College Counseling

Saint Mary's Hall sends forth confident graduates who are armed with the knowledge, self-awareness, and skills that they need to thrive in college and find fulfillment in life.

Saint Mary’s Hall prepares our students for success in college and fulfillment in life. It is the mission of College Counseling to guide our students through the admissions process towards an institution of higher learning that is the best fit for their continued academic and personal growth. As we encourage our students to know the world, each other, and themselves, we aim to introduce our students to the breadth and variety of educational opportunities available in an increasingly global society.”

Class of 2023

10 Seniors were named National Merit Commended Scholars
1 senior was named National Hispanic Scholar
1 senior received the National African American Recognition Award
6 Seniors were named National Merit Semifinalists
6 seniors were named National Merit Finalists
2 seniors are Valero Alamo Bowl Scholars

4-Year Averages/Information: 2018-2023

86 Students Average Class Size
52% Matriculating Out of State
53 National Merit Finalists
1,315 Average SAT Score

2019-2024 Matriculation

2019-2024 Matriculation

Abilene Christian University (2)

Agnes Scott College

Allegheny College (3)

American University (16)

Amherst College (2)

Angelo State University

Anglo-American University (3)

Anna Maria College

Arizona State University (2)

Arizona State University, Temple (15)

Auburn University (25)

Augustana College

Austin College (15)

Babson College (3)

Bard College (3)

Barnard College (7)

Baylor University (65)

Belmont University (9)

Bentley University

Berklee College of Music

Berry College (2)

Biola University

Birkbeck, University of London

Birmingham-Southern College

Blinn College (9)

Boston College (13)

Boston University (22)

Bowdoin College

Brandeis University (4)

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University, Idaho

Brown University (2)

Bryn Mawr College

Bucknell University (5)

California Institute of Technology (2)

California Polytechnic State University (4)

California State University, Fullerton

California State University, Los Angeles (2)

Carleton College (2)

Carleton University

Carnegie Mellon University (7)

Case Western Reserve University (16)

Centenary University

Centre College (2)

Chaminade University of Honolulu

Chapman University (13)

Claremont McKenna College (3)

Clark University (3)

Clemson University (28)

Coe College

Colby College

Colby-Sawyer College

Colgate University (4)

College of Charleston (6)

Colorado College (3)

Colorado Mesa University

Colorado School of Mines (10)

Colorado State University, Fort Collins (10)

Columbia College

Columbia College, Chicago (8)

Columbia University

Concordia University Texas (3)

Connecticut College (13)

Cornell College (2)

Cornell University (3)

Covenant College

Creighton University

Dartmouth College (4)

Davidson College (5)

Denison University (5)

DePaul University (8)

DePauw University

Dickinson College

Drake University (2)

Drexel University (10)

Duke University (12)

Eastern Mennonite University

Eckerd College (2)

Elon University (8)

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Emerson College (10)

Emmanuel College

Emory & Henry College

Emory University (15)

Endicott College

Florida Atlantic University

Florida Gulf Coast University

Florida Institute of Technology

Florida International University

Florida Memorial University (2)

Florida State University (2)

Foothill College

Fordham University (31)

Fort Lewis College

Franklin & Marshall College

Franklin University, Switzerland

Furman University (15)

George Mason University (2)

George Washington University (15)

Georgetown University (10)

Georgia Institute of Technology (7)

Georgia Military College

Gettysburg College (3)

Gonzaga University (2)

Goucher College (3)

Guilford College

Hamilton College (2)

Hampden-Sydney College

Hampton University

Harding University

Harvard University (5)

Harvey Mudd College

Haverford College

Hendrix College

Hesston College

High Point University

Hobart and William Smith Colleges (3)

Hofstra University (6)

Hollins University

Houston Christian University (3)

Howard University

Illinois Wesleyan University

Indiana University, Bloomington (11)

Iowa State University

Ithaca College (3)

Jessup University

Johns Hopkins University (2)

Kalamazoo College

Kansas City Art Institute

Kansas State University (5)

Kent State University

Kentucky Wesleyan College

Kenyon College (6)

King's College, London

Knox College

Lafayette College (3)

Lake Forest College (2)

Lawrence University (3)

Lehigh University

Lesley University (2)

LeTourneau University (2)

Lewis & Clark College (6)

Long Island University

Louisiana State University (26)

Loyola Marymount University (19)

Loyola University, Chicago (13)

Loyola University, Maryland

Loyola University, New Orleans (2)

Luther College

Lyon College

Marist College (2)

Marquette University (2)

Maryland Institute College of Art (2)

Marymount University

Massachusetts College of Art and Design (2)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (3)

Miami University, Oxford (3)

Michigan State University (8)

Middlebury College (6)

Midland College

Midland University

Millsaps College (2)

Mississippi State University (2)

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Montana State University (2)

Morehouse College (2)

Mount Mercy University

Muhlenberg College

New York University (22)

North Carolina State University (2)

Northeastern University (22)

Northeastern University, London

Northern Vermont University, Lyndon

Northwestern University (10)

Norwich University

Oberlin College (2)

Occidental College (7)

Oklahoma Christian University

Oklahoma State University (5)

Oregon State University (2)

Our Lady of the Lake University (2)

Pace University (10)

Pacific Lutheran University

Pacific Northwest College of Art

Penn State University, University Park (14)

Penn State University, World Campus (2)

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Pepperdine University (12)

Point Park University

Pomona College

Prairie View A&M University

Pratt Institute (2)

Princeton University

Providence College

Purdue University (9)

Randolph-Macon College

Reed College (9)

Regis College

Regis University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (4)

Rhode Island School of Design

Rhodes College (17)

Rice University (21)

Richmond American University, London

Rider University

Rochester Institute of Technology (2)

Rockhurst University

Rollins College (3)

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (2)

Russell Sage College

Rutgers University, Camden

Rutgers University, New Brunswick (2)

Rutgers University, Newark

Saint John’s University

Saint Joseph’s University

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis University, Madrid (3)

Saint Mary’s College of California

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

Samford University

San Diego State University (8)

San Francisco State University

Santa Barbara City College

Santa Clara University (10)

Sarah Lawrence College (5)

Savannah College of Art and Design (12)

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

School of Visual Arts (2)

Schreiner University (8)

Scripps College (3)

Seton Hall University (3)

Sewanee: The University of the South (20)

Simpson College

Skidmore College (5)

Southern Methodist University (103)

Southwestern University (31)

St Mary’s University (6)

St. Edward’s University (29)

St. John’s College, Santa Fe

St. John’s University (3)

Stanford University (5)

Stephen F. Austin State University

Stetson University

Stony Brook University

Suffolk University (4)

Sweet Briar College

Syracuse University (18)

Tarleton State University

Temple University (6)

Texas A&M University (97)

Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi (4)

Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Texas A&M University, Galveston (3)

Texas A&M University, San Antonio (2)

Texas Christian University (76)

Texas Lutheran University (5)

Texas State University (18)

Texas Tech University (35)

The American University of Paris (3)

The College of Wooster (2)

The New School

The Ohio State University (6)

The University of Alabama (27)

The University of Edinburgh (2)

The University of Montana

The University of Tampa (10)

The University of Tennessee (4)

The University of Texas, Arlington (3)

The University of Texas, Austin (190)

The University of Texas, Dallas (9)

The University of Texas, San Antonio (31)

The University of Texas, Tyler (3)

The University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley

Trinity College, Dublin (2)

Trinity University (107)

Tufts University (3)

Tulane University (16)

Tuskegee University

United States Air Force Academy (2)

University of Akron (2)

University of Alabama at Birmingham (2)

University of Arizona (18)

University of Arkansas (10)

University of British Columbia

University of California, Berkeley (6)

University of California, Davis (15)

University of California, Irvine (11)

University of California, Los Angeles (11)

University of California, Riverside (2)

University of California, San Diego (21)

University of California, Santa Barbara (18)

University of California, Santa Cruz (13)

University of Chicago (4)

University of Cincinnati

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (3)

University of Colorado Boulder (61)

University of Connecticut (5)

University of Dallas (9)

University of Delaware

University of Denver (26)

University of Florida (5)

University of Georgia (7)

University of Hartford

University of Hawaii at Manoa

University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy

University of Houston (18)

University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (4)

University of Iowa

University of Kansas (5)

University of Kentucky (2)

University of Louisville

University of Lynchburg (2)

University of Mary Hardin, Baylor (5)

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

University of Maryland, College Park (5)

University of Massachusetts, Amherst (5)

University of Massachusetts, Boston

University of Memphis

University of Miami (10)

University of Michigan (10)

University of Mississippi (23)

University of Missouri, Columbia (4)

University of Missouri, Kansas City

University of Nebraska (2)

University of New England

University of New Hampshire

University of New Mexico

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (5)

University of North Carolina, Charlotte

University of North Dakota

University of North Texas (10)

University of Northern Colorado (2)

University of Notre Dame (10)

University of Oklahoma (20)

University of Oregon (17)

University of Pennsylvania (2)

University of Pittsburgh (7)

University of Portland

University of Puget Sound (7)

University of Redlands (3)

University of Richmond (13)

University of Rochester (7)

University of San Diego (11)

University of San Francisco (5)

University of South Carolina (4)

University of South Florida

University of Southern California (14)

University of St Andrews (3)

University of the Incarnate Word (21)

University of Toronto

University of Tulsa (5)

University of Utah (7)

University of Valley Forge

University of Vermont (6)

University of Virginia (14)

University of Washington (3)

University of Waterloo

University of Wisconsin (8)

University of Wyoming

Upper Iowa University

Ursinus College (2)

Vanderbilt University (10)

Vassar College (3)

Villanova University (8)

Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Military Institute

Virginia Polytechnic Institute State University

Virginia Wesleyan University

Wagner College

Wake Forest University (9)

Washington and Lee University (4)

Washington State University

Washington University in St. Louis (9)

Wentworth Institute of Technology (2)

Wesleyan University (3)

West Virginia University

Western New England University

Western Washington University

Wheaton College (2)

Whitman College

Whittier College (2)

Willamette University (3)

William & Mary (4)

Williams College (3)

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Xavier University

Xavier University of Louisiana

Yale University (3)

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Meet Our Team

Ellen O’Neill Deitrich - Assistant Head of School for Academics and Dean of College Counseling

Ellen Deitrich has been at Saint Mary's Hall since 2022. Contact her at (210) 483-9141 or by email at edeitrich@smhall.org

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Taylor Cooper - Director of College Counseling

Mrs. Ditto has been with SMH since 2018. Contact her by phone at (210) 483-9179 or by email at at tditto@smhall.org

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Nurah Ahmad- Assistant Director of College Counselling

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Melissa Skurka - Administrative Assistant - College Counseling

Mrs. Skurka has been with SMH since 2001. Contact her by phone at (210) 483-9139 or by email at mskurka@smhall.org

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