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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The 80 or students that graduated last year had $50 million in aid, I think they’re doing fine.[/b]

What's the college retention rate for the 80 who graduated last year?

What's the 4/5 year college graduation rate for the 2013-2016 Banneker grads[/quote]

To me it is a great school no question (attended open house). The test scores reflect parent income probably. But how can there be 50 million dollars in aid for 80 students? That's $600,000 dollars per student no? Is that really true? -OP[/quote]

Again, it was total awards. One student could have different awards to different schools. [/quote]

The whole "total award" thing is what I hate. With Common App it's so easy for kids to apply to 10-15 schools. The awards are used as marketing for the high schools. Kids are being forced to apply to schools they have no interest in just so it looks good.[/quote]

When I was there, it felt like they were genuinely trying to motivate the underclassmen. With so few students, all of us piled into the auditorium for the Senior Awards assembly. The seniors sat on stage, and they presented athletic and academic awards. A handful of college reps would come and present big awards. The military academies always sent someone to present some ceremonial thing to the ones who were accepted. The final part of the program was where they had each senior stand up one by one while they read off the list of schools they were accepted to, every school and private scholarship, and each student's grand total. It was exciting when I was an underclassman. Admittedly, it wasn't as fun when I was the one in the spotlight. The person before me received about 2M in scholarships and was accepted to dozens of schools. I got into two schools and received a whopping $1500 in scholarships. Those pitying claps were brutal. [/quote][/quote]

We had a similar assembly but students had to write what they wanted announced even if the guidance counselors were aware of scholarships. I can see how it can be unfair.[/quote]

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