Bethesda Magazine College Destination for Class of 2025

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Anonymous wrote:Wow Churchill was impressive!

A bit misleading at Churchill. UMD screwed Churchill hard this year. My kid with a 4.7 GPA and 13 APs could not get in even on wait list or delayed program. It skewed it a bit. A lot of those kids who wanted UMD to go instate had to go out of state. And with those GPAs they got into good schools. My kid I said if I am paying full freight pick the best school possible OOS.

And it went other way. My kid has two friends with almost a 4.8 WGPA who at at MoCo community college as parents did not want to pay OOS tuition and did not get into UMD. They plan to transfer over. My kids friends got into a bunch of great schools and still at MoCo. I am like she got into Pitt, Penn, American, NYU, and going to MoCo? Yep parents wont pay. So that also makes list look weird.

Include Blair for UMD. Went from almost 50% acceptance rate to 30%. My child with similar stats (submitted ACT scores) was also denied.

Meanwhile, in another thread where UMD is on a list of schools, people are assuming those schools are easy acceptances...

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DMV kids really don't like BU much. A miserable 10% yield rate.

It's Bethesda magazine. Kids in other regions /states do. Internationally as well.

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DMV kids really don't like BU much. A miserable 10% yield rate.

It's Bethesda magazine. Kids in other regions /states do. Internationally as well.

As an "International" I can tell you BU is no great shakes, if even on anyone's radar.

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Anonymous wrote:Another interesting contrast:

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

Wesleyan, 55 applied, 18 accepted, 7 going.

My DD knows lots of kids from other parts of the country who either went to, are attending or just matriculated at W&L. I asked if she wanted to look at it and she said that it’s not a school that anyone at her school (BCC) ever really considers.

Remember that colleges can be contagious - once a few kids from a high school start to go to one, it becomes more popular within that school or town. For whatever reason, W&L is just not that popular in the DMV. Which is strange, since it’s becoming increasingly popular in NY and NEw England.

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DMV kids really don't like BU much. A miserable 10% yield rate.

BU is very expensive for what you get.

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Anonymous wrote:

DMV kids really don't like BU much. A miserable 10% yield rate.

It's Bethesda magazine. Kids in other regions /states do. Internationally as well.

As an "International" I can tell you BU is no great shakes, if even on anyone's radar.

BU is firmly in Plan B territory. Rarely is it the first choice. Hence low yield.

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Anonymous wrote:I am fascinated by the one kid who got into MIT but isn’t attending. Where did they go instead?

lol maybe because he or she wanted a balanced life in college?

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UGA coming in at 31% Acceptance Rate for Montgomery County.

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Anonymous wrote:These numbers dont seem good. For instance Georgetown's overall acceptance rate is 12% but the Bethesda rate is only 17%. All the resources and proximity only gets a 5% premium?

It's a 41% boost

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Emory Overall including Oxford 14%, Bethesda 16%
WashU Overall 12%, Bethesda 14%
Vanderbilt Overall 5%, Bethesda 15%
Rice Overall 8%, Bethesda 16%
CMU Overall 12%, Bethesda 10%
Dartmouth Overall 6%, Bethesda 5%
Nyu Overall 8%, Bethesda 16%

So, if you live in the area you know what schools to possibly aim for to increase your chances. I would avoid CMU and Dartmouth.

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None of the numbers in Bethesda magazine are surprising if you've had a kid applying to college in the past few years.

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Anonymous wrote:None of the numbers in Bethesda magazine are surprising if you've had a kid applying to college in the past few years.

Explain?

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Anonymous wrote:Emory Overall including Oxford 14%, Bethesda 16%
WashU Overall 12%, Bethesda 14%
Vanderbilt Overall 5%, Bethesda 15%
Rice Overall 8%, Bethesda 16%
CMU Overall 12%, Bethesda 10%
Dartmouth Overall 6%, Bethesda 5%
Nyu Overall 8%, Bethesda 16%

So, if you live in the area you know what schools to possibly aim for to increase your chances. I would avoid CMU and Dartmouth.

Vanderbilt, Rice, and NYU offer an substantial boost while the others dont. DCUM makes it seem Emory and Washu are so easy to get into from the region when there really isnt any boost.

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I don't see a lot of kids choosing SEC or southern schools unlike Annoying Frat guy's claim. Top OOS schools where kids are attending are Ohio State, Penn State, VT, Pitt, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Colorado Boulder, GW, American.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow Churchill was impressive!

A bit misleading at Churchill. UMD screwed Churchill hard this year. My kid with a 4.7 GPA and 13 APs could not get in even on wait list or delayed program. It skewed it a bit. A lot of those kids who wanted UMD to go instate had to go out of state. And with those GPAs they got into good schools. My kid I said if I am paying full freight pick the best school possible OOS.

And it went other way. My kid has two friends with almost a 4.8 WGPA who at at MoCo community college as parents did not want to pay OOS tuition and did not get into UMD. They plan to transfer over. My kids friends got into a bunch of great schools and still at MoCo. I am like she got into Pitt, Penn, American, NYU, and going to MoCo? Yep parents wont pay. So that also makes list look weird.

Include Blair for UMD. Went from almost 50% acceptance rate to 30%. My child with similar stats (submitted ACT scores) was also denied.

Meanwhile, in another thread where UMD is on a list of schools, people are assuming those schools are easy acceptances...

RM’s acceptance rate to UMD was 24%, guess I should send my younger kids to Einstein.

I really wish UMD would release the stats by school. It would be interesting to see what stats you need from each school in MCPS compared to schools in other counties vs other states. Then break down that data by those that applied to limited enrollment programs.