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As we close the fall semester of 20142015, we look back at some of the outstanding accomplishments that marked the first half of the school year.
In Review J A N U A R Y
College counseling report
E ARLY COLLEGE ACCEP TAN CE NE WS
Outstanding academic achievements and more
The College Counseling Department is pleased to announce that as of mid-December 2014, 87 percent of the class of 2015 had applied either Early Action or Early Decision. Of the early action/ early decision students who had received decisions, 69 percent were accepted, said Assistant Head of School and Director of College Counseling Susan Marrs. By mid-December, the Class of 2015 submitted 618 applications to 220 colleges. A number of students received acceptance letters to the following universities: E A R LY D E C I S I O N :
DePaul University . . . . . . 2
Carleton College . . . . . . . .1
Eckerd College . . . . . . . . 2
Columbia University . . . . . 1
Hampden-Sydney College . . . 1
Cornell University . . . . . . . 2
Harvard University . . . . . . 1
Elon University
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High Point University . . . . .3
New York University . . . . . .1
University of Kentucky . . . . 3
Rhode Island School of Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Loyola University, Chicago . .1
St. Lawrence University . . . .1 Vanderbilt University . . . . . .1 University of Pennsylvania . .1
Muskingum University . . . . 1 Ohio State University . . . . 9 Otterbein University . . . . . 1
Washington University . . . . 4
School of the Art Institute of Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
E A R LY A C T I O N :
School of Visual Arts . . . . .1
American University of Paris . .1
Temple University . . . . . . . 1
Auburn University . . . . . . . .1
The College of Wooster . . .2
Case Western University . . . 4
Thomas More College . . . .1
College of Charleston . . . . 1
Tulane University . . . . . . . 7
University of Cincinnati . . . . 4
University of South Carolina . .2
The Citadel . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Willamette College . . . . . 1
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Congratulations to 11 students who have been named National Merit Semifinalists: Nicole Barresi, Adam Buford, Grace Cawdrey, Alayna Choo, Carl Compton, Lindsay Finn, Pearce Kieser, Ben King, Joanne Li, Mitchell Polonsky, and Andrew Wilson. The National Merit Scholarship Program recognizes students who are among the highest scorers in the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/ NMSQT). In order to be considered for a National Merit® Scholarship, Semifinalists must advance to Finalist standing in the competition by meeting high academic standards, as well as a number of additional academic requirements.
National Achievement Scholarship Program Seven Hills senior Adam Buford, also a National Merit Semifinalist, was named a Semifinalist in the National Achievement Scholarship competition. Adam is one of 1,600 African-American student applicants – about 1 percent of whom have been designated Semifinalists in the National Achievement Scholarship Program. Eleven Seven Hills seniors were named Commended Students in the 2015 National Merit Program: Grace Carroll, Avery Coombe, Arjun Dheenan, Duncan Gibson,
Christopher Janidlo, Alexander Li, Ellen Lu, Ellen Pasquale, Christopher Shoemaker, Judy Sun, and Sean Yoshitomo-Gray. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. Semifinalists are the highest-scoring program entrants in each state and represent the top one percent of the state’s senior students. Students qualify for recognition in the National Merit programs with their scores on the PSAT/NMSQT. This year, 177 students participated locally in the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology math competition in early November. Individual results were as follows (places given by grade and gender): Ninth grade girls 3rd place – Mary Grace Ramsay 6th place – Yuou Wang Ninth grade boys 8th place – Michael Barresi 10th place – Curtis Sun
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