Program

Undergraduate Support

Undergraduate Affairs supports Prep for Prep students in their college transitions by providing services to foster academic and personal success. Through individual advising, academic workshops, and social programming, we strive to help students identify and utilize campus resources, proactively problem solve, and strengthen their network of Prep peers. 

Undergraduate Activities

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  • Advisor Meetings

    We check in with undergraduate students every quarter and offer invidual advising and support for those on leave of absence.

  • College Visits

    Each spring, Undergraduate Affairs staff accompany Prep high school students on college trips and visit with our current undergrads.

  • On-Campus Socials

    We sponsor Campus Socials for Prep students to reconnect in college. We recently hosted events at Dartmouth, Georgetown, Penn, and Williams.

Meet Our Students

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  • Elanie Paredes

    (XXXI/VCS '11, Columbia Prep '15, Barnard)
    College Sophomore 

    Elanie plans to major in political science. She is a 2016 Planned Parenthood Global Youth Advocacy Fellow, and also Director of Operations at One Girl, a women's empowerment nonprofit.

  • Milton Syed

    (P9 XXIII/Exeter '14, Harvard)
    College Junior 

    Milton is an engineering major and Co-Founder of Upsolve, a tech platform that simplifies bankruptcy filing for low-income individuals. It recently won the $75,000 top prize at the Harvard President's Innovation Challenge.

  • Kameron Hutchinson

    (XXIX/Poly Prep '13, Yale)
    College Senior 

    Kameron is a member of two improv/comedy groups and the Yale Black Men's Union. After graduation, he will join Google fulltime as an Associate Product Marketing Manager at its Mountain View campus. 


College Enrollment & Graduation

  Enrolled Graduated
Ivy League 155 1057
Most Competitive† 319 1574
Highly Competitive† 48 174
Very Competitive† & Other 85 310
Total 607 3115


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  • Ivy League

    EnrolledGraduated
    Brown17107
    Columbia24154
    Cornell2298
    Dartmouth1163
    Harvard19189
    Penn25176
    Princeton1593
    Yale22177

  • Most Competitive

    EnrolledGraduated
    Amherst17108
    Barnard724
    Binghamton213
    Boston College1539
    Boston Univ.619
    Bowdoin822
    Brandeis18
    Bryn Mawr5
    Bucknell616
    Carnegie Mellon618
    Claremont McKenna82
    Colgate1233
    Connecticut College217
    Davidson324
    Duke663
    Emory521
    Fordham210
    Franklin & Marshall418
    Georgetown664
    Gettysburg616
    Hamilton217
    Hampshire33
    Haverford120
    Johns Hopkins519
    Kenyon222
    Lafayette42
    Lehigh427
    Macalester15
    Middlebury931
    MIT325
    Mount Holyoke29
    Northeastern26
    Northwestern320
    NYU2067
    Oberlin121
    Occidental811
    Pomona132
    Reed39
    Rice7
    Sarah Lawrence37
    Skidmore78
    Smith211
    Stanford648
    Stony Brook312
    Swarthmore120
    Tufts1163
    UNC Chapel Hill225
    Union9
    Univ. of Chicago410
    Univ. of Michigan15
    Univ. of Richmond513
    Univ. of Rochester312
    USC52
    UVA435
    Vanderbilt114
    Vassar32
    Villanova25
    Washington Univ. in St. Louis1514
    Wellesley226
    Wesleyan23192
    Williams1376
    Other Schools*1132

  • Highly Competitive

    EnrolledGraduated
    American32
    Bard39
    Baruch67
    Bates27
    Drexel32
    George Washington622
    Hobart & William Smith14
    Pitzer14
    RIT42
    Syracuse826
    Trinity436
    West Point15
    Other Schools*738

  • Very Competitive and Other

    EnrolledGraduated
    Allegheny93
    Brooklyn110
    City College615
    CUNY810
    Geneseo5
    Guilford5
    Howard75
    Hunter632
    Ithaca13
    John Jay15
    Lehman11
    Mercy14
    Morehouse14
    Muhlenberg319
    New School34
    Queens17
    Spelman17
    St. John's Univ.35
    SUNY1432
    Susquehanna114
    Other Schools*18110
†Categories as defined by Barron's 2019 Profiles of American Colleges
*Fewer than five students enrolled and graduated as of October 2018
Undergraduate Affairs services include: 

  • Academic and Personal Advising
  • Back to College Workshop
  • Campus Visits
  • Financial Aid Workshops
  • First-Year College Transition Retreat 
  • Graduation and Holiday Parties
  • Individual Advisor Meetings 
  • Leave of Absence Support Groups
  • On-campus and NYC Socials
  • Student and Parent Newsletters

Social Media

Prep for Prep's Undergraduate Affairs unit is generously supported by Morgan Stanley. Learn more about opportunities at the company here.
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