College Fair
Update Regarding Palo Alto College Fair
Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the 2020 Palo Alto College Fair which was initially postponed, has since been cancelled. Next fall, Henry M. Gunn will be hosting the Palo Alto College Fair on Monday, October 11th 2021; it will be held on campus with tiered entry for Paly and Gunn students.
College fair attendance will be limited in accordance with state and county COVID 19 guidelines for the number of college reps and participants allowed, following protocols outlined by colored-coded COVID 19 transmission caution tiers provided by the state. Participants and college reps will have to wear masks or face coverings and follow any state and county guidelines for social-distancing when interacting with others.
The Palo Alto College Fair will be for Paly and Gunn students only. Priority for registration and entrance will be given to seniors and juniors. The fair will not be able to accommodate sophomores, freshman or parents in 2021. More information about the fair will be available in the early fall. For questions, please contact Leighton Lang: llang@pausd.org.
Families are encouraged to participate in virtual college fairs this Spring; visit fair sponsor’s websites for dates, information, and registration details:
2019 College Fair
Palo Alto and Gunn High Schools join us in sponsoring the annual Palo Alto College Fair on October 14, 2019. Over 100 private and out-of-state/international colleges and universities participate and the fair draws 1000 attendees from our district, as well as several local private high schools. Meet representatives and receive information and brochures.
A financial aid workshop will be offered at 7:30 pm in room 2030 (downstairs, in small gym). The presenter will be Carl Gottbrecht from the financial aid office at Stanford University.
To learn more about how to prepare for a college fair, check out the document in the Naviance document library.
List of colleges attending the fair (as of October 11, 2019):
| Allegheny College |
| American University |
| Amherst College |
| Babson College |
| Bates College |
| Boston University |
| Brandeis University |
| Bryant University |
| Bucknell University |
| Butler University |
| Carleton College |
| Carroll College |
| Clark University |
| Clarkson University |
| Columbia University International Dual BA Programs |
| Cornell University |
| Cornish College of the Arts |
| Denison University |
| DePaul University |
| Dickinson College |
| Dominican University |
| Drexel University |
| Elon University |
| Emerson College |
| Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising |
| Georgetown University |
| Gettysburg College |
| Harvey Mudd College |
| High Point University |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges |
| Hofstra University |
| Hult International Business School |
| Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Institute of Technology |
| James Madison University |
| Juniata College |
| Knox College |
| Lafayette College |
| Landmark College |
| Lawrence University |
| Lehigh University |
| Lesley University |
| Linfield College |
| Loyola Marymount University |
| Loyola University Chicago |
| Lynn University |
| Make School (recently accredited, accelerated degree in Comp. Sci; partner with Dominican) |
| Marquette University |
| Marymount Manhattan College |
| McGill University |
| Menlo College |
| Merrimack College |
| Miami University |
| Michigan State University |
| Middlebury College |
| Mills College |
| Nagoya University |
| Northeastern University |
| Northern Arizona University |
| Northwestern University |
| Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU) |
| Oberlin College |
| Ohio Wesleyan University |
| Pace University |
| Pacific Northwest College of Art |
| Penn State University |
| Providence College |
| Purdue University |
| Quest University Canada |
| Reed College |
| Regis University |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Rice University |
| Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Rose-Hulman |
| Rutgers University - New Brunswick |
| Sacred Heart University |
| Saint Mary's College of California |
| Santa Clara University |
| Sarah Lawrence College |
| Seattle University |
| Seton Hall University |
| Sierra Nevada College |
| Simmons College |
| Smith College |
| Southern CA Institute of Architecture (SCIARC) |
| St. John's College |
| St. John's University |
| St. Lawrence University |
| Stanford University |
| Stony Brook University |
| Swarthmore College |
| Syracuse University |
| Temple University, Japan Campus |
| The New School |
| Trinity University |
| Tufts University |
| Tulane University |
| University of Alabama |
| University of Arizona |
| University of Chicago |
| University of Connecticut |
| University of Denver |
| University of Florida |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| University of Kansas |
| University of Miami |
| University of Michigan - Ann Arbor |
| University of Minnesota - Twin Cities |
| University of Oregon |
| University of Pittsburgh |
| University of Puget Sound |
| University of Redlands |
| University of Richmond |
| University of Tennessee Knoxville |
| University of the Pacific |
| University of Toronto |
| University of Washington |
| University of Waterloo |
| US Coast Guard Academy |
| US Army |
| Vanderbilt University |
| Vassar College |
| Waseda University |
| Washington and Lee University |
| Washington University in St. Louis |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology |
| Wesleyan University |
| Whitman College |