Collaborative + Personalized College Planning

Between them, our Dean and Associate Dean of College Counseling have more than 35 years experience in the field and extensive professional networks. Each counselor works with approximately 30 students per grade (one of the lowest ratios around) and provides individualized support for every step in the process. Burke also provides direct access to admissions officers on campus, including nearly 100 colleges and universities hosted in fall 2024.
 

Acceptances & Matriculation

Burke graduates a class of 55-60 students – representing myriad pursuits, passions, and future plans. As a result, the matriculation list can look substantially different from one year to another! The list below combines information from the Classes of 2020 to 2024, reflecting 265 individual students, who attended (or are attending) 130+ different colleges and universities in the US, Canada, and abroad.

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  • Combined: 2020-2024


    bold* indicates a college or university where one (or more) Burke alums matriculated


    Agnes Scott College*
    Alaska Pacific University
    Allegheny College
    American University*
    Arcadia University
    Arizona State University
    Augsburg University
    Babson College*
    Bard College*
    Barnard College*
    Bates College*
    Belmont University
    Benedict College
    Bentley University
    Berklee College of Music*
    Binghamton University
    Bishop's University
    Boston College*
    Boston University*
    Bowie State University
    Brandeis University
    Brown University*
    Bryant University
    Bryn Mawr College*
    Bucknell University*
    Butler University
    California College of the Arts
    California Institute of the Arts
    California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
    California State University-multiple campuses
    Carnegie Mellon University*
    Case Western Reserve University*
    Catholic University of America
    Centenary University
    Champlain College*
    Chapman University*
    Chatham University*
    Christopher Newport University
    Clark Atlanta University
    Clark University*
    Clemson University
    Coastal Carolina University*
    Colby College*
    Colgate University
    College of Charleston*
    College of the Holy Cross
    College of William & Mary*
    Colorado College
    Colorado School of Mines
    Colorado State University-Fort Collins*
    Columbia College Chicago*
    Columbia University-Fu Foundation School of Engineering
    Columbia University*
    Columbia University / Trinity College Dublin-Dual BA*
    Columbus College of Art and Design
    Concordia University
    Connecticut College
    Cornell University*
    Creighton University
    CUNY-multiple campuses
    Dalhousie University
    Davidson College*
    Delaware State University*
    Denison University
    DePaul University
    Dickinson College*
    Dillard University
    Drew University
    Drexel University*
    Duke Kunshan University*
    Duquesne University
    Earlham College
    Eckerd College
    EDHEC Business School
    Elon University*
    Emerson College*
    Emory University*
    Endicott College
    Fairfield University
    Farmingdale State College
    Fashion Institute of Technology
    Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
    Florida Institute of Technology
    Florida International University
    Florida Memorial University
    Fordham University*
    Franklin and Marshall College*
    George Mason University*
    George Washington University*
    George Washington University-School of Engineering & Applied Science*
    Georgetown University*
    Georgia Institute of Technology*
    Georgia State University
    Gettysburg College
    Goucher College
    Guildford College
    Guilford College
    Hamilton College*
    Hampden-Sydney College*
    Hampshire College
    Hampton University
    Haverford College*
    High Point University
    Hobart William Smith Colleges
    Hofstra University
    Hood College
    Howard University
    IE University-Segovia Campus
    Illinois Wesleyan University-School of Theatre Arts*
    Indiana University-Bloomington*
    Iowa State University
    Ithaca College
    James Madison University
    Johns Hopkins University-Peabody Institute
    Johnson & Wales University-Providence
    Juniata College
    Kalamazoo College
    Kenyon College*
    Knox College
    La Salle University
    Lafayette College*
    Lawrence University
    Le Moyne College
    Lehigh University
    Lewis & Clark College
    Lincoln University
    LIU Brooklyn
    London College
    Long Island University
    Louisiana State University
    Loyola Marymount University*
    Loyola University Chicago
    Loyola University Maryland
    Loyola University New Orleans
    Lynn University
    Macalester College*
    Manhattan College
    Manhattanville College
    Marist College*
    Marquette University
    Maryland Institute College of Art*
    Marymount Manhattan College
    Massachusetts College of Art and Design
    McDaniel College*
    McGill University-Faculty of Engineering*
    Merrimack College
    Miami University-Oxford
    Michigan State University
    Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
    Milwaukee School of Engineering
    Montgomery College
    Montpellier Business School
    Morehouse College
    Morgan State University*
    Mount Holyoke College
    Mount St. Mary's University
    Muhlenberg College*
    New Jersey Institute of Technology
    New York University*
    Norfolk State University
    North Carolina A & T State University*
    North Carolina Central University
    Northeastern University*
    Northwestern University
    NYU Abu Dhabi
    NYU Shanghai
    Oberlin College*
    Oberlin College-Conservatory of Music*
    Occidental College*
    Ohio State University-Main Campus*
    Ohio Wesleyan University
    Old Dominion University*
    Oregon State University
    Oregon State University-Cascades Campus
    Otis College of Art and Design*
    Pace University
    Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus*
    Pennsylvania State University-BS/MD Program
    Pennsylvania State University- Abington
    Pitzer College*
    Point Park University
    Portland State University
    Pratt Institute-Main
    Princeton University
    Providence College*
    Purdue University-Main Campus
    Queen's University
    Quinnipiac University
    Radford University
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*
    Rhodes College
    Rice University
    Rider University
    Ringling College of Art and Design
    Roanoke College
    Rochester Institute of Technology*
    Rollins College
    Rowan University
    Rutgers University-New Brunswick*
    Saint Edward's University
    Saint Joseph's University
    Saint Louis University
    Saint Mary's College of California*
    Salisbury University
    San Diego State University
    San Francisco State University
    San Jose State University*
    Sarah Lawrence College*
    Savannah College of Art and Design*
    School of the Art Institute of Chicago
    School of Visual Arts
    Scripps College*
    Seattle University
    Seton Hall University
    Siena College
    SKEMA Business School - Paris
    Skidmore College*
    Smith College*
    Spelman College*
    St Lawrence University
    St Olaf College
    St. Andrews University
    St. John's College
    St. John's University-New York*
    St. Mary's College of Maryland*
    Stetson University
    Stevens Institute of Technology*
    Stevenson University
    Stony Brook University
    SUNY-multiple campuses
    SUNY at Purchase College*
    Sweet Briar College*
    Syracuse University*
    Temple University*
    Texas A & M University-College Station
    The College of New Jersey
    The College of Wooster*
    The New School*
    The New School-Parsons School of Design*
    The University of British Columbia*
    The University of Tampa
    The University of the South*
    Thomas Jefferson University
    Toulouse Business School (Toulouse, France)*
    Towson University
    Trinity College*
    Trinity College Dublin
    Trinity University
    Tufts University*
    Tulane University*
    Tuskegee University
    Union College
    Union College (NY)
    University at Buffalo (Arts & Sciences)
    University College Dublin
    University of Alberta*
    University of Arizona*
    University of Arizona-Sierra Vista
    University of California-Berkeley
    University of California-Davis*
    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 Chicago*
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
    University of Colorado Boulder*
    University of Colorado Denver
    University of Connecticut*
    University of Dayton
    University of Delaware
    University of Denver*
    University of Florida
    University of Glasgow
    University of Hartford
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    University of Iowa
    University of Kentucky
    University of Mary Washington
    University of Maryland Eastern Shore
    University of Maryland-Baltimore County*
    University of Maryland-College Park*
    University of Massachusetts-Amherst
    University of Miami*
    University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
    University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
    University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    University of New Hampshire*
    University of New Haven
    University of North Carolina-multiple campuses
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    University of North Texas
    University of Oregon
    University of Pittsburgh*
    University of Puget Sound
    University of Redlands*
    University of Rhode Island
    University of Richmond
    University of Rochester
    University of San Diego*
    University of San Francisco*
    University of South Carolina-Columbia
    University of Southern California*
    University of St Andrews (St Andrews, Scotland)*
    University of the Arts London*
    University of the District of Columbia
    University of the Pacific
    University of the Virgin Islands
    University of Toronto*
    University of Utah*
    University of Vermont*
    University of Virginia*
    University of Washington-Seattle*
    University of Wisconsin-Madison*
    Ursinus College*
    Vassar College*
    Villanova University
    Virginia Commonwealth University*
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University*
    Virginia State University*
    Wagner College
    Washington College
    Washington University in St Louis*
    Wellesley College*
    Wells College
    Wesleyan University*
    Wheaton College
    Wheaton College - Massachusetts*
    Whitman College
    Whittier College
    Widener University
    Widener University-Commonwealth Law School
    Willamette University
    Williams College
    Wingate University
    Winston-Salem State University
    Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Xavier University*
    Xavier University of Louisiana*
   

List of 2 items.

  • Dean of College Counseling

    Liz Pleshette
    liz.pleshette@burkeschool.org
  • Associate Dean of College Counseling

    Danny Spelta
    danny.spelta@burkeschool.org
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