College Counseling

The college application season has begun! Cardin seniors have already started narrowing down their college lists and submitting college applications. In order to best support our students, the college counseling department has several events this fall to help families with this process. Ms. Schein is working closely with the other AIMS College Counselors to create community programming that will help educate our independent school communities. Here are a few of the upcoming events for Cardin students and for AIMS students.


Cardin College Night – Thursday, September 16, at 7pm in the Moadon. This is an informative meeting for all Cardin parents and students but is geared mainly at 11th and 12th grade families. I will speak about the college application process and our guest speaker will be Dale Bittinger who is the Director of Undergraduate Admissions at UMBC. Mr. Bittinger has served as the Director of Undergraduate Admissions and Orientation at UMBC - the University of Maryland, Baltimore County since 2005. He began at UMBC in 1999 as Assistant Director before moving to Associate Director. In 2007, the Chronicle of Higher Education named him as one of the "Ten Influential Admissions Deans/Directors." He holds a Master of Arts in Counseling from West Virginia University and is currently pursuing his Doctorate of Philosophy in Public Policy at UMBC. Mr. Bittinger will speak about “Finding Your Best Fit.”

PSAT – The PSAT will be administered on Wednesday, October 13th at Cardin. This exam will be given to all 10th and 11th graders during the school day. More information will be emailed to 10th and 11th grade parents and students will learn more about the PSAT in their classes.

AIMS joint Financial Aid Seminar – Wednesday, November 3, at 7 pm at Gilman School in the Alumni Auditorium. The AIMS schools will sponsor a joint financial aid talk for all AIMS students grades 9-12. The keynote speaker will be Vincent Amoroso, Director, Office of Student Financial Service at Johns Hopkins University.

JCC College Fair – Sunday, November 14, from 1-3pm at the Owings Mills JCC. This free event is geared towards 11th and 12th graders. The college fair is a great chance to learn about several colleges from admissions and alumni representatives.

~Hallie Schein
Director of College Counseling