Bethesda Magazine College Destination for Class of 2025

[Anonymous]

Surprised that there are students who apply to, and attend, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, and most strikingly, UC Riverside.

Riverside may be the most underrated UC.

[Anonymous]

Readable link
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/09/12/honey-and-friends/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surprised that there are students who apply to, and attend, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, and most strikingly, UC Riverside.

Riverside may be the most underrated UC.

Once you're in a UC you can get good grades then transfer out to a higher ranked UC

[Anonymous]

Wow I didn’t know Bethesda Magazine did this. Do they do this in other cities too? Either in DMV or in other major cities in the US? I’d be interested in comparing this area to other regions (Detroit / Chicago, NY/NJ/Boston, LA/SF, Seattle).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another interesting contrast:

Washington & Lee, 13 applied, 2 accepted, no one is going.

Wesleyan, 55 applied, 18 accepted, 7 going.

What are you getting at here? I honestly don’t know. These are very different schools imo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surprised that there are students who apply to, and attend, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, and most strikingly, UC Riverside.

Riverside may be the most underrated UC.

My daughter, class of '26, has a friend who is applying to CA schools. Her friend has family in CA and has visited there often throughout her life.

It's a wonderful place to go to school if it's within your budget!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow I didn’t know Bethesda Magazine did this. Do they do this in other cities too? Either in DMV or in other major cities in the US? I’d be interested in comparing this area to other regions (Detroit / Chicago, NY/NJ/Boston, LA/SF, Seattle).

Lol it's local news. Why would you be interested in other cities? How are they relevant?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow I didn’t know Bethesda Magazine did this. Do they do this in other cities too? Either in DMV or in other major cities in the US? I’d be interested in comparing this area to other regions (Detroit / Chicago, NY/NJ/Boston, LA/SF, Seattle).

I don't know any details of how it's collected, but for the state of Michigan, college enrollment data for public high schools is searchable on this website:

https://www.mischooldata.org/college-enrollment-destination/

It can take a minute to learn your way around the filtering/updating. (There're some nuances on how public magnets are reported, for example.) (When inside a report, "Edit" will take you back to filter selections. Use "Update Report" after reseting filters.)

So, for example, if you want to know where 2024 (2025 isn't available yet) graduates of Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor went, set high school graduation year to "2023-24", ISD to "Washtenaw ISD (81)", district to "Ann Arbor Public Schools (81010)", then click "Update Report" to get a "Snapshot" report. The "Data Explorer" radio will give you all schools for that graduation year, not just the top ones. The "H.S. Graduation Year Trend" will give you the past ten years of numbers for the current top ten schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow I didn’t know Bethesda Magazine did this. Do they do this in other cities too? Either in DMV or in other major cities in the US? I’d be interested in comparing this area to other regions (Detroit / Chicago, NY/NJ/Boston, LA/SF, Seattle).

I am in Michigan. The state publishes matriculation data for Michigan high schools. The affluent areas around Detroit are a major source of Michigan and MSU students. It looks like very few public school kids from "good districts" go out of state.

https://mischooldata.org/college-enrollment-destination/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Readable link
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/09/12/honey-and-friends/

This is the correct link.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/09/10/mcps-students-college/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow I didn’t know Bethesda Magazine did this. Do they do this in other cities too? Either in DMV or in other major cities in the US? I’d be interested in comparing this area to other regions (Detroit / Chicago, NY/NJ/Boston, LA/SF, Seattle).

Outside of the Michigan public high school data someone posted, the UCs also post Applicants/Acceptances/Attendance by high school. That's how I found out our local public does just as good, if not better, than the private we're considering (at least for UCs).

https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/about-us/information-center/admissions-source-school

[Anonymous]

When will they learn to freeze epanes for scrolling tables!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surprised that there are students who apply to, and attend, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, and most strikingly, UC Riverside.

Riverside may be the most underrated UC.

Yep underrated in that it's on a fault line

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow I didn’t know Bethesda Magazine did this. Do they do this in other cities too? Either in DMV or in other major cities in the US? I’d be interested in comparing this area to other regions (Detroit / Chicago, NY/NJ/Boston, LA/SF, Seattle).

Lil ole Bethesda magazine in local DMV?? Why can't US news or a higher Ed outlet compare regions if they don't already in their ridiculous rankings?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When will they learn to freeze epanes for scrolling tables!

Lol, someone didn't learn it back in the 90s or they weren't even born