Anonymous wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong but Georgia is popular because of merit aid, right? Something about giving in-state tuition rate (which is seriously dirt cheap) to high stats OOS kids.

Non-Georgia residents may be offered annual, fully-renewable scholarships, providing a waiver of tuition and fees equal to half the differential between in-state and out-of-state costs. This opportunity currently provides a minimum value to each student of $9,287 per year.

Students must score a minimum of 1950 SAT/1380 SATR (new SAT) or an ACT Composite of 29 to be eligible for consideration. Awards will be made to out-of-state residents presenting strong academic credentials. Students must maintain full-time enrollment and a 3.0 UGA GPA.

Correct me if I'm wrong but Georgia is popular because of merit aid, right? Something about giving in-state tuition rate (which is seriously dirt cheap) to high stats OOS kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you include numbers for the top SLACs (if there are any)?

Bates 1
College of Wooster 1
Haverford 1
Vassar 1
Washington and Lee 1

Also one going to Wesleyan and two to Bowdoin.

And I have it on good authority that one of the gap year kids is going to Williams.

In other words, s/he's planning to reapply to Ivies, prob going to use early-action on Princeton.

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Anonymous wrote:Next most popular schools:

Georgia 8
Indiana 7
Tulane 7
VT 7
Wisconsin 7
Colorado 6
Undecided 6
Georgetown 5
Salisbury 5
South Carolina 5
USC 5
Vermont 5
Elon 4
Miami 4
Miami Ohio 4
NYU 4
Pitt 4
Rochester 4
St. Mary's of MD 4
Syracuse 4
Tufts 4
UVA 4
Yale 4

Why so many to Georgia?

New best school in SEC. Fun town. Great Honors program.

One of the best honors programs in the country. Great merit aid/scholarships for high stats kids. Athens is awesome.

Anonymous wrote:The gap year number is shocking. This is such a bad idea for most students.

Tell that to the Europeans who've been doing it for decades. I think it depends on the child, but can be a great idea, both from a standpoint of one more year to mature, and/or a year to decompress before diving back in to the pressure cooker that college has become.

So many mean comments on here. Just because these students live in an affluent area, doesn't mean that they are all rolling in cash or only want to go to a "top" school. Not surprising that so many are going to UMD - a smart choice for an excellent affordable education. Congrats to the class of 2018 wherever life may take you next!

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Anonymous wrote:Can you include numbers for the top SLACs (if there are any)?

Bates 1
College of Wooster 1
Haverford 1
Vassar 1
Washington and Lee 1

Also one going to Wesleyan and two to Bowdoin.

And I have it on good authority that one of the gap year kids is going to Williams.

Anonymous wrote:Wow! This is surprising to me. I’m the parent of a 6th grader (and 3rd grader) in the Whitman pyramid. I think there’s absolutely nothing wrong with a school like UMD or going to CC or a Penn State, Georgia, etc. but many of the people I know talk it up like every other kid is going to a Yale or harvard or Stanford.

I expect that's what the realtors want them to believe.

"13 out of 500 is very low."

The 13 are, most likely, the ones who have real plans for the year. There will be more who actually end up with a gap year.

Although I would guess, most schools will end up with more gap years than Whitman.

Anonymous wrote:Why not? Isn't this a list of matriculations?

The list is from the school newspaper and there is an option to not have your name/decision included.

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Anonymous wrote:No one is going to MIT?

MIT may have taken most of its MoCo allotment from Blair this year--6 kids from there

Also from RMIB and Poolesville.

Why not? Isn't this a list of matriculations?

I know a kid who got in early admission to Penn from Whitman, so that was not reported.

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Anonymous wrote:No one is going to MIT?

Or Williams, Amherst, Pomona, Swarthmore?

Seems like a really underwhelming year

Amherst - 2
Williams - 0
Pomona - 0
Swarthmore - 0

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Anonymous wrote:Next most popular schools:

Georgia 8
Indiana 7
Tulane 7
VT 7
Wisconsin 7
Colorado 6
Undecided 6
Georgetown 5
Salisbury 5
South Carolina 5
USC 5
Vermont 5
Elon 4
Miami 4
Miami Ohio 4
NYU 4
Pitt 4
Rochester 4
St. Mary's of MD 4
Syracuse 4
Tufts 4
UVA 4
Yale 4

Underwhelming list.

Hardly underwhelming, imo!!

----Syracuse Grad

Underwhelming since Whitman is one of the best HS in the one of the best school districts in the country.

It is a rich white public school with no magnet.

The private schools and magnet programs are much tougher. The other MCPS schools have special programs or the top students stand out in a sea of mediocre.

MCPS does grade inflation (no district gives a whole 1.0 increase for honors courses and that scale table without number grades - yikes!) Regional admissions have to try and recalculate MCPS grades. They hate that they took away final exams, and offer AP’s to nearly everyone now, while honors is “not remedial” meaning most take them, especially a school like Whitman. There isn’t much of a way to stand out.