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Class of 2023 By the Numbers
FWCD’s 93 graduates in the Class of 2023 earned more than $10.5 million in merit-based scholarships. They were accepted to a total of 121 colleges and universities and have committed to attend 44 of them, where they will utilize more than $2.1 million of the scholarship money offered at their attending colleges. Fifty-six percent of the senior class will attend college outside Texas in the fall, with 44 percent staying in-state.
Additional Class of 2023 highlights include:
Seventeen seniors were named National Merit Scholars, Finalists, Commended, and/or College Board Recognition Programs Scholars.
Sixteen seniors were named AP Scholars, AP Scholars with Honor or AP Scholars with Distinction awards.
Eighty-five percent of FWCD’s senior class received merit-based college scholarships or awards.
Twenty-five percent of the graduating class will attend the most selective colleges/universities in the U.S., where 20% or fewer applicants are admitted, including Carnegie Mellon University, Duke University, Northwestern University, UCLA, the University of Virginia and Stanford University.
Six seniors will become collegiate athletes, including:
Three competing on the track and field teams at Stanford University, Cornell University and Oklahoma State University.
○ One competing on the golf team at the University of Oklahoma.
○ One playing baseball at Sewanee: The University of the South.
○ One playing field hockey at Wake Forest University.Three seniors will attend colleges for fine arts, including:
○ One continuing their studies in music production/music business at Berklee College of Music.
○ Two studying interior design and musical theatre at Savannah College of Art and Design.
● Three seniors will attend Ivy League schools, with one attending Cornell University, one attending Dartmouth College, and one attending the University of Pennsylvania.
● A total of 10 FWCD alumni from the classes of 2020-23 will attend five of the eight Ivies in the fall, including Cornell University (2), Dartmouth College, Harvard University (3), the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University (3).
