where Bethesda area high schoolers apply

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They apply to the same schools as any other kids from just about any region of the country. And, they get into whatever school that matches their grades/test scores. Not that surprising.

Whoever questioned Indiana, I've met a number of kids who have gone there. Not every kid is going to get into HYP, they have to go somewhere.

duh. of course they don't go to hyp. that's why I didn't question Montgomery, Towson, Salisbury... I just wondered why they prefered Indiana to Ohio State or Kansas State or ...

Well, 173 applied to Ohio State (vs. 253 at IU) so it’s not that big of a difference. And Kansas State doesn’t really have any of the draw that IU does like Big 10 sports or top 100 USNWR or a renowned college town or a top 10 business school.

Maybe top 10 in the state of Indiana but nowhere near a top 10 nationwide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They apply to the same schools as any other kids from just about any region of the country. And, they get into whatever school that matches their grades/test scores. Not that surprising.

Whoever questioned Indiana, I've met a number of kids who have gone there. Not every kid is going to get into HYP, they have to go somewhere.

duh. of course they don't go to hyp. that's why I didn't question Montgomery, Towson, Salisbury... I just wondered why they prefered Indiana to Ohio State or Kansas State or ...

Well, 173 applied to Ohio State (vs. 253 at IU) so it’s not that big of a difference. And Kansas State doesn’t really have any of the draw that IU does like Big 10 sports or top 100 USNWR or a renowned college town or a top 10 business school.

Maybe top 10 in the state of Indiana but nowhere near a top 10 nationwide.

You have no idea what you’re talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They apply to the same schools as any other kids from just about any region of the country. And, they get into whatever school that matches their grades/test scores. Not that surprising.

Whoever questioned Indiana, I've met a number of kids who have gone there. Not every kid is going to get into HYP, they have to go somewhere.

Yeah, but why Indiana? It just seems very random.

It's a beautiful campus and the weather isn't as cold as Madison or Ann Arbor. And more so than Wisconsin and probably even Michigan, it's very popular with Jewish kids from the Mid-Atlantic whose parents can afford to send them to a more attractive school than, say, UMD or Rutgers, so there's a comfort factor at play than wouldn't exist at every school in the Midwest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They apply to the same schools as any other kids from just about any region of the country. And, they get into whatever school that matches their grades/test scores. Not that surprising.

Whoever questioned Indiana, I've met a number of kids who have gone there. Not every kid is going to get into HYP, they have to go somewhere.

Yeah, but why Indiana? It just seems very random.

It's a beautiful campus and the weather isn't as cold as Madison or Ann Arbor. And more so than Wisconsin and probably even Michigan, it's very popular with Jewish kids from the Mid-Atlantic whose parents can afford to send them to a more attractive school than, say, UMD or Rutgers, so there's a comfort factor at play than wouldn't exist at every school in the Midwest.

Indiana has long been VERY popular among upper middle & affluent kids from the Chicago area, too. Growing up in the affluent burbs of Chicago, IU, and to a slightly lesser extent Iowa, was a top choice for kids who just missed the mark for U of Illinois (or who didn’t want to go there for various reasons).

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Indiana admits some directly into it's business school. The business school is well regarded and the assurance of knowing you're already IN is important. Too often the student has to worry about being accepted into their preferred major.

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Anyone questions why someone would want to go to Indiana has never been there. It also has many strong departments, excellent sports, Big 10 . . . It is a great place for many, and as someone noted, much like Wisconsin.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Despite claims on DCUM that everyone graduates with straight As, there are plenty of B+ students who aren't going to get in to most of the listed schools.

Indiana is in a fun college town, has a great business school, and has relatively easy admissions. I can see why well off parents would rather send their kids there instead of Towson.

And has a good Slavic and Eastern European Studies program, although I don't know what that has for undergrads.

IU has a good business school and great programs in music. Bloomington is a fun college town.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Carlton
Kenyon
Oberlin
Earlham
Middlebury
Weslayan

Interesting how Earlham is mentioned in the same sentence as the others now. Definitely a soaring school.

I've never heard of Earlham

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My son list is:

Harvard
Yale
MIT
Stanford
Caltec
Berkeley
CMU
UVA
UMCP

He is also thinking about
Princeton
UPen
Georgetown
Cornell
TA&M

The most important are HYM..

Your son had better have some safeties lined up. Most of the schools on that list (aside from UMCP and Texas A&M) are reaches, even for top students.

Texas A & M may be a reach depending on PP's son's scores due to the Texas 10% law. See College Confidential.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son list is:

Harvard
Yale
MIT
Stanford
Caltec
Berkeley
CMU
UVA
UMCP

He is also thinking about
Princeton
UPen
Georgetown
Cornell
TA&M

The most important are HYM..

Your son had better have some safeties lined up. Most of the schools on that list (aside from UMCP and Texas A&M) are reaches, even for top students.

Texas A & M may be a reach depending on PP's son's scores due to the Texas 10% law. See College Confidential.

Oh, we were supposed to take this list seriously? I thought it was a parody of every DCUM Tiger Mom's college list for their kids.

[Anonymous]

Getting back to the link showing where Bethesda HS students applied and were accepted I found these details really puzzling.

So 60% of all Bethesda area HS students were accepted by UMDCP

But 67% of applicants were accepted to Edinburgh and 63% were accepted by Toronto

Far more prestigious universities, in most people's opinions.

St Mary's also accepted 60% of applicants (and had far fewer than UMDCP with only 230 as opposed to 1971)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of Jewish kids at Indiana. The ones who can't get into Michigan.

I thought they all go to Tulane?

[Anonymous]

Indiana has a respectable business school -- and offers a lot of merit aid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They apply to the same schools as any other kids from just about any region of the country. And, they get into whatever school that matches their grades/test scores. Not that surprising.

Whoever questioned Indiana, I've met a number of kids who have gone there. Not every kid is going to get into HYP, they have to go somewhere.

Yeah, but why Indiana? It just seems very random.

Indiana is pretty easy to get into for a student from this area with decent stats. If you want big state school and can't get into U MD or U VA, it's a good option.

They also give significant merit aid to students with very high stats.

Their engineering school is quite strong, but not as hard to get into as U MD of Va Tech.

+1- Indiana has a strong business school. My son applied and got into the school as "pre-business" and he was admitted directly into business schools at other well regarded universities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Getting back to the link showing where Bethesda HS students applied and were accepted I found these details really puzzling.

So 60% of all Bethesda area HS students were accepted by UMDCP

But 67% of applicants were accepted to Edinburgh and 63% were accepted by Toronto

Far more prestigious universities, in most people's opinions.

St Mary's also accepted 60% of applicants (and had far fewer than UMDCP with only 230 as opposed to 1971)

Self-selection. UMDCP is easily accessible in the minds of pretty much every high school and as the statistics show LOTS apply there even if they're not qualified. Whereas Edinburgh and Toronto aren't really schools that many students are applying to (or even know about)- especially not average/poor students - so the numbers look better. I bet if 1971 MoCo students applied to Edinburgh and Toronto...there wouldn't be a 67%/63% acceptance rate...