More students. More applications, More competition. This sums up the 2024-25 admission cycle, one of the most challenging seasons ever. The Class of 2025 was the largest in United States history (between 3.8 and 3.9 million students) and college applications surged again this year along with a frustrating number of deferrals and waitlists. Yet, we are proud to report our students rose above these obstacles. They submitted applications that successfully captured their character and what they have to contribute to campus and, as a result, 92% of our students will attend a first-choice or high interest college in the fall. We also are confident our students are heading to colleges where they will be happy and thrive – which is how we have always defined success. Bravo Class of 2025!

We are excited to report these additional statistics for our graduating class:

• 99% of our students applied to at least some colleges by early action deadlines and received decisions before winter break.
• 92% will attend their first-choice or a high-interest college.
• 85% of our students will attend out-of-state colleges in 30 different states (compared to the national average of just 11% attending more than 500 miles from home).
• New colleges on our matriculation list this year include Wayne State University, University of Florida, Carroll College, University of Kentucky and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
• Most students received significant merit scholarships and several earned full-tuition awards.
• 28 students were recognized as National Merit Scholars.

Every year we draw on our extensive experience and hundreds of college visits, and we recommend a wide and often eclectic range of institutions—many unfamiliar to families at the beginning of the process. Through thoughtful conversations and individualized support, we help students make confident, well-informed decisions.

Our Class of 2025 students will matriculate to colleges across the country and to some of the most selective institutions in the U.S. We had multiple acceptances to Ivy League universities, as well as to several highly selective universities such as Stanford, Georgetown, Duke, Northwestern and several University of California campuses. Our graduates are also heading to art schools, Big Ten campuses, ROTC programs, Junior Hockey Leagues, engineering schools, women’s colleges, small liberal arts colleges, religious-affiliated institutions, and colleges offering in-state tuition.

We celebrate a diverse class of aspiring musicians, artists, ROTC cadets, recruited athletes, activists, actors, nurses, engineers, business majors, researchers, doctors, writers, and more. We worked closely with families to make college affordable, and we were thrilled with the merit aid and financial support our students received.

It has been an honor to guide the Class of 2025 through this exciting chapter. We wish each of our graduates the very best as they move forward with confidence and purpose. Please keep in touch!

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Here is the College Matriculation List for the Class of 2025: