ACCEPTANCE AND MATRICULATION REPORT CLASS OF 2015 The Arlington High School Guidance Department is pleased to announce the postgraduate statistics for the Class of 2015! Members of the Class of 2015 received a commendable number of acceptances to colleges near and far. Applications to two and four year colleges remain stable with students applying to a wide variety of colleges and holding their own against stringent competition for admission slots. We are proud of our grade 12 students who forge on to reach their goals in spite of a continually challenged economy. Our students keep their heads high, expand their options, and dare to explore schools both in and out of state, as well as out of the country. We are in awe of the five students whose highest-level achievement earned acceptance to three of the Ivy League schools. We are equally touched by some of our two-year college applicants who never imagined that they would continue on to college. Some students found their niche in a hands-on technical environment and others discovered that a GAP year program, prep school, or military placement, best suited their goals at this point in time. We are proud of all our graduates! Here are some impressive facts: For the Class of 2015, AHS guidance counselors processed 2,205 initial transcripts, and mid-year transcripts were sent to all colleges at the close of quarter 2 (2,116 in 2014, 2,291 in 2013; 1,767 in 2012; 1,998 in 2011; 1,595 in 2010; and 1,261 in 2009). Counselors utilized Naviance not only for the transmission of high school transcripts, but for on-line counselor letters of recommendation, the AHS School Profile, and the Secondary School Counselor Report Forms as well, with the vast majority of applications and supporting materials being submitted on-line. It should be noted that a number of colleges have not yet developed an on-line application process. Thus, counselors are required to snail mail copies of the transcripts and supporting materials to said colleges. AHS teachers also submitted their letters of recommendation on line, for the second year in a row, a venture which has further streamlined the college application process for our students. On-line submissions also lessened the time it takes for colleges to receive the supporting documents for students. (Statistics drawn from Naviance data) Students in the Class of 2015 applied to 389 colleges in 31 states, as well as Canada, Germany and England. (Statistics drawn from Naviance data) Students in the Class of 2015 received acceptances to 273 colleges in 35 states as well as Canada, Germany and England. (Statistics drawn from Naviance data)
Students in the Class of 2015 elected to matriculate at 130 colleges in 30 states, as well as Canada, and Germany. (Statistics drawn from Naviance data) While AHS students clearly prefer to attend New England Colleges (67% in 2015; 75% in 2014; 69% in 2013; 73% in 2012; 79% in 2011), Naviance statistics show that there is still a marked increase of matriculation to other geographic areas over the past five years, (2015: 33%; 2014: 25%; 2013: 31%; 2012:28%; 2011: 21%; 2010:15%; 2009:14%; 2008:13%; 2007:12%). Over the past eight years, students have also applied to and/or matriculated to colleges in a variety of countries including Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Japan, Scotland, Slovakia, and The United Kingdom. Naviance statistics show that over half of the four-year college applicants from AHS continue the trend to enroll in private colleges (60%), while (40%) are enrolling in public colleges. The four-year private college trend may be a reflection of greater access to financial support made available through private college endowments and federal aid, as compared to the federal aid available at public colleges in difficult economic times. This pattern might also be a reflection of limited admissions slots in public colleges due to increased demographics. Our two-year college applicants continue to remain in state (100%), while four-year college applicants are changing the trend. While they were relatively even prior to 2013, with 31% attending colleges out of state and 30% attending colleges in state, 53% of this year s college applicants will attend four year colleges out of state, as compared to 47% who will be attending four-year colleges in state. According to The Senior Survey, a self report completed by all seniors, 64% of our students were accepted to their first choice college, 82% were accepted to their first or second choice college, and 89% of our students were accepted to their first, second, or third choice college or university. Students in the Class of 2015 received overwhelming financial support from the Arlington Community in the form of scholarships, with awards totaling over $402,950 (AHS Community) ($472,200 with Dollars For Scholars awarded to members of the Class of 2014 and several other reported scholarships). Many thanks to the Arlington community for its continued support of the Arlington High School students! It is clear that colleges have a high interest in Arlington High School students, with approximately 75 college representatives scheduling visits to recruit AHS students on our campus, and approximately 144 college representatives signing on to recruit AHS students at our annual Spring College Fair. According to the Arlington High School Naviance data, college acceptance and attendance has remains stable. The stability of AHS postgraduate statistics is noteworthy considering the stringent economic times, with high demographics producing record breaking numbers of students vying for limited admissions slots, with waning means to fund the cost of a college education. We have been told by college admissions representatives, that competition for college slots in recent years has been exceptionally competitive throughout the country. Previous data is as follows:
4-Yr. College 2-Yr. College, Technical Programs, Prep Schools/ Other Schools(2014 ) Percent Continuing Education Military Gap Year and Other Work Force AHS PROFILE DATA TABLE 2006-200 2007-200 2008-200 2009-201 2010-2011 2011-201 2012-20 2013-2 7 8 9 0 2 13 014 75% 76% 79% 77.3% 79.09% 78.1% 79.72 82.9% 16.6% 11.8% 13% 13.4% 15.33% 12.6% 12.17 13.5% 91.6% 87.8% 92% 90.7% 94.42% 90.7% 91.89 96.4%.3% 1.4%.3% 1.5% 2.44%.4% 1.25.4% 4.7% 7.1% 3.7% 6.2% 1.05% 6.7% 3.74 1.4% 3.3% 3.2% 4% 1.5% 2.09% 2.2% 3.12 1.8% The newest data includes a more detailed breakdown of student plans in order to make the statistics more meaningful: AHS PROFILE DATA TABLE 2014-2015 4-Yr. College 2-Yr. 2 & 4 Year Colleges Technical Schools College Prep and Other Schools Percent Continuing Education Military Gap Year and Other Work Force Percent with Post-grad Plan 85.33% 7.0% 92.33% 1.3% 1.33% 94.96%.33% 2.0% 2.7% 99.99% And here is the most exciting information of all!
Last, but certainly not least, we are pleased to present the future plans of the Class of 2015. This list provides a complete picture of colleges to which our seniors have been accepted along with information as to which colleges our seniors have elected to attend. This list represents a culmination of four years of rigorous course work. We are so very proud of our grade 12 students and wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors! WHO THIS The of AL 3 1 Alabama American MA 2 0 International College American DC 5 3 Anna Maria College MA 2 0 Appalachian State NC 1 0 Arizona State AZ 7 4 of Arizona AZ 1 0 Assumption College MA 7 1 College of the Atlantic ME 1 0 Auburn AL 1 0 Baldwin Wallace OH 1 0 Bard College NY 6 1 Barry FL 2 0 Bates College ME 2 2 Bay Path MA 1 0 Becker College MA 3 0 Beloit College WI 1 1 Bennington College VT 2 1 Bentley MA 5 1 Berklee College of MA 3 1 Music Binghamton Univ. NY 8 1 Boston College MA 5 1 Boston Conservatory MA 1 0 Boston MA 16 6 Bowdoin College ME 2 1 Brandeis MA 3 0 Bridgewater State MA 8 1
WHO THIS of British Canada 1 0 Columbia Brown RI 3 3 Bryant RI 4 0 Bryn Mawr College PA 1 0 Buffalo State College NY 1 0 of SUNY Bunker Hill MA 1 1 Community College of CA 1 0 California, Davis of CA 2 1 California, Irvine Univ. of California, CA 2 1 Santa Barbara Univ. of California, CA 2 1 Santa Cruz Carnegie Mellon Univ. PA 3 0 Case Western Reserve OH 3 1 Castleton State College VT 1 0 Central Connecticut CT 2 0 State Central Michigan MI 1 0 Champlain College VT 5 1 College of Charleston SC 1 0 The Citadel. the Military College of So. Carolina Claremont McKenna College SC 1 1 CA 1 1 Clark MA 12 2 Clarkson NY 2 0 Coastal Carolina SC 7 2 Colby College ME 1 0 Colby-Sawyer College NH 2 0
WHO THIS Colgate NY 1 0 Univ. of Colorado CO 8 1 Boulder Colorado School of CO 1 0 Mines Concordia Canada 3 0 Connecticut College CT 7 1 Univ. of Connecticut CT 14 1 Curry College MA 14 2 Daemen College NY 1 0 Daniel Webster Coll. NH 1 1 Dartmouth College NH 1 1 Dean College MA 1 0 DePauw IN 2 0 Univ. of Delaware DE 1 0 Denison OH 1 0 of Denver CO 1 0 DePaul IL 3 1 Dickenson College PA 2 0 Drexel PA 11 3 Duquesne PA 1 0 Eastern Connect. State CT 3 2 Eastern Michigan MI 1 0 Eastern Nazarene MA 1 0 College Eastern School of NY 2 0 Music of the U of Rochester Eckerd College FL 1 0 Elon NC 3 2 Embry-Riddle FL 1 0 Aeronautical Univ. Emerson College MA 4 1 Emmanuel College MA 3 0 Emory GA 1 0 Endicott College MA 5 2
WHO THIS Evergreen State Coll. WA 1 0 Fairfield CT 5 1 Fisher College MA 3 0 Fitchburg State MA 4 1 Florida Atlantic Univ. FL 1 0 Fordham NY 15 1 Framingham State MA 5 0 Franklin and Marshall PA 2 0 College Franklin Pierce NH 6 1 Full Sail FL 1 0 Georgetown DC 1 1 Gettysburg College PA 1 0 Goucher College MD 2 0 Guilford College NC 3 1 Hamilton College NY 1 1 Hampshire College MA 3 0 of Hartford CT 5 0 Harvard MA 1 1 Harvey Mudd College CA 1 0 Haverford College PA 1 0 Hawaii Pacific Univ. HI 1 1 High Point NC 1 0 Hobart & William NY 4 0 Smith College Hofstra NY 10 1 Humboldt State Univ. CA 1 1 of Illinois, IL 1 0 Urbana-Champagne Illinois Institute of IL 1 0 Technology Indiana Univ. at IN 3 0 Bloomington Univ. of Indianapolis IN 1 0 of Iowa IA 1 0
WHO THIS Iowa State IA 1 1 Ithaca College NY 15 4 Jacobs Germany 1 1 Johnson & Wales Charlotte Johnson & Wales NC 1 1 RI 2 1 Juniata College PA 1 0 Kean NJ 1 1 Keene State College NH 5 1 Kent State OH 1 0 King s College London England 1 0 Knox College IL 1 0 La Salle PA 1 0 Univ. of La Verne CA 1 0 Lasell College MA 4 1 Lehigh PA 2 1 Lesley MA 8 3 Lewis & Clark Coll. OR 4 1 Loyola IL 2 0 Chicago Loyola, MD 1 0 Maryland Loyola, LA 1 0 New Orleans Lynn FL 3 1 Macalester College MN 3 2 Maine College of Art ME 1 1 of Maine ME 5 1 Orono Manhattan College NY 1 0 Manhattan School of NY 1 0 Music Manhattanville NY 1 0 College Marquette WI 1 0 of MD, CP MD 4 1
WHO THIS Mass. College of Art & Design Mass. College of Liberal Arts MA 6 4 MA 4 1 Mass. College of MA 3 0 Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Boston) UMass Amherst MA 83 20 UMass Boston MA 22 7 UMass Dartmouth MA 12 4 UMass Lowell MA 38 6 McDaniel College MD 1 0 McGill Canada 12 3 Merrimack College MA 9 3 of Miami FL 4 0 Michigan State MI 4 3 of Michigan MI 2 1 Middlesex Community MA 14 9 College of MN 1 0 Minnesota Twin Cities Montclair State NJ 1 1 Montserrat College of MA 1 0 Art Mount Holyoke MA 1 0 Mount Ida College MA 3 1 Neumann PA 1 0 New England MA 3 2 Conservatory of Music of New ME 5 0 England of New NH 23 0 Hampshire of New CT 1 1 Haven New Jersey City Univ. NJ 1 0
WHO THIS New Jersey Inst. of Tech. NJ 1 0 The Coll. of New Jersey NJ 1 0 New York NY 5 3 Newbury College MA 3 1 Nichols College MA 5 1 Univ.of No. Carolina, NC 1 0 Chapel Hill of North NC 2 1 Carolina, Wilmington Northeastern MA 18 6 Northwestern Univ. IL 1 0 Norwich VT 2 0 Oberlin College OH 2 0 Ohio Wesleyan Univ. OH 1 0 Peabody Inst.of Johns Hopkins Penn. State Park MD 1 0 PA 8 2 Pepperdine CA 1 0 Philadelphia of Pittsburgh Plymouth State PA 2 1 PA 4 0 NH 5 0 Pratt Institute NY 3 1 Providence College RI 5 0 Univ. of Puget Sound WA 1 0 Purdue IN 5 1 Quest Canada 1 1 Quincy College MA 2 1 Quinnipiac CT 8 0 Regis College MA 6 4
WHO THIS Rensselaer Polytechnic NY 6 0 Institute of Rhode RI 15 3 Island Univ. of Richmond VA 1 1 Rivier NH 1 0 Rochester Institute of NY 8 1 Technology of NY 3 2 Rochester Roger Williams RI 11 0 Rutgers Canada 1 1 Sacred Heart CT 1 0 Saint Anselm College NH 1 0 Saint Mary s Univ. MD 1 0 Saint Michael s College VT 3 0 Salem State MA 18 1 Salve Regina RI 3 1 San Diego State Univ. CA 4 0 Univ. of San Diego CA 1 0 Univ. of San Francisco CA 4 1 Santa Clara Univ. CA 1 1 Sarah Lawrence NY 1 0 College Savannah Coll. of Art GA 1 0 School of the Museum MA 2 0 of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts NY 1 0 Seattle WA 1 0
WHO THIS Seton Hall NJ 1 1 Siena College NY 3 0 Sierra Nevada Coll. NV 1 0 Simmons College MA 6 3 Skidmore College NY 8 2 Smith College MA 2 2 Univ. of So. Carolina SC 3 0 Univ. of So. California CA 1 0 of Southern ME 6 1 Maine Southern New NH 11 5 Hampshire Southwestern Univ. TX 1 0 Springfield College MA 3 1 St. John s NY 1 0 Queens St. Lawrence NY 2 0 SUNY Albany NY 2 0 Sterling College VT 1 0 Stonehill College MA 2 1 Susquehanna Univ. PA 1 0 Stony Brook NY 3 0 Suffolk MA 12 4 SUNY Geneseo NY 1 0 SUNY Polytech. Inst. NY 1 0 Syracuse NY 23 7 of Tampa FL 5 1 Temple PA 11 0 The Ohio State The New School Eugene Lang College OH 1 0 NY 3 1
WHO THIS The Ohio State Univ. OH 1 0 of Toronto Canada 5 0 Trinity College CT 3 2 Tufts MA 4 3 Tulane LA 3 2 Union College NY 5 0 Unity College ME 2 0 at Buffalo NY 1 0 SUNY Ursinus College PA 3 0 Vanderbilt TN 2 0 Vassar College NY 1 1 of Vermont VT 52 9 Villanova PA 6 1 Virginia Wesleyan VA 1 0 Univ. of Virginia VA 1 0 Warren Wilson Coll. NC 1 0 Washington College MD 1 0 Washington MO 1 1 St. Louis Univ. of Washington WA 1 1 Wentworth Institute of MA 12 2 Technology West Virginia WV 1 0 West. Carolina Univ. NC 1 0 Western New England MA 3 0 Westfield State MA 13 2 Wheaton College MA 4 1 Wheelock College MA 3 2 Whittier College CA 1 0 College of William and Mary William Patterson Univ of New Jersey VA 2 1 NJ 1 0
WHO THIS Williams College MA 1 1 of WI 1 1 Wisconsin Madison The College of OH 1 0 Wooster Worcester Polytechnic MA 11 4 Institute Worcester State MA 8 1 Xavier OH 1 0