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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does SJC have a list of current acceptances like the other privates? [/quote]

For some strange reason, their list is very vague and doesn't give a time frame.  Just a list of all colleges students got accepted to for all time.  This is not helpful at all.  Most schools give at the very minimum for a three year period and some pinpoint the most recent year.  I suspect their list is not all that impressive when looking at a short period of time like 1-3 years.[/quote]

The information is voluntary. Only if students want to submit their info. do they submit it. The school is not forcing it. The school does not run the social media site.

Secondly, not sure if I would call Harvard, Brown, Columbia, Georgetown, Northwestern, UChicago, NYU, Rochester, UCLA, ND, Emory, USC, Michigan, UVA and a host of other schools as not that impressive compared to the lists coming from other privates in the area.  To each his own I guess. What I find with SJC students is a focus more towards stem and business, and less towards slacs like Hamilton, Bowdoin/Bates/Colby and the Scripps/Mudd consortium.  SJC students are in different income bands. UMD and UVA/VT are fantastic top stem schools that fit the bill for many SJC students given their career goals and desire for certain quality of life in college.

The seniors page is only of commitments, not acceptances. Students were accepted into other top colleges, but only could chose one to commit to.

Whether based on family finances (perhaps not a lot of families can or will choose the full pay/ED option). or simple choice, I find the SJC list impressive because it represents a varied palate of options for their students.

Sorry that the list didn't have more names that you were looking for.  But students did have options and I think as a whole, they all seem happy![/quote]

I am not talking about the silly Instagram run by a student LOL.  I want to see a school sanctioned list.  So far I have only seen a vague representation of every top school in the nation claiming students have been accepted at one time or another.  What a joke.
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Good thing you have many choices in the DC area. Another school may be a better fit. GL![/quote]

And that's why they will never attract the type of student body that will matriculate to the same kinds of schools a Prep/SR/VISI/Gonzaga will.  The lack of transparency is concerning.[/quote]

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