Phillips Academy to Host Annual College Fair April 27

Fair to feature over 130 colleges and universities from around the globe.

April 08, 2009 -- Phillips Academy will host its annual College Fair from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday, April 27, in the Case Memorial Cage, 5 Highland Road, on the Phillips Academy campus. Area students and parents are invited to attend and meet representatives from more than 130 colleges and universities from around the world.

The fair offers high school students and their families an ideal opportunity to familiarize themselves with a wide range of colleges and universities. Representatives from all participating institutions will be on hand to answer individual questions and to hand out informational literature about their schools. Admission is free and open to the public.

Among the colleges and universities scheduled to attend the fair are Amherst, Bates, Boston College, Boston University, Bowdoin, Brandeis, Carnegie Mellon, University of Chicago, University of Colorado, Cornell College, Davidson, Duke, Fordham, Johns Hopkins, University of Massachusetts/Amherst, University of Wisconsin, University of Pennsylvania, Providence, Smith, Stanford, Syracuse, Vassar, Villanova, Wake Forest, Wellesley, Wesleyan, and Worcester Polytech. International schools will include St. Andrews in Scotland, American University of Paris and University of Toronto and McGill in Canada. Representatives from the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Navy ROTC also will be on hand. For a complete list of 2009 College Fair participants, click here.

For more information, call the College Counseling Office at 978-749-4155 or e-mail to college-counseling@andover.edu