Preparing graduates to fly
Each year, Nightingale students are accepted into the most selective colleges and universities in the U.S. and around the world. The process begins with course selection in Class X. In Class XI, each student receives supportive and personalized one-on-one college counseling that continues in Class XII. An internship program in Class XI provides invaluable experience in resume and cover letter writing, which leads to internships in media, business, the arts, or research laboratories.
Advisory
Middle School: Establishing trust
Every Middle School student meets at least twice per week with an advisor, either one-on-one or in a small group setting. The advisory program fosters open communication both formally, through a specific social-emotional curriculum, and informally, as students need. Students learn to advocate for themselves, engage responsibly with social media and technology, and develop healthy relationships.
The advisory program fosters open communication, both formally and informally.
Upper School: Building a one-on-one rapport
Upper School students receive one-on-one advising beginning in Class X. This ensures that every student is known and supported long before college counseling formally begins in Class XI. Relationships with advisors and other trusted adults in the Schoolhouse are critical to students’ personal growth and provide the springboard to the college counseling process.
Relationships with advisors are critical to students’ personal growth.
College Counseling
Finding the right college fit
College counseling initially begins with course selection in the Upper School in Class X and includes standardized test preparation. In Class XI, students and their families work with a college counselor to develop a list of schools that reflects each student’s interests and priorities. Students meet one-on-one and in formal classes with college counselors during the spring semester of their junior year and fall semester of their senior year to learn how to research colleges, perfect essay writing, learn interview skills, and develop college lists that fit each individual student’s academic aspirations.
Students and families work to develop a list of schools that reflects each student’s interests and priorities.
Internships
Building a resume through internships
Nightingale’s internship program gives juniors real-world experience from a safe launching pad. Advisors work with students to build their resume, write cover letters, and conduct mock interviews. Students are able to explore careers at a variety of media outlets, cultural institutions, respected laboratories, and non-profit organizations throughout New York City and even abroad, and that work experience helps them stand out on college applications. Many of these jobs are hosted by Nightingale parents and alumnae, with whom students can form beneficial relationships.
Nightingale’s internship program gives juniors real-world experience.
Where our students have interned:
- Amali, Calissa, and related restaurants
- BlackRock
- The Confab Podcast
- Coplan Hurowitz Art Advisory
- Empire Global Ventures
- Francesca Harper Project
- Gagosian Gallery
- Hospital for Special Surgery
- Jacobi Medical Center
- The Katzen Team at Douglas Elliman
- Kristin Simmons Art
- Levien & Company
- Luxemark Interiors
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Private Ob/Gyn practice
- Shoshanna
- Silicon Alley Media
College Matriculation
College Matriculation 2021–2025
The list of colleges our graduates attend reflects the broad range of individual passions and interests of Nightingale students.
Amherst College (7)
Auburn University
Bard College (2)
Barnard College (5)
Bates College
Bennington College
Binghamton University
Boston College (3)
Boston University
Bowdoin College (3)
Brandeis University (3)
Brown University (7)
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University (2)
California Polytechnic State University (2)
California Institute of Technology
University of California–Davis
University of California–Los Angeles (2)
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University (3)
Chapman University
University of Chicago (2)
Colby College (5)
Colgate University (4)
University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
Columbia University (7)
Cornell University (13)
Dartmouth College (2)
Davidson College
Dickinson College
Denison University
Duke University (7)
Emerson College (2)
Emory University (6)
Fordham University
Georgetown University (7)
Hamilton College (2)
Harvard University (3)
Haverford College (3)
College of the Holy Cross
Indiana University-Bloomington
John Cabot University
Kenyon College (3)
Lafayette College (3)
Lehigh University (4)
Macalester College
University of Maryland at College Park
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McGill University (6)
University of Miami
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (4)
Middlebury College (6)
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
New York University (3)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2)
Northwestern University (7)
University of Notre Dame
Oberlin College (2)
Occidental College (2)
Ohio University
University of Pennsylvania (9)
Pitzer College (3)
Princeton University (5)
Purdue University
Queen Mary University of London
Reed College
Rice University (2)
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Scripps College
Skidmore College (4)
Smith College
University of Southern California (2)
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University (3)
Temple University (2)
The University of Texas at Austin
The George Washington University (3)
The Ohio State University
University of Toronto
Trinity College (3)
Tufts University (6)
Tulane University (4)
University of St. Andrews (10)
Vanderbilt University (7)
Villanova University (3)
University of Virginia (3)
Wake Forest University (6)
Washington and Lee University (3)
Washington University in St. Louis (9)
Wesleyan University (3)
Whitman College
William & Mary
Williams College (5)
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Yale University (9)