Our Philosophy
At Santa Catalina, we want each of our graduates to go on to achieve great personal and professional success, and that begins with making the best college choice—her "best fit" financially, academically, and personally.
College Acceptances
The following list represents graduates from the Classes of 2021–2025. In that time, Santa Catalina grads were accepted into 43 of the top 50 schools in the U.S. as ranked by U.S. News and World Report, and 21 of the top 50 schools in the world in Times Higher Education's World University Rankings. Top-ranked schools include Harvard University, UC Berkeley, New York University, and the University of Washington.
Colleges and universities in bold indicate matriculation.
A
- Alfred University
- American University
- Anáhuac University
- Arcadia University
- Arizona State University (3)
- Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix
- Arizona State University Polytechnic
- Arizona State University West Valley
- University of Arizona
- University of Arkansas
B
- Babson College
- Baldwin Wallace University
- Bard College
- Barnard College (4)
- Bates College
- Baylor University
- Belmont University
- Boise State University
- Boston College (3)
- Boston University (3)
- Bowdoin College (2)
- Bradley University
- Brandeis University
- University of British Columbia
- Brown University (2)
- Bryn Mawr College
C
- California College of the Arts
- California Lutheran University
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (7)
- California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- California State University, Bakersfield
- California State University, Channel Islands
- California State University, Chico
- California State University, East Bay
- California State University, Fresno
- California State University, Fullerton
- California State University, Long Beach
- California State University, Los Angeles
- California State University, Monterey Bay
- California State University, Northridge
- California State University, Sacramento
- California State University, Stanislaus
- University of California, Berkeley (4)
- University of California, Davis (6)
- University of California, Irvine (6)
- University of California, Los Angeles (4)
- University of California, Merced
- University of California, Riverside
- University of California, San Diego (3)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (2)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (3)
- Carleton College
- Carlow University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Case Western Reserve University
- The Catholic University of America
- Chapman University (6)
- University of Chicago
- Clemson University
- Colby College
- Colgate University
- College of Charleston
- College of the Holy Cross
- University of Colorado, Boulder (3)
- University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
- University of Colorado, Denver
- Colorado Mesa University
- Colorado School of Mines
- Colorado State University
- Columbia College Chicago
- Columbia University
- Commonwealth University
- Connecticut College
- University of Connecticut
- Cornell University
- Creighton University
D
- Dartmouth College
- Davidson College
- University of Delaware
- Denison University
- University of Denver (4)
- DePaul University
- Dominican University of California
- Drew University
- Drexel University
- Duquesne University
- Durham University
E
- Eckerd College
- Elmira College
- Elon University
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- Emerson College
- Emory University
F
- Fairfield University
- Florida Atlantic University
- Florida Institute of Technology
- Florida International University
- Florida Southern College
- University of Florida
- Fordham University
- Franklin and Marshall College
G
- George Mason University
- Georgetown University
- George Washington University
- Gettysburg College
- Gonzaga University (2)
- Goucher College
- Grand Canyon University
- Grinnell College
- Guilford College
H
- Hamilton College
- Harvard University
- Harvey Mudd College
- Haverford College
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Hawaii Pacific University
- High Point University
- Hillsdale College (2)
- Hiram College
- Hofstra University
- Howard University
I
- University of Idaho
- IE University, Madrid
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Illinois Wesleyan University
- Indiana University, Bloomington
- University of Indianapolis
- Ithaca College
J
- James Madison University (2)
- Johns Hopkins University (2)
K
- Kalamazoo College
- University of Kansas
- Kent State University
- University of Kentucky
- Kettering University
L
- University of La Verne
- Lake Forest College
- Lawrence University
- Lee University
- Lewis & Clark College
- Lipscomb University
- Long Island University Brooklyn
- Long Island University Post
- Louisiana State University
- Loyola Marymount University (5)
- Loyola University Chicago
- Loyola University New Orleans
M
- Macalester College
- Marist University
- Marquette University
- Marshall University
- University of Mary Hardin, Baylor
- University of Maryland
- Marymount Manhattan College
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- University of Massachusetts, Boston
- University of Massachusetts, Lowell
- McDaniel College
- McGill University
- Menlo College
- Meredith College
- Merrimack College
- Miami University, Oxford
- University of Miami (2)
- Michigan State University
- Michigan Technological University
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (3)
- University of Michigan, Dearborn
- Minerva University
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- University of Mississippi (2)
- University of Missouri
- University of Missouri–St. Louis
- Molloy University
- Montana State University (2)
- Monterey Peninsula College (2)
- Mount Holyoke College
- Mount Saint Mary's University
N
- University of Nebraska
- University of Nevada, Reno
- University of New Haven
- New York Film Academy
- New York University (5)
- University of North Carolina at Asheville
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts
- University of North Carolina Wilmington
- North Carolina State University
- University of North Dakota
- University of North Texas
- Northeastern University (9)
- Northern Arizona University
- Northwestern University
- Notre Dame of Maryland University
- University of Notre Dame
O
- Oberlin College
- Occidental College (3)
- University of Oklahoma
- University of Oregon
- Oregon Institute of Technology
- Oregon State University
- Otis College of Art and Design
P
- Pace University
- Pacific Lutheran University
- Pennsylvania State University
- University of Pennsylvania
- PennWest Edinboro University
- Pepperdine University (3)
- Pitzer College
- Point Loma Nazarene University (2)
- Portland State University
- University of Portland
- Princeton University
- Providence College
- University of Puget Sound
- Purchase College, State University of New York (SUNY)
- Purdue University
Q
- Queen's University
- Quinnipiac University
R
- University of Redlands
- Reed College
- University of Rhode Island
- Rhode Island School of Design
- Rhodes College
- University of Richmond
- Rider University
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- University of Rochester
- Roger Williams University
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
- Rutgers University, New Brunswick
S
- Sacred Heart University
- Saint Louis University
- Saint Louis University, Madrid
- Saint Mary's College of California
- Saint Michael's College
- Saint Xavier University
- Salve Regina University
- San Diego State University (6)
- University of San Diego (5)
- San Francisco Conservatory of Music
- San Francisco State University
- University of San Francisco
- San Jose State University
- Santa Barbara City College
- Santa Clara University (2)
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Savannah College of Art and Design (2)
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Scripps College
- Seattle University
- Seton Hall University
- Sewanee: The University of the South
- Skidmore College
- Smith College
- Sonoma State University
- University of Southern California (7)
- Southern Methodist University (4)
- Southern Oregon University
- Southern Utah University
- Stanford University
- St. Edward's University
- St. John's College
- St. Lawrence University
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- Stony Brook University
- Suffolk University
- Syracuse University (3)
T
- Technológico de Monterrey (3)
- Texas A&M University
- Texas Christian University (4)
- Texas State University
- The American University of Paris
- The Evergreen State College
- The New School
- The Ohio State University
- The University of Alabama (3)
- The University of Edinburgh
- The University of Montana
- The University of Tampa
- The University of Tennessee
- The University of Texas at Austin (2)
- Trinity College
- Trinity College Dublin
- Truman State University
- Tufts University (2)
- Tulane University
U
- Union College
- Universidad de Monterrey (4)
- University College Dublin
- University of Galway
- University of Greenwich
- University of Hong Kong
- University of Limerick
- University of the Pacific
- University of St. Andrews
- University of Toronto (2)
- Ursinus College
- University of Utah (2)
- University of Victoria
- University of York
V
- Vanderbilt University
- Vassar College
- University of Vermont
- Villanova University
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Sate University
- University of Virginia (2)
W
- Wagner College
- Wake Forest University (2)
- Washington and Lee University
- Washington State University
- Washington University in St. Louis
- University of Washington (5)
- Wellesley College
- Wentworth Institute of Technology
- Westminster University
- Westmont College
- Wheaton College
- Whitman College
- Whittier College
- Whitworth University
- Willamette University
- University of Wisconsin (3)
- Woodbury University
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- University of Wyoming
X
- Xavier University
Y
- Yale University
College Counseling Team
Under the leadership of our Director of College Counseling and through Catalina’s Journey program, our experienced senior advising team works closely with members of the senior class. Each senior is assigned a senior advisor, who meets with her one-on-one throughout the fall semester to help her stay on top of every step in her college applications.
Mr. White joined Santa Catalina in 2006. He taught English and art history for more than a decade before transitioning to the College Counseling office, becoming director in 2020. He holds a B.A. from Goucher College, where he was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and an M.A. from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, where he later served as an adjunct English instructor. In 2013 he was named a National Endowment for the Humanities Scholar, studying Dante’s Divine Comedy in Siena, Italy. The Baltimore native enjoys traveling, cooking, reading, digging into genealogy, and shooting sporting clays when he needs some excitement.
I relish the opportunity to help young people see the world more clearly—to grow their capacity for wonder—and to help them learn to use their freedom wisely.
Ms. Dubiel came to Santa Catalina in 2017 from Antioch University Santa Barbara. She holds a B.S. in microbiology from UC Santa Barbara and a master of acupuncture and oriental medicine from Santa Barbara College of Oriental Medicine. Originally from Simi Valley, she enjoys camping, hiking, traveling, cooking, and traditional archery.
I'm inspired by the fact that I have an opportunity to be a role model for young girls and can be a positive support as they navigate high school and transition to their future endeavors.