One of the educational goals of HIS is to prepare students to continue their education at the college or university level. The counselor actively works with high school students on selection, application and enrollment in post-secondary schooling. All college counseling materials are housed in the Counseling Office. Counseling Services at Harare International School, staffed by a professional counselor and secretary, offers academic, college/career and personal counseling to currently enrolled students, as well as consultation to faculty, staff and parents.

The Director of Student Services/Counselor works out of the Counseling Office and is primarily responsible for students in Grade 6 to 12 ie. assessing all new students on entry, as well as on-going course scheduling, distribution of progress reports, report cards, and transcripts for current students. The Counselor acts as a consultant for the Elementary School. The Student Services Director also oversees student support services i.e. Learning Support, and English as a Second Language Programs. All student academic records are maintained in the Counseling Office.

On a personal level, students may seek counseling for a variety of concerns such as academic difficulties, anxiety, stress, loss, anger, depression and relationships issues. These are risks and benefits to any counseling process. The benefits are that students have a safe, accepting place to discuss their concerns, and make decisions for themselves that are informed and in their best interests. This may lead to increase ability to cope with academic concerns, family relationships and friends as well as learning more about themselves. The risks are that the counseling process may involve remembering unpleasant events and may arouse strong feelings, and as an outcome may result in ill advised or risk taking choices/behaviors. At all times, the health and safety of students is paramount.

H.I.S. had its first class of graduating seniors in the 1999-2000 academic year. Since then our Classes of 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 were accepted to the following colleges and universities:

Africa :
American University in Cairo (Egypt); University of Eastern Africa (Kenya); Rhodes University, University of Cape Town, University of Stellenbosch, University of Pretoria, University of Witwatersrand (South Africa), Monash University

Australia :
La Trobe University, Melbourne Institute of Business and Technology, Monash University, University of Adelaide, University of Southern Queensland, Victoria University, Curtin University, Deakin University, Murdoch University

Canada:
Acadia University, Bishop’s University, Brock University, Carlton University, Concordia University, Dalhousie University; Lakehead University, McGill University, Mt. Allison University, Queens University, Ryerson Polytechnic University, St. Francis Xavier University, St. Mary’s University, Trent University; University of Alberta; University of British Columbia, University of Guelph, University of Montreal, University of Ottawa, University of Quebec at Montreal; University of Toronto, University of Victoria; University of Windsor, Wilfred Laurier University, York University.

Europe:
Vesalius College (Belgium); The American University of Paris; Euro American Institute of Technology (France); University College, Hogeschool Zuyd in Maastricht, Hotel School The Hague (Netherlands); International University of Bremen, Berlin School of Art (Germany); University of Deree, University of La Verne (Greece); Studio Art Center International (Italy); Parsons Paris School of Design (Paris); International University of Geneva; Webster University (Austria).

United Kingdom:
American International University; American Intercontinental University; Brighton University; St. Catharine's College University of Cambridge; De Montford University; University of Edinburgh, European Business School, London; Imperial College of London; Kingston University; Leeds University, Manchester Metropolitan University; Napier University, Edinburgh; Nottingham University, Oxford Brookes University; Reading University; Richmond, The American International University in London; Surrey Roehampton University, The University of Kent at Canterbury; University of Brighton; University College London; University of East London; University of Leeds; University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology; University of Surrey, University of Teesside; Westminster University; University of Wolverhampton.

United States:
American International College, Averett University, Augsburg College; Bay Path College; Baylor University; Bentley University; Brandeis University; Boston University; Bowdoin College; Caldwell College; California College of the Arts; Carleton University; Chapman College; Chatham College; Clark University; Clarkson University; Christopher Newport University; College of Saint Elizabeth; College of Wooster; Collin County Community College; Columbia International University; Columbia Union College; Concordia College; Concordia University; Cornell University; Dominican University; Drake University, Duke University; Elizabethtown College, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University; Emory University, Eugene Lang College; Evergreen State College; Framingham State College; Florida Institute of Technology; George Mason University; Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgetown University; Goldey-Beacon College; Grinnell College; Iowa State University, Ithaca College, Jacksonville University; John Hopkins University, Juniata College, Lafayette College; Lakeland College; La Salle University; Lutheran Californian University, Lynn University; Macalester College; Maine College of Art; Marshall University; Messiah College, Montana State University; Mount Holyoke College; North Dakota University; Oklahoma State University; Old Dominion University; Pacific University Oregon, Parsons School of Design; Pitzer College, RIT Rochester Institute of Technology, Pennsylvania State University; Radford University; Rochester Institute of Technology; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Salem State College; Scripps College, Shenandoah University, Slippery Rock University; Skidmore College; Smith College; Southern Oregon University; Southwestern University; Southern Methodist University; Stanford University, St. John’s University; St. Louis University; Texas Christian University; Texas Tech University; The College of William and Mary; Tufts University; University of Arizona; University of Massachusetts, Amherst; University of Bridgeport; University of California, Santa Barbara; University of California Davis; University of Central Florida; University of California Irvine; University of California San Diego; University of California, Santa Cruz; University of Concordia at Austin; University of Dallas; University of Florida; University of Georgia; University of Idaho; University of Indianapolis; University of Iowa, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; University of Miami, University of Minnesota; University of New Mexico; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of North Dakota; University of North Florida, University of North Texas, University of Oregon; University of Pennsylvania; University of San Francisco; University of San Diego; University of Southern California; Sterling College; University of Texas at Dallas; University of Tulsa; University of Vermont, University of Virginia; University of Wisconsin Madison; Virginia Commonwealth University; Washington College; Wesleyan University; Western Michigan University; Western Washington University; Westmont University; Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Yale University.

Other:
Limkokwing Institute of Creative Technology (Malasia), University of Victoria (New Zealand), University of Otago (New Zealand), Ewha University (South Korea). Keio University (South Korea), Sophia University (South Korea).