College Counseling at Milton
Milton prepares young people to seek meaningful lifetime success, and that principle drives our college counseling program. We believe that the college process can help our students grow, both emotionally and socially. Through this process, we can help our students develop the tools to take on the world with gusto, resourcefulness, and joy.
Milton’s powerful, experienced, and highly collaborative team of professionals develop relationships with students and help them manage the core work as thoroughly and as thoughtfully as possible.
- Our program involves a lot of one-on-one conversation, humor wherever possible, and timely reminders about what is really important in students’ lives.
- Through continuous and accurate communication, we help ground students so that they can be their best, most dynamic selves and do their best work.
- In that scenario, creativity has a chance to thrive.
- Students can develop applications that capture their own power.
Milton Academy School Profile
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Contact the College Counseling Office
Sandi Dunnington
Assistant to the College Counseling Office
Milton Academy
170 Centre Street, Milton, MA 02186
P: 617-898-2310 F: 617-898-1717
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Counseling Team
Laurén Carter, Dean of College Counseling
Contact: lauren_carter@milton.edu
Laurén’s career spans more than three decades in the college admission and counseling profession—with more than 20 of those years spent directing independent schools’ college counseling programs. As college admissions become more and more competitive, Milton’s college counseling office plays an increasingly critical role in supporting students in choosing the best college or university for them. The school is excited to have Laurén lead those efforts during this 2023–2024 academic year.
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James Atkins, Senior Associate Director
Contact: james_atkins@milton.edu
James joins the college counseling office at Milton with 15 years of experience in higher education enrollment and communications. A proud midwesterner, he earned degrees in Interpersonal Communication Studies and Organizational and Professional Communication Development from Ball State University.
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Lauren Cunningham, Associate Director
Contact: lauren_cunningham@milton.edu
Lauren is excited to be a part of the Milton Academy College Counseling team! She initially joined the Milton Academy CCO in fall 2023 as a college counselor offering application and essay support and stepped into an interim role in January of 2024. She officially joined the team later that spring as an Associate Director of College Counseling and has quickly become an invaluable resource for her students and member of the CCO team.
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Matthew Cunningham, Senior Associate Director
Contact: matt_cunningham@milton.edu
Matt is excited to join the Milton Academy community after three years as an associate director of college counseling at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. Prior to his time at Sidwell Friends, Matt worked in college admissions for over eight years, first at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA and then at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. At both Lehigh and Vassar, Matt was a key leader in their campus visit initiatives, including directing tour guide programs, as well as organizing open houses and admitted student programs.
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Lauren Kudisch, Senior Associate Director
Contact: lauren_kudisch@milton.edu
Lauren joins the Milton Academy College Counseling team after spending more than a decade working in college admissions. She started her time in admissions at Boston University—reviewing applications, recruiting students, and leading events and programs for prospective and admitted students.
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Lizzie Leonard, Associate Director
Contact: lizzie_leonard@milton.edu
Lizzie is thrilled to join the College Counseling staff at Milton Academy. Most recently, she was a Newton-based college counselor with Collegewise, a national college counseling organization. Before Collegewise, she spent five years as an Assistant Director of Admissions at Northeastern University.
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Sandi Dunnington, Assistant to the College Counseling Office
Contact: sandi_dunnington@milton.edu
Sandi Dunnington has proven that you can go home again. Her first tenure in this office, after several years as an event planner for Sheraton, ended in 2003 when she took a hiatus for the births of her son and daughter. After that, Mrs. Dunnington worked for several years as assistant to the executive director and president for Exploration Summer Programs (EXPLO) in Norwood, Massachusetts. Then, when the administrative staff position opened up again in 2010, Mrs. Dunnington took pity on us and returned.
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