A large crowd of juniors and seniors attended last week’s mini-college fair in the Huntington High School cafeteria. More than four dozen institutions turned out for the 90 minute event.
A steady stream of upperclassmen circulated around the fair, which provided the teenagers with exposure to a cross-section of colleges with the convenience of never having to leave the high school building. The fair was held during two morning periods.
“It was packed both periods with students speaking with admission counselors and asking some great questions” said Bernadette Walsh, Huntington’s college counselor.
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“Everyone appeared interested and some students were deeply engaged with the admission counselors. This is a great opportunity to network with the counselors because many of them will be the actual counselors making admission decisions about Huntington High School applicants. Overall, the program was a great success.”
In an effort to meet the needs of as many students as possible, the participating colleges at last week’s fair were diverse in terms of size, selectivity, distance from Long Island and academic majors available. For many years, the fair was open to only seniors, but the Huntington guidance department recently opened it to juniors since many of them were already beginning their college search.
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Participating schools included Cazenovia College, Christopher Newport Univ., College of Mount Saint Vincent, College of Saint Rose, Dean College, Dowling College, East Stroudsburg Univ., Endicott College, Florida Atlantic Univ., Immaculata Univ., Indiana/Purdue-Indianapolis (IUPUI), Iona College, Island Drafting & Technical Institute, Johnson & Wales Univ., Lynn Univ., Manhattan College, Marist College, Mercy College, Monmouth Univ., Morrisville State College, Mount Saint Mary College, Nassau Community College, Nichols College, NYU-Polytechnic Institute, Ohio State Univ., Rider Univ., Sacred Heart Univ., Salisbury Univ., Salve Regina Univ., Sarah Lawrence College and Seton Hall Univ.
St. John’s Univ., Suffolk Community College, SUNY Albany, SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Brockport, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY Oneonta, SUNY Plattsburgh, SUNY Potsdam, Susquehanna Univ., Towson Univ., Univ. of Alabama, Univ. of New Haven, Univ. of Scranton, Univ. of Tampa and Virginia Commonwealth Univ. also participated in the fair.
