Did your DMV private do better than Westminster Atlanta?

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Can we do other schools? Other big cities?

[Anonymous]

Do people at DC privates really do this? Compare college admissions results with private schools in other states? Yuck!

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Anonymous wrote:Must be a lot of full pay kids for Wake and BC.

No doubt

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surprised so many at UVA. I realize cost isn’t an issue for these families…but why pay private school prices for an OOS public.

High caliber students
Traditional college environment
Dress up for football games
Meet a spouse
Good recurring for banking and tech jobs
More traditional student body than an SLAC
Beautiful campus [/quote]

All of those are available at UGA for a fraction of the cost. I actually think the UGA campus was the most impressive of all the large state flagships we visited from PSU down to GA.

Now, I can see how someone in Atlanta wants to "go somewhere" for college and UGA is very close by.

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Anonymous wrote:Surprised Emory isnt more...

I am not. You don't see many Big3 graduates going to Georgetown. I think it's that most kids want to experience a new location for college and if you aren't getting the benefit of in-state tuition, then why not try somewhere new.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being from Georgia is a hook at many of these schools.

No, it’s not. There are many affluent suburbs of Atlanta. It’s fairly similar to being from the DMV.

I disagree with this. Much less interest in Atlanta area schools to head to the Northeast for college.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being from Georgia is a hook at many of these schools.

No, it’s not. There are many affluent suburbs of Atlanta. It’s fairly similar to being from the DMV.

I disagree with this. Much less interest in Atlanta area schools to head to the Northeast for college.

Georgia resident with ‘24 kid. I disagree as well although a lot of the top private and public schools do have some kids heading to the Northeast. Some of it is driven by the CC’s and some of it is driven by parents with family/school ties to the North. Kids here like the Southern state flagships and Wake/Vandy/Rice/Emory.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being from Georgia is a hook at many of these schools.

No, it’s not. There are many affluent suburbs of Atlanta. It’s fairly similar to being from the DMV.

I disagree with this. Much less interest in Atlanta area schools to head to the Northeast for college.

Assuming OP's facts are correct, it appears that close to 27% of the Westminster class is heading to the Northeast. Closer to 40% if you include schools like Michigan, Chicago, Northwestern and ND (which I get aren't the northeast...but they are cold).

Considering 28% are headed to UGA and GA Tech alone, the northeast is the 2nd most popular destination outside of GA.

[Anonymous]

There are over 200 kids in the senior class at Westminster. On a per capita basis, these results are typical of top privates in other states, including the dc area.

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Anonymous wrote:There are over 200 kids in the senior class at Westminster. On a per capita basis, these results are typical of top privates in other states, including the dc area.

And actually their Ivy numbers are very low compared to local schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Surprised Emory isnt more...

Ha! Atlanta kids don’t want to attend Emory. It’s mostly a graduate school, isn’t a traditional college environment and most importantly…

It’s called “Long Island University of Atlanta.”

Wealthy southerners have 0 interest in Emory.

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Anonymous wrote:Westminster is in the top ten school endowments in the country.

Westminster had the LARGEST non-boarding school endowment in the country!

Comparing a DC private to Westminster is unfair. There is also a lot more family money in Atlanta than DC.

Huh, these results aren’t anything special.

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Anonymous wrote:There are over 200 kids in the senior class at Westminster. On a per capita basis, these results are typical of top privates in other states, including the dc area.

YES!
For example, OP conveniently omitted the 16 Westminster kids going to Auburn. Or the 5 going to TCU.
Nothing wrong with those schools at all but OP cherry-picked the very top admits from a class of 200+.

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Anonymous wrote:Westminster is in the top ten school endowments in the country.

Westminster had the LARGEST non-boarding school endowment in the country!

Comparing a DC private to Westminster is unfair. There is also a lot more family money in Atlanta than DC.

Overall, tons more kids going to public colleges than at our private.

[Anonymous]

Agree wealthy southerners have no interest in Emory! That extends to wealthy suburbs in north and Midwest that are more moderate in politics and into sports.