Class of 2015 College Admission Report Fall 2015 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 2014-15 report with you. Congratulations to our Class of 2015 graduates and their families.
College Admission Highlights ■ Seniors posted a high overall admit rate of 69% in 2015. 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 2015 admit rates continued to exceed the institutional rates in every Barron’s benchmark category, this year by an average of 16%.
■ This year’s class of 136 seniors received 523 acceptances to 145 colleges — including 8 Ivy League institutions — and enrolled in 59 colleges in 23 states.
■ The Class of 2015 received more than $5.2 million in merit scholarship offers, including the prestigious Naval ROTC Scholarship and the statewide Byrd Scholarship, and earned spots in a host of Honors College/Programs.