College Counseling
Belen Jesuit is committed to supporting its students through the college search and admissions process. To that end, students have access to four full-time college counselors who directly assist students, and their parents, in the college selection process. Our counselors work one-on-one with students throughout the college search and admissions process to help them make college choices that fulfill their academic, spiritual, personal, and financial needs.
Freshmen are assigned a College Counselor at the beginning of their high school journey. This individual will remain with them for the duration of their high school career, allowing for College Counselors to build relationships with their students. As freshmen and sophomores, College Counselors will meet with students primarily in group settings and individually upon request.
College Counselors begin working more intensely with students in their junior year in order to prepare their SAT/ACT testing timeline and build a preliminary list of colleges.
Senior year, College Counselors work closely with students to finalize their list of schools, assist them in completing applications, editing essays, informing them of scholarship and financial aid opportunities, and more.
Workshops and information sessions are held in the evenings for parents and students. Families are strongly encouraged to attend these programs beginning freshman year.
In addition, over 200 college admission representatives attend our annual College Fair and over 150 representatives provide on-campus Information Sessions to interested juniors and seniors. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors are also invited to participate in two College Tours that take place each year.
Mission Statement
Recognizing that each individual has unique needs, our mission is to provide complete support to all families and students throughout their high school career and beyond. From initiating the college search to discerning the path that best aligns with their academic, spiritual, social, and financial needs, we guide students so that they may live out their purpose for the greater glory of God.
Additional Information
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School Profile
View the School Profile for Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, prepared by the College Counseling department every year, to learn more about:Click here to view a PDF of the School Profile.- college acceptances and matriculations for recent alumni
- enrollment data and graduation requirements
- features of curriculum and grading system
- standardized testing and AP testing results
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Quick Facts
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College Counseling by Grade Level
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College Representative Campus Visits
Belen Jesuit Prep welcomes college representatives to campus in the Fall during our High School Flex Block (on B Days from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.). There are two possible session times - 9:35 a.m. and 10:20 a.m.A visit time can be requested through RepVisits.Due to limitations with availability of on-campus space and our students’ academic schedules, we will be unable to accommodate all requests. Priority will be given to colleges and universities where 3 or more of our students have applied within the last five years.Contact Mrs. Cristina Negron at cnegron@belenjesuit.org with questions or request another visit time (if it can be accommodated).
Vision Statement
To be a department of the highest value to our families, sending graduates out into the world who are confident in their futures, abilities, and identities as Catholic-Jesuit men.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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AIMS College Fair
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Rising Senior Meeting
Roca Theater
CONTACT US
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School Profile
BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba by Queen Isabel II of Spain. The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline. In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the School property and expelled the Jesuit faculty. The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow. Today, Belen Jesuit sits on a 30-acre site in western Dade County, only minutes away from downtown Miami.