The Waiting Game…

Patricia B. TaylorJames G. O’HaraFebruary 3, 2015

Class of 2015• 245 Seniors– 80% applied Early Decision/Early Action

• 34% applied for Early Decision responses• 71% applied for Early Action responses

As of January 29, 2015

Decisions Made• 84 Students Applied Early Decision/

Early Decision II

– 48% Accepted

Early Decision (ED) is the application process in which students make a commitment to a first-choice institution where, if admitted, they will definitely enroll.

Decisions Pending

• 71 % of the senior class applied Early Action

– 60 % of the applicants have acceptances thus far

Early Action (EA) is the application process in which students apply to an institution of preference and receive a decision well in advance of the institution’s regular response date.

AthleticsBrown University, College of the Holy Cross, Duke University, Manhattan College, Providence College, Princeton University,

Susquehanna University, Yale University

Baseball, Crew, Football, Lacrosse,

Swimming, Track & Field- Many students are engaged in recruitment discussions. Additional decisions will be available later this spring.

Art, Music, Theatre & Film

– Berklee College of Music – The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance– The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts– Massachusetts College of Art & Design– Rhode Island School of Design– Rochester Institute of Technology– Savannah College of Art & Design– School of the Art Institute of Chicago– School of Visual Arts

Decisions Pending

• 85% of the students have also applied Regular Decision

– Notification of decisions will be sent throughout the month of March and in early April

Regular Decision is the application process in which a student submits an application by a specified date and receives a decision within a reasonable amount of time or on a specified date.

Rolling Admission is the application process in which an institution reviews applications as they are completed and renders admission decisions to students throughout the admission cycle.

All Decisions

Will be determined beforeMay 1st

Candidate Reply Date is a nationally recognized date, May 1st , for students to make a non-refundable deposit to the college they will be attending

StatisticsClass of 2015

1951 applications processed Increase of 550 apps from 2014

313 different colleges Increase of 46 colleges from 2014

3 students returning to native countries 1 student applying for PG year 2 students participating in a Gap Year

outcomes Examples of

Early Decision acceptances:

American, Amherst, Bentley, Brown, Bucknell, Colby, Colgate, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Elon, Gettysburg, Haverford, Hobart and William Smith, College of the Holy Cross, Lehigh, Loyola (MD)

Outcomes, Cont.Early Decision acceptances:

Manhattan College, NYU, U of Pennsylvania, Providence, Rice, U. of Richmond, RIT, Skidmore, Southern Methodist, Susquehanna, Syracuse, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Washington and Lee

Results for some Popular Choices

Colleges with multiple Early Action acceptances:

Binghamton, Case Western Reserve, College of Charleston, University of Colorado, Elon, Emerson, Fairfield, Fordham, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, High Point, Hofstra, Indiana Univ., Ithaca, Loyola Univ. (MD), Manhattanville, U. of Massachusetts,

U. of Michigan, U. of New Hampshire

Additional Results

Northeastern, Ohio U. Ohio State Univ., Princeton, Providence College, Purdue,

Roger Williams, Santa Clara Univ.,

U. of Scranton, U. of Southern California, Southern Methodist, SUNY at Albany, U. of Tampa, Tulane, U. of Vermont, Villanova, U. of Virginia, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Yale

TRENDS

–1951 applications submitted/245 students - approximately 8 per senior (misleading figure) –16% or 40 students to U of Michigan–17% or 41 students to U of Vermont–22% or 54 students to SUNY Colleges–37 states & District of Columbia

Trends, Cont.Large State UniversitiesU. of Alabama, Auburn, UCLA, U. of Colorado, U. of Delaware, Eastern Michigan, Florida State, Indiana Univ., James Madison, U. of Massachusetts, U. of Michigan, Michigan State, U. of North Carolina, Ohio U., Ohio State U., Penn State, U. of South Carolina, U. of Southern California, U. of Vermont, U. of Virginia, U. of Wisconsin,

SUNY Colleges and Universities: Albany, Binghamton, Cortland, Fredonia, New Paltz, Oneonta, Purchase, Stony Brook

Final Decisions(Will be made by May 1st)

Exciting!Congratulations to the

Class of 2015! We look forward to their

final decisions.