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College Resources

College Counseling helps students and their families research colleges, understand the application process, and provide positive support.

We officially start the college counseling process in the spring of junior year. Prior to junior year, we feel that it is important for students to focus on their academics and personal interests.

The college process is not about only grades and test scores. Colleges also care about personality traits such as honesty, resourcefulness, fairness, altruism, humor, leadership, initiative, positivity, and the ability to overcome challenges or hardship. Whatever your story may be, it is our hope that we will help you bring it out and become proud of it throughout this process. 


Juniors

We officially start the college counseling process in the spring of junior year. During this time, students are introduced to the Head of College Counseling, Mrs. Melissa Nagar, who meets with every student and/or family individually to talk about their personal goals and college options.

Junior year students are given the PSAT and Mock ACT to help prepare with college testing. We also invite students and their families to attend the San Francisco College Case Studies event, to better understand how applications are evaluated.


Seniors

During senior year, the College Counselor works together with the Divisional Counselors to assist students with applying to colleges. 

The Counseling department hosts on a number of events such as Senior College/Career Work Day, mini college fairs, and College Financial Aid Night. Every fall, we also host over 50 college representatives who meet with our students to talk about their colleges and the application process.


Athletes

Many talented Riordan athletes go on to compete at the collegiate level.

Riordan's college counseling team is available to answer questions about the eligibility process.
 

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Meet Our Head of College Counseling

Melissa Nagar

Melissa Nagar

Email:
Phone Numbers:
School: 415-586-8200 ext. 241

College Search Resource

Students are given access to SCOIR, a college network resource, to help them research college options and facilitate the college application process with our department.

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Class of 2024 College Acceptances

Class of 2023 Grad Photo

In addition to attending the colleges listed, members of the Class of 2024 will also be returning to their home countries, taking gap years, and joining different trades. *Indicates more than one student will be attending the college.

  • University of Alaska, Fairbanks
  • American University of Paris
  • University of Arizona*
  • Arizona State University*
  • University of Arkansas
  • Azusa Pacific University
  • Berkeley City College
  • Boise State University*

 

  • University of California,
  • Berkeley*
  • Davis*
  • Irvine*
  • Los Angeles*
  • Riverside*
  • San Diego*
  • Santa Barbara*
  • Santa Cruz*
  • Cal Poly State U, 
  • Humboldt
  • Pomona*
  • San Luis Obispo*

 

  • California Institute of the Arts
  • Cañada College*

 

  • California State University,
  • Chico*
  • Dominguez Hills
  • Fresno
  • Fullerton
  • Long Beach
  • Los Angeles
  • Northridge
  • Sacramento*
  • San Diego*
  • San Francisco*
  • San Jose*
  • San Marcos
  • Sonoma*
  • City College of San Francisco*
  • CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
  • University of the Cumberlands
  • Davidson College
  • DePaul University
  • Dominican University of California*
  • Duke Kunshan University
  • Eastern Washington University
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
  • University of Evansville
  • George Washington University 
  • University of Hawaii at Manoa*
  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Indiana University (Bloomington)
  • Lasell University
  • Marquette University
  • Menlo College
  • The University of Montana
  • University of Oregon*
  • Oregon State University*
  • Otis College of Art and Design
  • University of the Pacific*
  • Penn State University*
  • University of Portland
  • University of Puget Sound
  • University of Rochester
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Saint Mary's College of California*
  • St. Olaf College 
  • University of San Diego*
  • University of San Francisco*
  • College of San Mateo*
  • Santa Clara University*
  • Santa Rosa Junior College
  • Skyline College*
  • University of Southern California*
  • Southern Oregon University
  • University of Utah
  • Utah Tech University
  • University of Victoria
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  • University of Washington*
  • Wentworth Institute of Technology

 

*Indicates more than one student will be attending the college.

Learn about what our recent graduates are doing!