Academics

College Guidance

100+ Years of Excellence

Webb’s 100+ year history of college placement speaks for itself and we pride ourselves on working with each student and their family to identify a range of schools that ensure each student’s continued academic success after Webb.

Hector Martinez, Dean of College Guidance, explains Webb’s approach to the college guidance process.

Our first task is to engage with and deeply understand each student’s hopes, passions, and dreams. This determines the extensive information we need to search, gather, and share about the college selection process with the student and their family. We create carefully curated, customized lists of schools for each student to choose from. Every school on the list is selected to match the students’ interests and ensure their academic success after Webb.

Representatives from over 100 colleges and universities across the country visit the Webb campus each year, giving students the opportunity to learn directly about an array of colleges and speak directly with admission decision-makers.

Read “Keep Calm and Stay Brave,” by Hector Martinez, in the latest issue of Webb Magazine.
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Hector Martinez, Dean of College Guidance

“Our job in the College Guidance Office is to know colleges well and to make sure colleges know us.”

Top 20 Colleges Webb Students Matriculate To Most:

University of California (system)
USC
The Claremont Colleges
NYU
Emory University
Stanford
Cornell
Columbia
Wellesley
Barnard
University of Pennsylvania
Brown
Carnegie Mellon
University of Chicago
Northwestern
University of San Diego
Occidental College
Northeastern University
Boston University
Chapman University

College Guidance Team

List of 3 members.

Mr. Hector "Hector" Martinez

Dean of College Guidance

Bio
Hector Martinez earned his master’s degree in education from the Claremont Graduate University and his bachelor’s degree from Pitzer College. This is his 26th year at The Webb Schools, with 36 years of professional experience in the field of education and college admissions.

Prior to his time at The Webb Schools, he was the college counselor and taught at The Buckley School in Los Angeles. He also served as a senior admissions officer for The Claremont Colleges for eight years.

Hector is an active member of several national professional organizations, including serving as co-chairman of the National College Board Forum. He is also a founding member of the board of trustees for ACCIS (Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools) and has served as an executive member of the Guidance and Admissions Council for The College Board and NACAC.

Considered one of America’s most respected and knowledgeable college counselors, Hector is frequently featured and quoted in such publications as the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, and The Wall Street Journal where he was selected as one of the top 40 college counselors in the U.S.

Hector was most recently appointed to serve on The Common App Advisory Council, where he gives input on ways to continue to improve its services and purpose. The Common App Council is made up of 15 college counselors from around the world.
Rhemi Abrams-Fuller

Carleton College - B.A.
Smith College - M.S.

Bio
Rhemi brings extensive experience in selective college admissions, having spent the past 15 years as a senior-level admission officer at both Carleton College in Minnesota and Occidental College in Los Angeles. A graduate of Carleton, she also holds a master’s degree from Smith College. Rhemi has worked closely with diverse populations of college-bound youth and has been very active in her commitment to access, equity, and success in higher education. A first-generation college student herself, Rhemi is passionate about the importance of gaining a college education and how transformative that experience can be for everyone.

As the associate dean of college guidance, she works with students in groups and one-on-one to refine their lists of college options, select and craft the best possible essays, and position themselves for success after Webb.
Adriana Flores

Executive Assistant to the Office of College Guidance

Bio
Adriana Flores is the Executive Assistant to College Guidance. Her full-time duties include supporting all aspects of the college guidance program at Webb, including direct support to the dean and associate dean of college guidance. Her duties span everything from planning calendars and daily appointments to helping host college representatives and managing the entire office.

Adriana is also responsible for submitting all supporting documents to colleges and communicating with colleges to ensure that all applications are complete and ready for reading. Her expertise extends beyond the daily details of running the office and assuring that all staff members are able to do their jobs successfully, for she is also the first one to offer a friendly smile to office visitors.

This is Mrs. Flores's 18th year at Webb. Before coming to the College Guidance Office seven years ago, she was the enrollment coordinator and accounting analyst in our Business Office.

Adriana earned her Bachelor of Science in business administration from UC Riverside. She and her husband have three children; the two oldest attended Webb, and her younger son is in junior high. She and her family reside locally.