College Office

All that we do at Brooklyn Preparatory High School centers around college preparedness. In advisories students experience at least two college visits per school year. Our curriculum and assessment revolve around the Habits of Mind that we believe students must develop in order to be successful in college, career and life:

• Perspective - identifying the question, issue or viewpoint
  
  
• Analysis - using relevant information to draw a conclusion
  
  
• Connections - connecting work to self, community, other topics and issues
  
  
• Imagination - using creativity and taking risks
  
  
• Commitment - revision, cooperation, hard work, perseverance
  
  

Brooklyn Prep has a College and Career Counselor dedicated to supporting students and families through the college process, beginning in the 9th grade. We are also pleased to announce a new partnership with the prestigious College Summit program! Brooklyn Preparatory’s mission is to prepare all students to succeed in a challenging college program and a fulfilling career and ultimately, to take on an extraordinary responsibility for our world. We are a small, college preparatory high school where academic rigor is accompanied by intensive individual support; a nurturing community where every student is known well; and a learning organization where both young people and adults are actively engaged in inquiry, reflection, and collaboration. Brooklyn Prep also offers extra curricular activities that allow students get involved in service and internships


College and Career Advisor: Madeline Marks

I received my Bachelor's degree from SUC Brockport where I double majored in Dance and Communication. I went on to get my Master's Degree in counseling at New York University. To pay for my master's degree, I worked at the Admissions Office at New York University's Graduate School of Business. I continued to work in admission as the Director of Admission at Metropolitan College and St. Peter's College and then as the Assistant Director of Admissions at Long Island University Flatbush Exension.

After 11 years I felt with my knowledge ad experience in college admissions I would be able to bring useful information to students who were actually applying to college. My first year with the Department of Education was as a College Advisor, however though a lot of twists and turns throughout my career at the DOE, I was also a 5th Grade Teacher, a Resource Room Teacher, A Related Service Counselor, Transition Coordinator and 9th & 10th Grade Guidance Counselor.

I feel very priveleged to be working again with the Class of 2010; this time as their College Advisor. This is a very ambitious and hard working group of students who are also excited and hopeful about their future.

I believe that each student has a unique gift and talent; living and doing what we are most passionate about in life, motivates us to do our best. Finding that passion and building a carreer around it, is the key to one's success. I believe you can do anything, be open to all the possibilities and opportunities that will come your way.

I am also a certified Aerobics Instructor where I teach at various gyms throughout the metropolitan area.

Brooklyn Preparatory High School • 257 North 6th Street • Brooklyn, NY • 11211 • 718-486-2550