College Counseling Resources

MCDS School Code/CEEB Code: 502396
Naviance Family Connection sign-in: https://student.naviance.com/madisoncds -Grade 11 students and parents are provided access to this college search and application platform.
To access the Common App: www.commonapp.org
For information about IB: www.ibo.org
NCAA Eligibility Center: https://web3.ncaa.org/ecwr3/ - creating an account is the first step to becoming an NCAA student-athlete (required for Division 1 or 2, optional for Division 3)
For ACT registration and information: www.actstudent.org
For SAT registration and PSAT and AP information: www.sat.org
To access the FAFSA (Free Application For Federal Student Aid; opens October 1): https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa
To learn about types of financial aid, including loans: https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types
To access the CSS Profile (application for financial aid required by many private colleges and universities; opens October 1): https://student.collegeboard.org/css-financial-aid-profile
To compare costs, graduation rate, earnings of graduates, etc.: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/
To learn about consortium programs (study abroad, scholarships, etc.) offered by the Associated Colleges of the Midwest: www.acm.edu
To find a wealth of statistics about American colleges and universities, compiled by the US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics: www.nces.ed.gov
MCDS High School Profile: https://www.madisoncountryday.org/high-school-profile

To locate statistics about a particular college or university when you can’t find the information easily on their website, do a search for “Common Data Set” followed by the name of the institution.

OUR MISSION

Madison Country Day School provides an intellectually stimulating, personally enriching, and academically challenging program to an able and diverse student body. We measure our curriculum and student achievement against the finest programs in the world. Furthermore, we advance education by creating programs that serve as models for other private and public schools.