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College Counseling
At VVS, the college search is one of the most important — and most personal — processes a student goes through. You won't navigate it alone.
Upcoming College Representative Visits
Your Counseling Team
Liz, Director of College Counseling, works one-on-one with every junior and senior from the first conversation to the final decision. We help students identify their goals, build their story, and find the schools where they'll genuinely thrive — not just get in.
Verde Valley School educates students for college and for life. The IB curriculum, the learning that happens outside the classroom, and four years in an international community all prepare students for what comes next. College counseling is where that preparation becomes a plan. Every student leaves VVS with a plan that's theirs.
College Funding
Attention Parents of 9th - 12th Graders
Most families are surprised by how much they can do to reduce the cost of college. Through the SMARTTRACK® College Funding Initiative, VVS families get access to tools and guidance that maximize grants, scholarships, and financial aid — and minimize debt.
Preparing yourself financially is one of the most important things you can do for your college-bound child. The way you structure your taxes, savings, investments and businesses now can make a huge difference in your child’s college options and how much you will be expected to pay.
Verde Valley School is pleased to provide our families with valuable free resources and a personalized college funding evaluation from the nation’s leading experts at SMARTTRACK® College Funding. They can help you identify and overcome any red-flags in your financial profile that keep you from maximizing grants, scholarships and financial aid, and assist you in developing your best college funding strategies.
Already have an account? SmartTrack Login · SmartTrack Brochure (PDF)
- Free and confidentialYour college funding evaluation is a benefit of being a parent with Verde Valley School – there is no cost to you, and it’s confidential – they don’t share any information with us or anyone else.
- Start earlyTiming is critical. Starting as early as 9th grade is optimal, so don’t put this off!
Provided to VVS families in partnership with
Important Links
From VVS
- VVS School ProfileA two-page summary of the VVS academic program and recent results, written for college admission offices.PDF
- College Acceptance ListColleges and universities that have recently admitted VVS graduates.PDF
- International CollegeCollege admission guidance for international students.VVS page
Testing and financial aid
- SAT RegistrationSign up for the SAT on the College Board website.Outside website
- ACT RegistrationSign up for the ACT.Outside website
- TOEFL RegistrationSign up for the TOEFL iBT, the English proficiency test many colleges ask international students to take.Outside website
- FAFSA ApplicationThe US government’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid.Outside website
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