Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling

Be The Change With Us

The Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling is an organization of counseling professionals dedicated to serving students as they explore postsecondary education options.

IACAC members are counselors, admission or financial aid officers, active retirees, or students who are concerned about the future of education in the State of Illinois and in the nation.

2026 Annual Conference

The 2026 Annual Conference is April 22-24, at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel in Schaumburg, IL

Registration Opens in February!

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Benefits of Membership

Interaction with Colleagues

- Support in your job from the friendships you develop in IACAC.

- An e-mail forum for quick exchange of information with colleagues throughout the state.

- A professional network to aid with daily questions and concerns.

- Professional development events throughout the year.

Submit a membership application today!

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Our Work

Advocacy Day

Annual Conference

College Fair Calendar

District Seminars

Elevate

Executive Board

High School Counselor Challenge

Illinois National College Fair

Mentorship

Middle Management Institute

New Counselor Institute

Publications

Sharing the Dream Conference

State University Articulation

Summer Tours

Transfer Summit

How IACAC
Can Help

IACAC supports and advances the work of counselors as they help students realize their full educational potential, with particular emphasis on the transition from secondary schools to colleges and universities and with attention to access and equality for all students.

Land Acknowledgement

IACAC respectfully acknowledges that the lands we now call Illinois are the ancestral homelands of many Tribal Nations including: the people of the Council of the Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa, the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Piankashaw, Wea, Miami, Mascoutin, Sauk and Fox, Mesquaki, Kickapoo, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, and Chickasaw Nations.

Professional Engagement

IACAC strives to be an inclusive, diverse association of admission and counseling professionals. We work to support each other and assume positive intent of all colleagues.