Penny Klein has spent her entire professional life as an educator working with high school students. A graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University (BA), Penny first taught English in rural Ohio and then in Zimbabwe, Africa as a Peace Corps Volunteer. She earned her Masters in Counseling from Ohio State University. In 1995, she began as a school counselor at Mt. Mansfield Union High School in Jericho, Vermont. During those years, she gained extensive knowledge about the “ins and outs” of the college admissions process. In 2009, Penny left to pursue her passion of helping kids discover who they are, what they want to become and what college environment could offer them a place to grow and thrive. As one of her students said:

“Penny opened my eyes to my options and got me excited about my future.” 

Since the founding of SMCC, she has visited over 300 colleges and universities in the US and Canada. This has provided her with first-hand experience of the institutions to which her students apply. As a professional member of The Independent Educational Consultants Association, and chair of the College Tour Committee, Penny regularly travels to schools and meets with Admissions counselors and other consultants across the country.   

A resident of Middlebury, Vermont, Penny lives with her husband Don and golden retriever Willow. The house is surrounded by flower gardens, a reflection of another of Penny’s lifelong passions.   

Schools Penny Has Visited

Alabama   Auburn University | Samford University | University of Alabama | University of Alabama-Huntsville

California  California Institute of Technology | Chapman University | Claremont McKenna College | Harvey Mudd College | Loyola Marymount University | Occidental College | Pepperdine University | Pitzer College | Pomona College | Scripps College | University of Redlands | University of San Diego | University of Southern California

Connecticut  Connecticut College | Fairfield University | Mitchell College | Post University | Quinnipiac University | Sacred Heart University | Trinity College | University of Connecticut | University of Hartford | University of New Haven | Wesleyan University | U.S. Coast Guard Academy | Yale University 

Delaware  University of Delaware

Florida Barry University | Eckerd College | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | Flagler College | Florida A&M University | Florida Atlantic University | Florida Southern College | Florida Institute of Technology | Florida State University | Jacksonville University | Keiser University | Lynn University | Nova Southeastern University | Rollins College | Stetson University | University of Florida | University of North Florida | University of Miami

Georgia  Emory College | Georgia Institute of Technology | Morehouse College | Spelman College | University of Georgia

Illinois  Columbia College Chicago | DePaul University | Lake Forest College | Loyola University Chicago | Northwestern University | Southern Illinois University | University of Chicago

Indiana   DePauw University | Earlham College | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 

Maine Bates College | Bowdoin College | Bridgeton Academy | Colby College | Maine College of Art | Saint Joseph’s College | Southern Maine Community College | University of Maine, Farmington | University of Maine, Orono | University of New England | University of Southern Maine

Maryland  Goucher College | Hood College | Johns Hopkins University | Loyola University Maryland | Maryland Institute College of Art | McDaniel College | Mount St. Mary's University | Notre Dame of Maryland University | St. Johns College | Stevenson College | Washington College

Massachusetts  Amherst College | Assumption College | Bay Path University | Becker College | Bentley University | Boston College | Boston University | Brandeis University | Clark University | Elms College | Emerson College | Emmanuel College | Endicott College | Hampshire College | Holy Cross College | Lasell College | Mt. Holyoke College | Northeastern University | Simmons College | Smith College | Springfield College | Tufts University | University of Massachusetts/ Amherst | Wellesley College | Wentworth Institute of Technology | Western New England University | Wheaton College | Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Mississippi University of Mississippi

Missouri Saint Louis University | University of Missouri | Washington University in St. Louis

New Hampshire  Colby-Sawyer College | Dartmouth College | Franklin Pierce University | Keene State College | New England College | New Hampshire Institute of Art | Plymouth State University | Rivier College | Saint Anselm College | Southern New Hampshire University | University of New Hampshire

New York  Alfred University | Bard College | Barnard College | Clarkson University | Columbia University |  Cornell University | Culinary Institute of America | Fordham University | Hobart and William Smith College | Ithaca College | Marist College | Nazareth College | New York University | Parsons School of Design | Pratt Institute | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Rochester Institute of Technology | Sarah Lawrence College | Siena College | Skidmore College | St. Lawrence University | SUNY Canton | SUNY Potsdam | SUNY Stony Brook | Syracuse University | Union College | Manhattanville College | University of Rochester | Utica College | Vassar College | West Point

North Carolina  Barton College | Belmont Abbey College | Bennett College | Brevard College | Cabarrus College | Campbell University | Catawba College | Chowan University | Davidson College | Duke University | Elon University | Gardner Webb University | Greensboro College | Guilford College | High Point University | Johnson C. Smith University | Lees McRae College | Lenoir-Rhyne University | Livingstone College | Louisburg College | Mars Hill University | Meredith College | Methodist University | Montreat College | Mount Olive College | North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University | North Carolina State University | North Carolina Wesleyan | Pfeiffer University | Queens University of Charlotte | Saint Augustine's University | Salem College | Shaw University | St. Andrews University | University of North Carolina Ashville | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Wake Forest University | Warren Wilson College | William Peace University | Wingate University

Ohio  Case Western University | College of Wooster | Denison University | Kenyon College | Miami University of Ohio | Oberlin College | Ohio State University | Ohio Wesleyan University | University of Cincinnati | University of Dayton | Wittenberg University

Oregon  Concordia University | George Fox University | Linfield College | Oregon State University | Pacific University | Portland State University | Reed College | University of Oregon | University of Portland | Western Oregon University | Willamette University

Pennsylvania  Albright College | Allegheny College | Bryn Mawr College | Carnegie Mellon University | Cedar Crest College | DeSales University | Drexel University | Duquesne University | Elizabethtown College | Franklin and Marshall College | Haverford College | Juniata College | Lafayette College | Lebanon Valley College | Lehigh University | Lycoming College | Messiah College | Moravian College | Muhlenberg College | Swarthmore College | Temple University | University of Pennsylvania |  University of Pittsburgh | Ursinus College

Rhode Island  Brown University | Bryant University | Johnson and Wales University | New England Institute of Technology | Providence College | Rhode Island College | Rhode Island School of Design | Roger Williams University | Salve Regina University | University of Rhode Island

South Carolina  Clemson University | Coastal Carolina University | College of Charleston | Furman College | University of South Carolina

Texas Austin College | Baylor University | Prairie View A&M University | Rice University | Schreiner University | Southern Methodist University | Southwestern University | Texas A&M University | Texas Christian University | Trinity University | University of Houston | University of Texas @ Austin

Tennessee  Belmont University | Rhodes College | University of Memphis | University of the South | Vanderbilt University

Vermont  Bennington College | Castleton State College | Champlain College | College of St. Joseph | Community College of Vermont | Green Mountain College | Landmark College | Marlboro College | Middlebury College | Northern Vermont University - Lyndon | Northern Vermont University - Johnson | Norwich University | Southern Vermont College | Sterling College | St. Michaels College | University of Vermont | Vermont Technical College

Virginia  Averett University | Bluefield College | Bridgewater College | Eastern Mennonite University | Emory and Henry College | Ferrum College | Hampton Sydney College | Hampton University | Hollins College | Jefferson College of Health Sciences | Liberty University | Mary Baldwin University | Marymount University | Randolph College | Randolph Macon College | Roanoke College | Shenandoah University | Sweet Briar College | University of Richmond | University of Virginia | Virginia Union University | Virginia Wesleyan University | Washington and Lee University

Washington Evergreen State University | Pacific Lutheran University | Saint Martin’s University | Seattle Pacific University | Seattle University | University of Puget Sound | University of Washington

Washington, D.C.  Georgetown University | The George Washington University

Quebec, Canada  Concordia University | Bishop’s University | McGill University