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College Guidance
An Individualized Approach
With our counselor to student ratio, each family receives an incredible amount of individualized support to help their child navigate the college admissions process.
Guiding Students to Their Dream School
The college application process is among the most exciting, if often stressful times in a high school student’s life. Our dedicated counselors help ensure a smooth and productive path through it all. Students begin to work with our college counselors beginning in grades 9-10. They are introduced to Naviance, our college and career program, career exploration programs, and sample college applications. The true source of our great success in placing our students in amazing colleges and universities across the world lies in the relationships formed by the guidance counselors with their students. These deep relationships make it relatively easy for the counselors to identify a student’s strengths, weaknesses, passions and interests, all in the service of placing them in an environment that best supports their continued growth and maturity.
Meet Our Counselors
Mark Kowalsky
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My name is Mark Kowalsky, and I am a college counselor at Schechter School of Long Island. Beginning my 45th year in education working with teenagers, I have taught high school English, been a guidance counselor in public school and a college counselor, always helping teens learn about themselves and their places in the world. This is definitely the best part of my job. My current position at Schechter is by far the best job I have had. I am all about caring, community, and learning, so Schechter has all the qualities that I admire. I have a B.A. in English, a Masters Degree in English Education and a Masters Degree in School Counseling. I love reading and anything that takes me to the world of art history.
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Art Mandel
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I am Art Mandel and am one of the college counselors. I have been a college counselor for over 30 years and have traveled from coast to coast, and from Canada to our southern border visiting over 350 colleges and universities, meeting with admissions officers and students. I have also been the Director of Guidance for the Roslyn School Districts where I built and directed the counseling program from K-12. I hold three advanced degrees and attend a variety of conferences to insure that Schechter is state-of –the-art. My greatest joy is working with students to find the right college fit where they realize their dreams and will thrive as they prepare for their future.
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Jade Battaglia
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My name is Jade Battaglia and I am the 9th and 10th grade School Counselor. I received my Masters in School Counseling from Hofstra University in 2010 and joined the Schechter family in 2011 where I have been pursuing my passion for working with students along their social, emotional, and academic journeys. Through various stepping stone activities, I work closely with each student individually and in groups to ease them into the college process. My favorite part of any day is when a student pops into my office to ask a question or just have a chat!
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College and Israel Gap Year
(2022-2024) Acceptances
- Adelphi University
Arizona State University-Tempe
University of Arizona
Auburn University
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
Binghamton University
Boston University
Boston University
Brandeis University
California College of the Arts
Case Western Reserve University
University of Central Florida
Clark University
University of Connecticut
Cornell University
The City University of New York – CUNY
CUNY Macaulay Honors College
Curry College
University of Delaware
Dickinson College
Drexel University
Elon University
Emerson College
Emory University
Farmingdale State College
Florida Atlantic University
Florida State University
University of Florida
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Gettysburg College
Goucher College
- University of Hartford
Hofstra University
CUNY Hunter College
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Indiana University-Bloomington
Ithaca College (School of Communications)
James Madison University
Landmark College
Lehigh University
Lewis & Clark College
Long Island University – Post
Lynn University
Macalester College
University of Maryland-College Park
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
McGill University
University of Miami
Michigan State University
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Muhlenberg College
Nassau Community College
New York University
New York University (College of Arts and Science)
Northeastern University
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Main Campus
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pratt Institute-Main
SUNY at Purchase College
Purdue University-Main Campus
CUNY Queens College
Reed College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Reichman University
University of Rhode Island
Rochester Institute of Technology
University of Rochester
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Sarah Lawrence College
Savannah College of Art and Design
University of Southern California
St. John’s University-New York
State University of New York at New Paltz
Stony Brook University
Suffolk County Community College
SUNY Cortland
SUNY College at Geneseo
SUNY Oneonta
SUNY Maritime College
SUNY Old Westbury
Susquehanna University
Syracuse University
The University of Texas at Austin
Ohio State University-Main Campus
Towson University
Tufts University
Union College (NY)
University at Albany, SUNY
University at Buffalo
University of Oregon
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
University of Vermont
Wesleyan University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yeshiva University -
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