Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Something like 88% of top Atlanta private school kids attend college OOS, many at private NE schools.
It’s not because they aren’t accepted at UGA or Tech…it’s because they have $$$s and free tuition just isn’t a factor in their decision. It’s not like their private HS was cheap.
Incorrect.
Westminster School grads (largest, wealthiest private school in Atlanta also has the highest endowment of any private high school on the US lower 48 mainland): 76% attend non-Georgia colleges & universities. The out-of-state schools are overwhelmingly located in other Southern states. (Auburn, U Alabama, Wake Forest U., Wash & Lee, Vanderbilt, Duke, U Virginia, UNC, Tulane, Rhodes, Clemson, U Miami, etc.) U Georgia (94), Georgia Tech (66), and Emory (16). TCU (25), SMU, U Texas.
Among the Ivy League, Yale is the most popular with 13 students matriculating over a 5 year period. Next is Dartmouth College with 12, then Brown (11), then Harvard (8). Boston College is popular (10) as is BU (11), then Middlebury College (5). Georgetown (22). Stanford (20).