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Kevin Dyerly, Director of Admission and Philip "PJ" Petrone, Assistant Director of Admission, will be visiting your area soon to meet with students interested in learning more about Whitman College. You are invited to attend one of the meetings listed on this schedule. If necessary, please make arrangements in advance with your guidance counselor to attend.

Interviews are strongly recommended for seniors. You may schedule an appointment on our website.

September October November


Wednesday, September 10, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:50 a.m. Community Charter Early College High School Lakeview Terrace

Thursday, September 11, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
10:00 a.m. CALS Early College High School Los Angeles

Monday, September 15, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:15 a.m. Westridge School for Girls Pasadena
11:00 a.m. Polytechnic School Pasadena

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
7:30 a.m. Vistamar School El Segundo
10:23 a.m. Mira Costa High School 1401 Artesia Blvd Manhattan Beach
1:45 p.m. Gertz-Ressler High School 2023 S Union Ave Los Angeles
3:15 p.m. Animo Inglewood Charter High School 3425 W Manchester Blvd Inglewood

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
9:00 a.m. Crossroads School Santa Monica
11:00 a.m. Pacifica Christian High School Santa Monica
1:45 p.m. Windward School Los Angeles

Thursday, September 18, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
9:40 a.m. Sierra Canyon School Chatsworth
11:35 a.m. Milken Community High School Los Angeles

Monday, September 29, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
2:15 p.m. Discovery Charter Prep School Pacoima

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:00 a.m. Vistamar School El Segundo
TBD* Mira Costa High School Manhattan Beach
12:30 p.m. Rolling Hills Prep School Palos Verdes Est
1:15 p.m. Chadwick School Palos Verdes Pen

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 (Mr. Dyerly & Mr. Petrone):
8:30 a.m. Wildwood Secondary School Los Angeles
9:40 a.m. Marymount High School Los Angeles
11:30 a.m. Brentwood School Los Angeles
1:15 p.m.** Archer School for Girls Los Angeles
Admission Interviews Available in Los Angeles

Thursday, October 2, 2008 (Mr. Dyerly & Mr. Petrone):
8:30 a.m.
Harvard Westlake School North Hollywood
9:40 a.m. Campbell Hall Valley Village
11:45 a.m. North Hollywood High School North Hollywood
1:20 p.m. Oakwood School North Hollywood
Admission Interviews Available in Studio City

Friday, October 3, 2008 (Mr. Dyerly):
8:30 a.m. Santa Monica High School Santa Monica
9:45 a.m. Palisades Charter High School Pacific Palisade
11:45 a.m. New Community Jewish High School West Hills

Friday, October 3, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:15 a.m. Loyola High School Los Angeles
TBD* University High School Irvine
12:00 p.m. Sage Hill School Newport Beach
2:10 p.m. Saint Margarets Episcopal School San Juan Capistrano

Monday, October 6, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:30 a.m. Crystal Springs Uplands School Hillsborough
9:50 a.m. Palo Alto High School Palo Alto
11:25 a.m. Henry M. Gunn High School Palo Alto
12:48 p.m. Pinewood School Los Altos Hills
2:00 p.m. Menlo Atherton High School Atherton
7:00 p.m. San Francisco Informational Meeting - Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel
with Dr. Bob Withycombe, Professor of Rhetoric and Film Studies, and Tony Cabasco, Dean of Admission & Financial Aid

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:00 a.m. Sacred Heart Preparatory Atherton
10:15 a.m. Menlo School Atherton
12:00 p.m. Stanford Univ EPGY Online HS Stanford
1:30 p.m. Castilleja School Palo Alto

Wednesday, October 8, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
9:00 a.m. Stuart Hall High School San Francisco
11:00 a.m. Notre Dame High School San Jose
1:15 p.m. The King's Academy Sunnyvale
3:00 p.m. Harker School San Jose

Thursday, October 9, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
7:40 a.m. Bellarmine College Preparatory San Jose
9:15 a.m. Mountain View High School Mountain View
10:15 a.m. Los Altos High School Los Altos
12:50 p.m. Woodside Priory School Portola Valley

Friday, October 10, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:00 a.m. School of the Arts San Francisco
10:20 a.m. San Francisco University H S San Francisco
11:20 a.m. Urban School of San Francisco San Francisco
12:15 p.m. Convent of the Sacred Heart HS San Francisco
1:30 p.m. Saint Ignatius College Prep San Francisco

Saturday, October 11, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
11:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Fulfillment Fund College Fair
Loyola Marymount University

Sunday, October 12, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
2:00-5:00 p.m. AHANA College Fair
Vistamar School El Segundo

Monday, October 13, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
6:30-9:00 p.m. Palo Alto College Fair
Henry M Gunn High School Palo Alto

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
11:40 a.m. Lick Wilmerding High School San Francisco
2:00 p.m. Lowell High School San Francisco

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:15 a.m. Drew School San Francisco
9:50 a.m. Burlingame High School Burlingame
11:55 a.m. College Preparatory School Oakland
2:00 p.m. Gateway High School San Francisco

Thursday, October 16, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:30 a.m. Monte Vista High School Danville
10:00 a.m. Las Lomas High School Walnut Creek
11:00 a.m. San Ramon Valley High School Danville
1:07 p.m. Northgate High School Walnut Creek

Friday, October 17, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:00 a.m. Acalanes High School Lafayette
9:30 a.m. Campolindo High School Moraga
11:00 a.m. Miramonte High School Orinda
12:30 p.m. Bentley Upper School Lafayette

Monday, October 20, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:00 a.m. Santa Barbara Senior High School Santa Barbara
9:45 a.m. San Marcos High School Santa Barbara
11:30 a.m. Thacher School Ojai
5:00-6:00 p.m. Cate School College Night Carpinteria

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:30 a.m. Laguna Blanca School Santa Barbara
10:10 a.m. Dos Pueblos High School Goleta
11:30 a.m. Dunn School Los Olivos
1:45 p.m. Midland School Los Olivos

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
11:00 a.m. High Tech High School San Diego
TBD* Bishop's School La Jolla
5:30-8:30 p.m. Poway Unified School District College Fair
Westview High School San Diego

Thursday, October 23, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
10:00 a.m. San Diego Jewish Academy San Diego
1:45 p.m. Francis W Parker School San Diego
3:00 p.m. High Tech High School Media Arts San Diego
6:00-8:00 p.m. Point Loma College Night San Diego

Friday, October 24 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:00 a.m. Torrey Pines High School Encinitas
11:00 a.m. La Costa Canyon High School Carlsbad
1:45 p.m. San Dieguito High School Academy Encinitas

Saturday, October 25, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
10:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Upward Bound College Day
University of Southern California Vierbi School of Engineering Los Angeles

Monday, October 27, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:00 a.m. Mira Loma High School Sacramento
9:05 a.m. Sacramento Country Day School Sacramento
11:05 a.m. Loretto High School Sacramento
12:11 p.m. C K McClatchy High School Sacramento
2:15 p.m. Sacramento Waldorf School Fair Oaks

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:10 a.m. Saint Francis High School Sacramento
11:50 a.m. Jesuit High School Carmichael
1:40 p.m. Davis Senior High School Davis

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:00 a.m. Justin Siena High School Napa
11:30 a.m. Sir Francis Drake High School San Anselmo
1:00 p.m. San Domenico School San Anselmo
2:20 p.m. Terra Linda High School San Rafael

Thursday, October 30, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:00 a.m. Branson School Ross
10:00 a.m. Marin Catholic High School Kentfield
12:00 p.m. Redwood High School Larkspur
1:15 p.m. Tamalpais High School Mill Valley
2:45 p.m. Marin Academy San Rafael

Friday, October 31, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
9:45 a.m. Piedmont High School Piedmont
11:30 a.m. Oakland Technical High School Oakland

Monday, November 3, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:00 a.m. Mayfield Senior School Pasadena
9:57 a.m. Claremont High School Claremont
11:00 a.m. Webb School of California Claremont

Tuesday, November 4, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
TBD* South Pasadena High School Pasadena
9:11 a.m. Flintridge Preparatory School La Canada
11:00 a.m. La Canada High School La Canada

Wednesday, November 5, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:30 a.m. Head-Royce School Oakland
11:15 a.m. Bishop Odowd High School Oakland
1:30 p.m. Immaculate Conception Academy College Fair San Francisco

Thursday, November 6, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:00 a.m. Albany High School Albany
10:05 a.m. Saint Marys College High School Berkeley
12:20 p.m. Berkeley High School Berkeley
1:45 p.m. Maybeck High School Berkeley

Friday, November 7, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
8:00 a.m. Stevenson School Pebble Beach
10:05 a.m. Santa Catalina School Monterey
TBD* York Schooll Monterey
2:00 p.m. Pacific Collegiate School Santa Cruz

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
9:45 a.m. Cathedral Catholic High School San Diego
11:30 a.m. La Jolla Country Day School La Jolla
12:15 p.m. Preuss School La Jolla

Saturday, November 22, 2008 (Mr. Petrone):
10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
MOSTE Fair
Marymount College, Doheny Campus Los Angeles

* This visit has not been confirmed. Please check with your guidance office for the time and date.
** This visit has been tentatively confirmed. Please check with your guidance office.

Quick Facts

  • Alumnus Ryan Crocker ’71 is the U.S. ambassador to Iraq.

  • Whitman is the highest-ranked national liberal arts college in the Pacific Northwest, and ranks among the top five coed liberal arts colleges in the West. – U.S. News & World Report, 2007

  • Whitman has a 10:1 student-to-faculty ratio.