At graduation, Kimberton Waldorf School students have an array of opportunities and choices before them. About 92 percent decide to pursue college immediately, most getting accepted to the colleges of their choice. The remaining eight percent take a “gap” year, traveling around the world and pursuing their college studies upon their return with one percent or less exploring a trade.
In 2009, the 20 seniors who graduated were offered nearly $700,000 in scholarships and awards. Below is a list of the colleges and universities our students have attended:
Antioch College
Bard College
Barnard College
Bates College
Bennington College
Bentley College
Bloomsburg University
Boston University
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College
Cambridge University
Clark University
Colby College
College of the Atlantic
College of Santa Fe
Columbia University
Cornell University
Curtis Institute of Music
Dartmouth University
Deep Springs College
Delaware County Community College
Dickinson College
Drew University
Drexel University
Earlham College
Eastman School of Music
Eckerd College
Elon University
Embry-Riddle
Evergreen State College
Franklin & Marshall College
Franklin Pierce University
Goucher College
Green Mountain College
Guilford College
Hampshire College
Haverford College
Hiram College
Indiana University of PA
Ithaca College
Juniata College
Kenyon College
Landmark College
Lebanon Valley College
Lehigh University
Lycoming College
Macalester College
Marlboro College
Maryland Institute, College of Art
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Millersville University
Moore College of Art
Moravian College
Muhlenberg College
New York University (NYU)
Northeastern University
Oberlin College
Oxford University
Penn State University
Prescott College
Princeton University
Rhode Island Art Institute
Rochester Institute of Technology
St. Andrew’s, Scotland
St. John’s College
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Sarah Lawrence College
Savannah College of Art & Design
Skidmore College
Smith College
Sonoma State College
Stanford University
SUNY – Purchase
Swarthmore College
Temple University
University of Chicago
University of Cincinnati, Conservatory
University of Colorado
University of Maine
University of Massachusetts
University of Montana
University of New Hampshire
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Puget Sound
University of Tampa
University of Vermont
Warren Wilson College
Wesleyan University
West Chester University
Westminster Choir College
Wheaton College (MA)
Yale University
In addition, we are proud that, out of 1200 alumni, one is a Rhodes Scholar and seven are Fulbright Fellows, among many other distinctions.
The future needs heroic thinkers. Here’s a glimpse at a few of ours:
“Kimberton helped me to develop a broad, holistic view of the world, including the ability to see and understand the connections between many parts of life. In both my studies and research at MIT, I was able to benefit from many of the principles I learned through Kimberton’s holistic approach to knowledge, exploring the connections among disciplines.”
~ Christiaan Adams ‘92
Resident Mapping Specialist, Google.org
BS Lehigh, Environmental Engineering
MS Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peace Corps
“Waldorf education opens the student to experiences and teaches the student to understand that he or she can go out and do practically anything in the world!”
~ Deshka Foster ’03
Stanford University, Fulbright Fellow
Applying to medical school
Studying childhood malaria in Malaysia and Africa
“Children need to be active and use their hands at a young age. I think Waldorf education’s approach and philosophy are exactly how children should be taught.”
~ Jonathan Steckel ’96
Co-founder and Director of Chemistry, QD Vision, Inc.
Oberlin College, Chemistry and Theatre majors
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. program
“What is really valued at a school like Columbia is an interest to get to the heart of the matter, whether it be a political debate, geology, languages, literature, art history, or physics. And it is precisely this spark, this curiosity that blossomed at Kimberton. With the liberal arts curriculum and focus on understanding rather than simple memorizing, we were engaged in the ideas and problem solving – the abstract and the practical. In simplest terms, Kimberton gave me a chance to fall in love with the process of learning.”
~Kathryn Minogue ’00
Columbia University
Majoring in History and Architecture; and Art