Anonymous
Post 12/18/2017 15:43     Subject: where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They apply to the same schools as any other kids from just about any region of the country. And, they get into whatever school that matches their grades/test scores. Not that surprising.

Whoever questioned Indiana, I've met a number of kids who have gone there. Not every kid is going to get into HYP, they have to go somewhere.


duh. of course they don't go to hyp. that's why I didn't question Montgomery, Towson, Salisbury... I just wondered why they prefered Indiana to Ohio State or Kansas State or ...

Well, 173 applied to Ohio State (vs. 253 at IU) so it’s not that big of a difference. And Kansas State doesn’t really have any of the draw that IU does like Big 10 sports or top 100 USNWR or a renowned college town or a top 10 business school.
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2017 14:55     Subject: where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
Anonymous wrote:They apply to the same schools as any other kids from just about any region of the country. And, they get into whatever school that matches their grades/test scores. Not that surprising.

Whoever questioned Indiana, I've met a number of kids who have gone there. Not every kid is going to get into HYP, they have to go somewhere.


duh. of course they don't go to hyp. that's why I didn't question Montgomery, Towson, Salisbury... I just wondered why they prefered Indiana to Ohio State or Kansas State or ...
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2017 13:19     Subject: where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Carlton
Kenyon
Oberlin
Earlham
Middlebury
Weslayan


Interesting how Earlham is mentioned in the same sentence as the others now. Definitely a soaring school.


Included on the list by someone who misspelled Carleton and Wesleyan, so perhaps not an expert in LACs.
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2017 13:06     Subject: where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Carlton
Kenyon
Oberlin
Earlham
Middlebury
Weslayan


Interesting how Earlham is mentioned in the same sentence as the others now. Definitely a soaring school.


I've never heard of it.
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2017 12:58     Subject: where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They apply to the same schools as any other kids from just about any region of the country. And, they get into whatever school that matches their grades/test scores. Not that surprising.

Whoever questioned Indiana, I've met a number of kids who have gone there. Not every kid is going to get into HYP, they have to go somewhere.



Yeah, but why Indiana? It just seems very random.

Pretty much the same reason lots of kids from around here Go to Michigan and Wisconsin...- super fun college town, Greek life, Division 1/Big 10 sports, good academics, not $70K/year, etc. IU is just easier to get into.

They also have an elite undergrad business school (Kelley) which I imagine is a draw for many kids.
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2017 12:54     Subject: where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They apply to the same schools as any other kids from just about any region of the country. And, they get into whatever school that matches their grades/test scores. Not that surprising.

Whoever questioned Indiana, I've met a number of kids who have gone there. Not every kid is going to get into HYP, they have to go somewhere.



Yeah, but why Indiana? It just seems very random.


Indiana is pretty easy to get into for a student from this area with decent stats. If you want big state school and can't get into U MD or U VA, it's a good option.

They also give significant merit aid to students with very high stats.

Their engineering school is quite strong, but not as hard to get into as U MD of Va Tech.
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2017 12:48     Subject: where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
Anonymous wrote:They apply to the same schools as any other kids from just about any region of the country. And, they get into whatever school that matches their grades/test scores. Not that surprising.

Whoever questioned Indiana, I've met a number of kids who have gone there. Not every kid is going to get into HYP, they have to go somewhere.



Yeah, but why Indiana? It just seems very random.
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2017 10:40     Subject: where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
They apply to the same schools as any other kids from just about any region of the country. And, they get into whatever school that matches their grades/test scores. Not that surprising.

Whoever questioned Indiana, I've met a number of kids who have gone there. Not every kid is going to get into HYP, they have to go somewhere.
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2017 10:32     Subject: where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
The most applied to LAC overall is Wesleyan U and it only gets 12,000 applicants. At many of them, some 20-25% of the pool is international. You're not going to see 200+ applicants or even 100+ from Bethesda area high schools. St. Mary's is an exception as a regional school but they don't get more than 2000 applicants a year. Swarthmore gets the most out of all of them because it's the closest elite LAC to Maryland.
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2017 10:21     Subject: where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
Anonymous wrote:Carlton
Kenyon
Oberlin
Earlham
Middlebury
Weslayan


Interesting how Earlham is mentioned in the same sentence as the others now. Definitely a soaring school.
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2017 10:02     Subject: where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.


?? What do you mean? There are a lot of SLACs on the list.


I think pp means the list in the post, not the list in the magazine
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2017 09:48     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.


And has a good Slavic and Eastern European Studies program, although I don't know what that has for undergrads.
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2017 09:45     Subject: where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
Carlton
Kenyon
Oberlin
Earlham
Middlebury
Weslayan
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2017 09:37     Subject: where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
Anonymous wrote:
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.


LACs aren’t going to attract 200+ applicants a year from a single town.
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2017 09:36     Subject: where Bethesda area high schoolers apply
Anonymous wrote:
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.


?? What do you mean? There are a lot of SLACs on the list.