 | From the College Counselors In all areas of school life, Georgetown Day School is dedicated to providing a supportive educational atmosphere in which teachers challenge the intellectual, creative, and physical abilities of high school students while fostering a strength of character and a concern for others. From the earliest grades, we encourage students to wonder, to inquire, to be self reliant, and to be cooperative participants in the educational process, laying the foundation for a lifelong love of learning and a commitment to community.
We ask you to approach the college process by employing these same fundamental principles. The college application process is filled with both challenges and opportunities. Students and parents weather intense pressures—some genuine, some media-fed. We, the GDS College Counseling Staff, firmly believe that there are no best colleges, only colleges that are best for individual students.
GDS has three full-time college counselors with extensive college admissions experience. We have the luxury of providing juniors and seniors with individual attention and counseling throughout the college process. We enjoy getting to know the students and relish the opportunity to watch them grow during this exciting time.
Barbara Bergman: Director, College Counseling
Emily Livelli: Associate Director
Matthew Mettille: Associate Director
Deirdre Nicholson: Administrative Assistant
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Barbara Bergman has more than twenty years of experience working in university admissions. Prior to GDS, Barbara was Associate Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Georgetown University for fifteen years. In that capacity, she directed many aspects of the undergraduate recruitment and admissions process, chaired admissions committees, coordinated special scholarships, and presented admissions and financial aid workshops to alumni and high school groups. She currently serves on the National Merit Corporation Advisory Board and previously was on the faculty of the College Board Summer Institute on International Admissions. Barbara received her B.A. from Colgate University and her M.A. from George Washington University.
Emily Livelli is a native of Washington, DC and grew up a few blocks from the GDS high school campus. Emily received both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from New York University (NYU). She received her B.A. magna cum laude in biology and her M.A. in Higher Education. Emily brings a breadth of knowledge and experience in college admissions to GDS. She worked in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at NYU for five years and then at Barnard College as an Associate Director of Admission where one of her responsibilities included the recruitment and enrollment of women from Washington DC high schools. Throughout her tenure in college admissions, Emily has experienced every aspect of the process from conducting interviews and presenting on college admissions panels, to chairing admissions committees and supervising new admissions staff members.
Matthew Mettille joined the GDS College Counseling Office in 2011. After graduating from the University of Northern Iowa, Matt began his professional career working in college admissions first at Grinnell College and then at Beloit College, where he interviewed candidates, evaluated applications, conducted information sessions, and organized merit scholarship weekends. Matt went on to complete his M.S. in Higher Education from University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the GDS college counseling team, Matt worked for four years at Pine Crest School in Florida where he provided students and families with the direction, understanding and confidence to navigate the complexities of the college admissions process. Matt has also served as a mentor to children in inner-city Miami, and has volunteered with College Summit, a non-profit organization that helps talented low-income public high school students enroll in college.
Deirdre Nicholson attended high school at Miss Hall's School in Pittsfield, MA, an all-female boarding school She received her B. A. from College of Wooster in Ohio. Prior to joining GDS, Deirdre worked for a clean energy policy think tank in DC. She brings a wealth of experiences to the GDS College Counseling Office. |
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