Class of 2018 College Admission Report Fall 2018 An important measure of the success of an academic program is the college admission and acceptance records of its graduates. As a result, Collegiate’s Board of Trustees instructs the Administration to undertake annual reviews of the School’s college admission and acceptance results. We are pleased to share a summary of the 2017-18 report. Congratulations to our Class of 2018 graduates and their families.
College Admission Highlights Seniors posted a high overall admit rate of 68% in 2018 (tied for third-highest since 1996). Over the past decade, the admit rate has fluctuated between 64-70% with an average of 2 out of every 3 applications resulting in acceptances. Our 2018 admit rates continued to exceed the institutional rates in every Barron’s selectivity benchmark category, this year by an average of 16%.
SENIORS POSTED AN OVERALL ADMIT RATE OF 68% IN 2018.
This year’s class of 131 seniors received 501 acceptances to 161 colleges and enrolled in 60 colleges in 25 states, Canada, France, Ireland and the U.K. The Class of 2018 received more than $8.5 million in merit scholarship offers, including the U.S. Naval Academy’s full funding, Southern Methodist University’s prestigious Presidential Scholarship and the University of Michigan’s Bell Scholarship, while also earning spots in 25 honors colleges/programs across the nation.
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