The Waiting Game… Patricia B. Taylor James G. O’Hara February 3, 2015

Class of 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.

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

Statistics Class 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 Universities U. 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 1 st) Exciting! Congratulations to the Class of 2015! We look forward to their final decisions.