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College Counseling

Implicit in the Ashley Hall college counseling services is our wish to have each girl find a college that is compatible with her goals, interests, and abilities. Toward this end, we offer them unlimited one-on-one meetings to discuss and refine their options, as well as class meetings, college night programs, and encouragement to meet with upwards of 50 college representatives who visit Ashley Hall annually. This is an ongoing process beginning in the ninth grade and picking up in earnest in the eleventh grade. As juniors, all girls meet regularly with Ashley Hall's Director of College Counseling, Amanda Murrell, to determine the colleges that will best meet their goals. With 100% college matriculation for our graduating seniors, Ashley Hall places a great deal of importance on finding the right university for each girl. We work individually with students on applications, essays, and scholarship applications. The needs of each of our seniors varies, but we are committed to helping families with their individual requirements.

In the ever-changing college admissions arena, Ashley Hall girls fare very well, finding that upon graduation they have a broad choice of acceptances to colleges and universities both domestic and international. Our seniors explore a variety of colleges and universities, typically applying to over 75 different colleges ranging from in-state public and private institutions to colleges such as the Ivies, Duke, University of Chicago, University of St Andrews (Scotland), University of Virginia, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), Washington and Lee, Georgetown, and others. Merit scholarship dollars in excess of two million were offered to the 29 member class of 2011.

PQV to the 2012 College Acceptances and Scholarships

Shira Cohen

  • Finalist for Presidential Scholar
  • University of Virginia -- Echols Scholar
  • Best Buy Scholarship recipient.  National scholarship, based on academics and service

Winnie Davis

  • Sewanee -- merit scholarship valued at $20,000
  • Wofford College -- merit scholarship valued at $12,000

Danielle Feerst

  • Furman University -- James B. Duke Scholarship, awarded to 10 incoming students each year, valued at approximately $140,000
  • Rhodes College -- merit scholarship valued at $72,000

Emily Gabriel

  • DePaul University -- merit scholarship valued at $36,000

Abbie Gibson

  • Savannah College of Art and Design -- merit scholarship valued at $32,000
  • Washington College -- merit scholarship valued at $70,000

Caroline Gregorie

  • Sewanee -- merit scholarship valued at $20,000

Ann Hill

  • Tulane -- Honors College, merit scholarship valued at $108,000
  • Wake Forest -- Finalist for Presidential Scholarship based on exceptional talents in art, dance, debate, music, or theatre. Valued at $64,000.
  • College of Charleston -- awarded William Aiken Fellows Society of the Honors College, the Swanson Scholarship and the Presidential Scholarship.
  • Furman University -- merit scholarship valued at $44,000
  • Tulane -- Honors College, merit scholarship valued at $108,000

Margaret Legerton

  • Washington and Lee -- Johnson Scholar, valued at over $225,000
  • University of Richmond, Oldham Scholar, awarded to 8 students in an incoming class, valued at $200,000
  • University of South Carolina -- Carolina Scholar.  1 of 20 chosen from South Carolina, valued at $40,000

Caroline Lowery 

  • UNC-Chapel Hill -- Morehead-Cain Scholar
  • Fewer than 4% of students nominated are chosen as scholarship recipients. 124 finalists were invited to campus, 61 scholars were chosen.

Isabelle Luzuriaga

  • Fordham University -- merit scholarship valued at $68,000
  • University of San Francisco -- merit scholarship valued at $80,000

Ashley Martin

  • Mercer University -- merit scholarship valued at $56,000
  • Sewanee -- merit scholarship valued at $20,000

Amelia Nelson

  • Wofford College -- merit scholarship valued at $60,000
  • University of South Carolina, Dean’s Scholarship, $12,000

Maggie O’Shaughnessy

  • University of Colorado, Boulder -- merit scholarship valued at $20,000

Gamble Ouzts

  • University of South Carolina -- Carolina Scholar. 1 of 20 chosen from South Carolina, valued at $40,000
  • Sewanee -- merit scholarship valued at $20,000
  • Admitted to the Croft Institute for International Studies at the University of Mississippi, merit scholarship valued at $44,000

Cecilia Prentice

  • Clemson University, Honors College, merit scholarship valued at $60,000
  • Drexel University, Honors College, merit scholarship valued at $22,000

Annie Reese

  • Sewanee -- merit scholarship valued at $20,000

Susannah Schools

  • College of William and Mary -- James Monroe Scholar



Margaret Shull

  • Rhodes -- merit scholarship valued at $60,000
  • Tulane -- Founder's scholarship, valued at $88,000


Charlotte Swanson
  • Eckerd -- merit scholarship valued at $16,000


Sara Mac Swanson
  • Trustee Scholarship from Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The award is given to only 50-60 students in an incoming class of approximately 680 and is valued at $80,000.
  • Eckerd -- merit scholarship valued at $16,000

Ziwei Zhou

  • University of Rochester, Dean’s Scholarship valued at $44,000