Alumni Voices

I attended Post Oak from 9th to 12th grade, graduating in 2016. I attended Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX, graduated in May 2020, and I am currently in the job search again within the development side of education and the nonprofit sector.

Post oak pushed me to be curious and to find education in and outside of the classroom. I was able to change majors and gain real-world experience with on-campus employment, internships, and extracurricular leadership experience. The day I walked onto college campus I became involved and sought out opportunities outside of solely my coursework.

I graduated from The Post Oak School in 2016. I went to Barnard College of Columbia University for undergrad. Currently, I am pursuing a master's at The Graduate School at Northwestern University, and I am the first Post Oak High School graduate to be accepted to and to attend graduate school.

I majored in psychology and minored in history, now studying Clinical Mental Health Counseling.
Post Oak prepared me for the future by facilitating an environment that helped me to both explore my interests and to develop skills (academic, professional, personal) that allowed me to adapt and succeed.

I attended Post Oak from primary through 8th grade and then went to Strait Jesuit for high school. I received a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in Theology from the University of St. Thomas. Afterward, I completed two years at the Baylor College of Medicine, and attended dental school at The University of Texas School of Dentistry. I am currently a dentist in Missouri City and both of my boys go to The Post Oak School. 

I graduated from The Post Oak School in 2018. I was the first Post Oak "lifer," having started in our infant community at one-and-a-half years old. I am a Communication Studies major at Southwestern University 

Post Oak prepared me with the class schedule, teaching independence, taking steps further to understand why, and all of the papers I had to write. 

I graduated in 2020 and am now attending The University of Texas at Austin as a neuroscience major. 

Post Oak taught me good time management and to be self-motivated in school and life.

I am at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, and my major is undecided.

Post Oak helped me prepare for college by having me think outside the box with certain assignments and the IB program. 

I graduated in 2020 and am now at the University of Texas at Austin, Cockrell School of Engineering, pursuing a Biomedical Engineering major.

Post Oak showed me how to approach difficult problems creatively, whether the problem was academic or personal.

I went to The University of Texas business school and received a BBA in marketing.

The real-life, work experiences with the internship program was one of the key experiences I had at Post Oak. I was so lucky to get to know ahead of time and understand different jobs and how real-life work experience actually is. It was eye-opening. This was key in letting me know what to look for in my future work endeavors and has helped me tremendously in work and social environments throughout my career. When I attended, Post Oak only went through Middle School but I got the best training anyone could ask for in any job situation, and Post Oak was key in letting us explore our passions.

I graduated from Post Oak in 2019 and am currently an anthropology, international politics double major at Ithaca College. 

In my first semester of college it became obvious that Post Oak enabling me, to some extent, to create and manage my own schedule would prepare me for success in college in a way that my peers weren’t. I worked during the day and played at night! 

I graduated from The Post Oak School in 2017, and I am currently a senior pre-med biology major at Carleton College in Northfield, MN.

Post Oak and the associated Montessori-style of education helped provide me with the independence and confidence to pursue opportunities and explore interests in a variety of different fields and disciplines through college and my career path.

My last year at Post Oak was in 1986 in 6th grade. I went on to receive my BA in Psychology and Sociology from Southwestern University and my Juris Doctor from The University of Texas.

Post Oak shaped my worldview in a way that prioritized curiosity, adaptability, collaboration, peace, independence, and accountability—all traits I want for my children, especially given the confluence of social issues and opportunities facing us all today. 

I’m currently a senior at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, and I am majoring in “Politics, Ethics, Aesthetics” and Music. I’m planning to attend either Berklee NYC for an MFA in music production and songwriting or the European Graduate School for a masters in contemporary philosophy and art criticism.

I would say that Post Oak prepared me for college in a lot of ways, but one that stands out is that I was introduced to the seminar format early.

I am currently at Rice University and am leaning towards majoring in Sports Management with a business minor.

One of the many ways Post Oak prepared me for my future was by instilling in me the tools to go into virtually any situation with an open mind. Whether in or out of my comfort zone, there is always going to be a different way of doing things or different ways of thinking, and I am now much more aware of that and I approach different situations with a more unique and refined mindset.

I graduated in 2020 from Post Oak’s high school. I am currently attending New York University and am in the Gallatin School of Individualized Studies. My major is art history, visual art, and business, and I’m thinking of adding some type of minor.

Post oak has prepared me better than any other school could have for NYU. In some ways, Gallatin and Post Oak are so similar: the seminars, the presentations, the papers. The teachers and the community at Post Oak have provided me such a smooth transition between high school and college, and even in this unprecedented year, my experience at NYU has been incomparable thanks to the tools Post Oak gave me.