Anonymous
12/18/2017 09:34
Subject: Re:where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
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.
Anonymous
12/18/2017 09:33
Subject: where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
Anonymous wrote:In another thread, somebody posted a link to this fascinating article: http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/September-October-2017/College-Bound/index.php?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc
It looks like the most popular places to apply to ( 200 or more applications) are: Cornell, Duke, George Washington, Georgetown, Indiana University, Johns Hopkins, Montgomery, New York University, Northeastern, Northwestern, Penn State, Princeton, Salisbury, St. Mary's, Stanford, Temple, Towson, Tulane, Berkeley, Delaware, UMCP, Michigan, North Carolina, Penn, Pitt, Virginia, Washington U St. Louis,
I have to admit I'm surprised by Indiana.
I'm surprised that, except for St. Mary's, there is not a single LAC on the list.
Anonymous
12/18/2017 09:29
Subject: Re:where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
Anonymous wrote:OP, why are you surprised by Indiana? It is an excellent school.
It is. But it isn't easy driving distance to DC. It is a large state school. There are lots of very good large state schools that are not close to DC. I wonder why that one is popular in particular. Bloomington is a cute town, but that's about it.
Anonymous
12/18/2017 09:24
Subject: Re:where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
I hope some day BM can do the same charts for private schools in the DMV so no need to use naviance
Anonymous
12/18/2017 09:14
Subject: where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
Anonymous wrote:Surprised UCLA- the most applied to school in the country- doesn't show up
lack of merit to OOS kids
Anonymous
12/18/2017 09:12
Subject: Re:where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
Anonymous wrote: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.
Montgomery CC rejected 56 out of 556.
What do you have to do to get rejected there? It is supposed to be open enrollment. This is on top of...
in Maryland, 35% of students need remediation in reading and writing, and 65% need remediation in mathematics (MCOIR).
cms.montgomerycollege.edu/WorkArea/DAsset.aspx?id=27260
Anonymous
12/18/2017 09:03
Subject: Re:where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
Lots of Jewish kids at Indiana. The ones who can't get into Michigan.
Anonymous
12/18/2017 09:01
Subject: where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
That list is really not that different than for other wealthier HSs compared to Bethesda, and it makes me wonder whether having your kid go to BCC or Whitman is any different than RM or Wootton.
Anonymous
12/18/2017 08:58
Subject: Re:where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
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.
Montgomery CC rejected 56 out of 556.
Anonymous
12/18/2017 08:48
Subject: Re:where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
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.
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.
Anonymous
12/18/2017 08:36
Subject: where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
Surprised UCLA- the most applied to school in the country- doesn't show up
Anonymous
12/18/2017 08:34
Subject: Re:where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
Illinois is excellent as well but it isn't on the list. Why is Indiana? Do they give lots of merit aid?
Anonymous
12/18/2017 07:52
Subject: Re:where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
OP, why are you surprised by Indiana? It is an excellent school.
Anonymous
12/18/2017 07:50
Subject: Re:where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
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..
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..
Anonymous
12/17/2017 21:38
Subject: where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
In another thread, somebody posted a link to this fascinating article: http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/September-October-2017/College-Bound/index.php?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc
It looks like the most popular places to apply to ( 200 or more applications) are: Cornell, Duke, George Washington, Georgetown, Indiana University, Johns Hopkins, Montgomery, New York University, Northeastern, Northwestern, Penn State, Princeton, Salisbury, St. Mary's, Stanford, Temple, Towson, Tulane, Berkeley, Delaware, UMCP, Michigan, North Carolina, Penn, Pitt, Virginia, Washington U St. Louis,
I have to admit I'm surprised by Indiana.
It looks like the most popular places to apply to ( 200 or more applications) are: Cornell, Duke, George Washington, Georgetown, Indiana University, Johns Hopkins, Montgomery, New York University, Northeastern, Northwestern, Penn State, Princeton, Salisbury, St. Mary's, Stanford, Temple, Towson, Tulane, Berkeley, Delaware, UMCP, Michigan, North Carolina, Penn, Pitt, Virginia, Washington U St. Louis,
I have to admit I'm surprised by Indiana.