Guidance, Counselling and Placement
College Counselling at Heritage Xperiential Learning School is an integral part of our students’ senior program experience. Centered around the student’s distinct individuality, the Heritage College Placement team focuses on understanding each student’s unique interest areas, learning style, academic performance, courses of interest, geographical inclinations, grades, and financial considerations in order to help students to find an educational and career path that suits them best.
The main objective of college counselling at Heritage is to inspire students to develop a growth mindset and become productive members of their community. We strongly emphasize self-reflection focussed on exploration and skill development. Each successive year, through regular interactions, we ensure that our students become proficient and interested (even enthusiastic!) to contribute to something meaningful beyond themselves.
College Connect
Over the years the College Placement cell has established a strong relationship with universities and admission offices in India and abroad, providing students and parents with actionable knowledge and information through monthly newsletters, group interactions, classroom workshops and individual sessions. The aim is not only to secure admissions at elite institutions but also to ensure that students thrive during their undergraduate experience and beyond.
Here is an overview of the Heritage Xperiential college counselling process at each grade level:
Grade 9: Through interactive workshops and one-on-one interactions, students examine and explore the concept of career and the different types of college experiences. Students begin to identify their academic strengths, extracurricular interests, and areas leading to potential opportunities for the development of their true passions.
Grade 10: We advise students on their various options while encouraging them to continue reflection and exploration to be able to make more informed choices at the end of the academic year. As Grade 10 is a key year for student self-reflection and understanding of their own identities, students are encouraged to identify what career means to them, and to imagine the college experience they envision for themselves.
Grade 11: In grade 11, students work more closely with counsellors and actively engage with visiting universities and admission representatives as part of their college search. At Heritage students and counsellors collaborate to explore alternatives and determine the right undergraduate ‘fit’, while tailoring each student’s profile to align with their set of potential universities and destinations.
Grade 12: The most crucial stage of the college counselling process, during Grade 12 students identify and assemble the different components of their candidature to put forth a compelling application. The college counselling team then works with each student to create an application strategy with appropriate timelines. Ample resources, information, relevant workshops, and time with the counselling team, is offered to ease the stress of the application process. The ultimate goal is to support our students in finding the right college fit, navigate the application year smoothly, and prepare each student for a successful undergraduate experience.
Our Team
Neha Singh (Left)
Miguel Vazquez Gomez (Center)
Aparna Bhalla (Right)
Saumya Tripathi
Head- College Counselling
Saumya brings over 15 years of rich experience in career and college guidance, supporting students in making informed academic and professional choices. She is a UCLA and THE certified Career Counselor with deep expertise in both Indian and international admissions, including the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, and Europe.
She has previously led the Career Guidance function at Good Shepherd International School and has been instrumental in building structured counselling programs, mentoring students from Grades VIII to XII, and enabling successful admissions to globally reputed universities.
Saumya is also a skilled trainer in verbal ability and communication, with certifications in TOEFL training and extensive experience in mentoring for exams such as SAT, IELTS, GMAT, and GRE. Her work spans student counselling, parent engagement, curriculum design, and capacity building for educators.
Her passion lies in empowering students with clarity, confidence, and direction as they navigate their future pathways.
Somya Bajaj
College Counsellor
With 13 years of experience in education, including teaching, student counseling, and career guidance, Somya Bajaj supports students across Grades 9–12 in subject selection, career exploration, profile building, and university applications in India and abroad. She comes with extensive experience with institutions such as Shiv Nadar School and her goal is to help students make informed and confident academic and career decisions.
Kanchan Mehra
College Counsellor
Kanchan has over 11 years of experience in career counselling, helping students navigate critical academic and career decisions. She works closely with students on stream selection, university applications, and crafting well-rounded profiles that showcase their strengths, achievements, and extracurricular activities. Kanchan also provides targeted guidance for standardized tests like the SAT/ACT and IELTS/TOEFL, helping students meet the requirements for top universities. Her extensive experience in supporting students through the complexities of university applications ensures they are well-equipped to seize the best opportunities available to them. She has placed students in top global and Indian universities. Her B.tech degree has shaped her problem solving, analytical reasoning and critical thinking skills. In her efforts to keep abreast in this field, she is currently pursuing her masters in Counselling Psychology. She is a certified THE (Times Higher Education) Counsellor.
In addition to her professional work, Kanchan practices mindfulness and enjoys traveling, both of which contribute to her global perspective and personal well-being. This broad outlook informs her counselling approach, giving her valuable insights into international opportunities and career pathways.
Anindita Nandy
College Counsellor
Anindita Nandy is a college & career guidance counsellor with over 10 years of experience helping students discover their potential. She works closely with students and parents to translate interests, strengths, passions and aspirations into meaningful academic and career pathways.
She holds both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Psychology from the University of Delhi and has previously worked with the prestigious Shri Ram group of schools. Her expertise spans the entire journey- from guidance on subject combination, profile development, and career exploration to navigating entrance examinations, globally recognized standardized and proficiency tests, and supporting college application processes. Deeply committed to holistic student development, Anindita is also passionate about social-emotional learning and its crucial connection to long-term career and college success.
Owing to her armed forces upbringing, Anindita loves travelling and exploring different cultures and cuisines. She is an empath at heart with an appetite for new adventures and shrimps!
Placements
IndiaIndian Universities:
| Amity University | National Law University |
| Ansal University | National Institute of Design |
| Ashoka University | National Institute of Technology |
| Azim Premji University | Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) |
| Christ University | O.P. Jindal Global University |
| Delhi University | Pearl academy |
| Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth | Pusa Institute of Technology |
| Flame University | Shiv Nadar University |
| IILM University | SP Jain University |
| Indian Institute of Management (IIM) | SRM University |
| Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) | Symbiosis University |
| Indian Institute Of Art and Design (IIAD) | Tata Institute of Social Sciences |
| Indian school of Hospitality (ISH) | Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology |
| Indraprastha University | The Design Village |
| ATLAS SkillTech University | Tolani Maritime Institute |
| Istituto Marangoni | Unitedworld Institute of Design, Karnavati University |
| JK Business School | UPES |
| KREA University | Vellore Institute of Technology |
| Mumbai University | Venkateshwar University |
| National Institute of Fashion Designing | Whistling Woods International |
| National Institute of Fashion Technology |
USA| Albion College | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | Tufts University |
| Bard College | Indiana University Bloomington | Trinity College |
| Barnard College | Ithaca College | UNC Chapel Hill |
| Baruch College | Juniata College | Union College |
| Bates College | Knox College | UC Irvine |
| Beloit College | Lafayette College | UC Berkeley |
| Bennington College | Lake Forest College | UC Davis |
| Bentley University | Lewis & Clark College | UC Los Angeles |
| Boston University | Loyola Marymount University | UC San Diego |
| Bowdoin College | Middlebury College | UC Santa Barbara |
| Brandeis University | Mount Holyoke College | UC Riverside |
| Brown University | New Jersey Institute of Technology | UC- Santa Clara |
| California College of Arts | New York University | University of California Santa Cruz |
| California Polytechnic State University | North Western University | University of the Arts, Philadelphia. |
| California Institute of the Arts | Oberlin College & Conservatory | University of Chicago |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Ohio State University | University of Cincinnati College- |
| Champlain College | Ohio Wesleyan University | Conservatory of Music |
| Chapman University | Otis College of Art and Design | University of Illinois- Chicago |
| Claremont McKenna College | Parsons School of Design | University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign |
| Clarkson University | Pennsylvania State University | University of Kansas |
| Colgate University | Pitzer College | University of Maryland, College Park |
| College of William and Mary | Pratt Institute | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Connecticut College | Purdue University | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| Conservatory of Music | Rochester Institute of Technology | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities |
| Denison University | Reed College | University of Rochester |
| Drew University | Ringling College of Art and Design | University of San Diego |
| Drexel University | Roger Williams University | University of San Francisco |
| Duke University | Saint Joseph’s University | University of Southern California |
| DePauw University | Saint Louis University | University of Texas, Austin |
| DePaul University | San Diego State University | University of Texas, Dallas |
| Emerson College | Sarah Lawrence College | University of Wisconsin Madison |
| Fashion Institute of Technology | Savannah College of Art and Design | University of Virginia |
| Florida Institute of Technology | Scripps College | University of Washington |
| Franklin & Marshall College | School of the Art Inst. of Chicago | Vassar College |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | Skidmore College | Wellesley College |
| George Washington University | St. Mary’s College of California | Wesleyan University |
| Grinnell College | SUNY Stony Brook | Wabash College |
| Hamilton College | SOKA University of America | Whittier College |
| Harvey Mudd College | Syracuse University | Worchester Institute of Technology |
| Haverford College | The Culinary Institute of America |
AustraliaAustralian Universities:
| Blue Mountains International Hotel |
| Griffith University |
| James Cook University |
| Le Cordon Bleu |
| Macquarie University |
| Management School |
| Monash University |
| RMIT |
| The Australian National University |
| The University of Sydney |
| The University of Adelaide |
| The University of New South Wales |
| The University of Queensland |
| Torrens University of Australia |
| The University of Western Australia |
| University of Melbourne |
| University of Technology Sydney |
| Wollongong University |
CanadaCanadian Universities:
| Brock University | Simon Fraser University |
| Carleton University | University of Alberta |
| Dalhousie University | University of British Columbia |
| Emily Carr University of Art + Design | University of Guelph |
| Huron College at Western University | University of Ottawa |
| Kings College | University of Saskatchewan |
| King’s University College at Western | University of Toronto |
| McGill University | University of Victoria |
| McMaster University | University of Waterloo |
| Memorial University of Newfoundland | University of Windsor |
| Ontario College of Art and Design | Wilfred Laurier University |
| Ontario Tech University | Western University |
| Queen’s University | York University |
| Ryerson University |
Middle East/AsiaMiddle East/Asia Universities:
| Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| City University of Hong Kong |
| Duke Kunshan University |
| Hong Kong Universities |
| Hong Kong University of Science & Technology |
| LaSalle College of Arts |
| Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts |
| Nanyang Technological University |
| National University of Singapore |
| NYU Abu Dhabi |
| NYU Shanghai |
| Singapore Institute of Management |
| Singapore Management University |
UK & Europe| Abertay University | Paris School of Business |
| American University of Paris | Queen Mary University of London |
| Bedford University | Royal Holloway |
| Bocconi University | Sciences Po |
| Carl Benz School of Engineering | Stockholm University |
| Central Saint Martins | Swansea University |
| Charles University | The American University of Rome |
| Cologne Business School | Tilburg University |
| Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) | Trinity College Dublin |
| École Polytechnique | University College Dublin |
| EDHEC Business School | University College London |
| Eindhoven University of Technology | University of Amsterdam |
| Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne | University of Arts London |
| ESSEC Business School | University of Bath |
| Film and TV Academy of Performing | University of Birmingham |
| Arts in Prague (FAMU) | University of Bristol |
| Franklin University Switzerland | University of Cardiff |
| Glasgow School of Art | University of Dundee |
| Goldsmiths, University of London | University of Durham |
| Hult International Business School | University of Edinburgh |
| IE University Spain | University of Exeter |
| Imperial College London | University of Glasgow |
| Instituto of Marangoni | University of Groningen |
| John Cabot University | University of Leeds |
| King’s College London | University of Manchester |
| Kingston University of London | University of Nottingham |
| Leiden University | University of Sheffield |
| London School of Economics | University of St. Andrews |
| Loughborough University | University of Warwick |
| Maastricht University | University of Westminster |
| Moscow State Institute of | University of York |
| Paris College of Art | Utrecht University |
| Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Law) |
Career Counselling
HXLS is committed to enabling each child reach his/her maximum potential and ultimately pursue a career that he or she has passion for. In its continued endeavour to enable children to make informed choices, the school organises several activities and events during the academic year.
The Career Advisory Cell works with senior students from Grades 8 to 12 to guide them at all levels including orientation on study skills, academic rigour and correct work ethics so that they can enrol into universities of their choice.
The school is a College Board test centre and conducts SAT and PSAT exams as well those for Grades 9-11.
A career choice programme is held for Grade 11 students during which a psychometric test is conducted and its outcomes along with career options discussed with parents and students.
College Fairs are organised thrice a year and more than 45 universities visit our campus for workshops and individual interaction.
Sessions are organised by Indian and foreign universities on our campus for students to gain clarity on their education system, courses and other opportunities and requirements.