How Cooper Prepared Them For College

THE WOODLANDS, TX -- Seniors from The John Cooper School celebrated the ending of their studies with College Decision Day, donning clothing from their next alma mater.

The Class of 2023 filled the campus quad, with shirts, sweatshirts and even pajama bottoms from schools like Harvard, Yale, Baylor and Texas A&M.

“This senior class is one for the record books. At 126 students, they’re our largest class ever, and they applied to over 220 different colleges– the most of any Cooper class,” says Laura Schroeder, Director of College Counseling.

Upper School students will wrap up their classes on Friday, and seniors will commence on May 26.

Schroeder has been with Cooper’s graduating class on their journey to find the right path after graduation, and sees the list of their college decisions as “a collection of students, of their stories, their dreams, their priorities, and their journeys.”

“They’ll head on to these places– 62 of them as of right now, and at these schools, they’ll undoubtedly keep setting records. Yet we’ll remember them, not for where they go, but for who they are and what they do,” says Schroeder.

“Thank you for the honor of being a part of your story, of your journey. We can’t wait to see what you do next.”

Watch this video to see students explain how Cooper prepared them for these moments:

https://youtu.be/jQiTLfDrJcs

Here is a list of colleges the Class of 2023 plan to attend:

Auburn University

Babson College

Baylor University

Belmont University

Boston College

Boston University

Case Western Reserve University

Clemson University

Colorado School of Mines

Cornell University

Davidson College

Drexel University

Florida State University

George Washington University

Grinnell College

Harvard University

Hofstra University

IE University, Spain

Indiana University

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey-Puebla, Mexico

Lamar University

Lehigh University

New York University

Northeastern University

Northwestern University

Purdue University

Rhode Island School of Design

Rhodes College

Rice University

Saint Edward's University

Saint John’s University

Sam Houston State University

Savannah College of Art & Design

Southern Methodist University

Stanford University

Temple University

Texas A&M University

Texas Christian University

The University of Texas-Austin

The University of Texas-Dallas

Trinity University

University of Louisiana

University of Arizona

University of Arkansas

University of California-Irvine

University of California-Los Angeles

University of Chicago

University of Connecticut

University of Denver

University of Georgia

University of Kentucky

University of Miami

University of Michigan

University of South Carolina

University of Southern California

University of Tampa

University of Utah

University of Washington

Vanderbilt University

Villanova University

Western Australia University, Australia

The College of William & Mary

Yale University


The John Cooper School is a PK-12 independent, college preparatory day school that has been serving The Woodlands and greater Houston area since 1988.

For more information, visit www.johncooper.org.