illinois University
Northwestern University

Oakland University
Oberlin College
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Occidental College
Ohio State University
Oklahoma City University
Ontario College of Art and Design University
Oregon State University
Otis College of Art & Design
Otterbein University
Pace University
Pace University (NYC)
Pace University (Westchester)
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Pacific Northwest College of Art at Willamette
Palucca University of Dresden University
Parsons School of Design
Parsons School of Design at The New School
Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Pennsylvania State University
Pitzer College
Point Park University
Pratt Institute
Purchase College, SUNY
Rambert School of Ballet & Contemporary Dance
Regent’s University London
Rhode Island School of Design
Ringling College of Art & Design
Rochester Institute of Technology
Roosevelt University
Roosevelt University, Chicago College of Performing Arts
Royal College of Music
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Rutgers University
Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts
San Diego State University
San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco State University
Sarah Lawrence College
Santa Clara University
Sarah Lawrence
Savannah College of Art & Design
School of Jazz and Contemporary Music at The New School
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
School of Visual Arts
Scripps College
Sierra Nevada College
Skidmore College
Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of the Arts
Southeast Missouri State University
Southern Methodist University
Southern Oregon University
State University of New York, Buffalo
State University of New York, New Paltz
State University of New York, Purchase
Stetson University
Stonehill College
Stony Brook University
Suffolk University
SUNY Buffalo
SUNY Purchase
Syracuse University
Swarthmore
Temple University
Texas Christian University
Texas State University
The American University of Rome
The Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts
The New England Conservatory of Music
The New School
The New School of Jazz
The New School, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
The New School, Mannes School of Music
The New School, Parsons School of Design
The Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University
The University of the Arts
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance
Tufts University
University College London
University of Akron
University of Alabama
University of Applied Sciences Europe, Berlin
University of Arizona
University of Auckland
University of Brighton
University of British Columbia
University of California, Davis
University of California, Berkeley
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 Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Colorado, Denver
University of Connecticut
University of Delaware
University of Denver
University of Derby
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Hartford
University of Hawaii
University of Hawaii, Manoa
University of Houston
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois, Chicago
University of Iowa
University of Maine
University of Manchester
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Miami, Frost School of Music
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of Montana
University of Nebraska
University of Nevada
University of New Hampshire
University of New Haven
University of New Mexico
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
University of North Texas
University of Oregon
University of Pittsburgh
University of Puget Sound
University of Redlands
University of Rhode Island
University of Rochester
University of San Francisco
University of Southern California
University of Southern California, Roski School of Art & Design
University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts
University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music
University of South Florida
University of Southampton
University of the Arts
University of the Arts London
University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins
University of the Arts London, Chelsea College of Arts
University of the Arts London, London College of Fashion
University of the Pacific
University of Utah
University of Utah, College of Fine Arts
University of Washington
University of the West of England, Bristol
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Vancouver Film School
Vanguard University
Viterbo University
Wagner College
Washington University
Wayne State University
Washington University in St. Louis
Webster University
Western Michigan University
Westminster University
Western Washington University
Youngstown State University

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