Class of 2015 College Admission ReportFall 2015

An important measure of the success of an academic program is the college admission and acceptance records of its graduates. As a result, Collegiates Board of Trustees instructs the administration to undertake annual reviews of the Schools 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 Barrons benchmark category, this year by an average of 16%.

This years 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.

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Collegiates Class of 2015: Beating the Odds

Barrons Most Competitive Category Colleges accepting less than 33%

Collegiates accept rate: 50%

Barrons Highly Competitive Category Colleges accepting less than 50%

Collegiates accept rate: 84%

Barrons Very Competitive Category Colleges accepting less than 75% Collegiates accept rate: 83%

Barrons Competitive Category Colleges accepting less than 85% Collegiates accept rate: 90%

Each spring Collegiate hosts a College Application Workshop for Juniors, during which 10 to 12 Deans of Admission from institutions around the nation give them insight and guidance on how best to prepare.

Our high acceptance rates remain remarkably consistent over time.

College Admission Rates

2015 National Data: Uber Selectives

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Collegiate's Ivy Admit #'s: 2006 - 2015

Our 2015 Ivy admit rate avg. of 21% outpaced the national Ivy admit rate avg. of 8%, despite more than half of our Ivy applicants' gpa's falling below our top 10% & over 2/3rds of our Ivy applications being submitted Regular Decision.

Institution # Apps # Admits %Admits Early Admit ~ %class taken early Brown 30,397 2,580 8.49% 20% 37% Columbia 36,250 2,228 6.10% 23% 57% Cornell 41,907 6,234 14.90% 26% 35% Dartmouth 20,504 2,120 10.30% 26% 42% Harvard 37,307 1,990 5.33% 17% 54% Princeton 27,290 1,908 6.99% 20% 53% U Penn 37,267 3,697 9.90% 24% 54% Yale 30,237 1,963 6.49% 16% 51% Duke 31,150 3,534 11.30% 26% 48% Georgetown 19,481 3,202 16.40% 13% 51% MIT 18,306 1,467 8.00% 9.6% NA Stanford 42,487 2,144 5.00% 10% 42% Vanderbilt ~35,000 ~3,500 11% 23% 51% U Virginia 30,854

(9,156 VA) 8,789

(4,008 VA) 28.50% (44% VA)

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2004 - 2015 % Acceptances By Year

Collegiates Class of 2015: Beating the Odds

Barrons Most Competitive Category: Colleges accepting less than 33%

o Collegiates accept rate: 50% Barrons Highly Competitive Category: Colleges accepting less than 50%

o Collegiates accept rate: 84% Barrons Very Competitive Category: Colleges accepting less than 75%

o Collegiates accept rate: 83% Barrons Competitive Category: Colleges accepting less than 85%

o Collegiates accept rate: 90% 80% of the class received at least 1 acceptance from institutions in the Most or Highly Competitive categories

Acceptances at the 8 colleges receiving the

most applications from 2015 Cougars:

James Madison University

47/55 (85%) University of Virginia

39*/65 (60%) Virginia Tech

26/28 (93%) University of South Carolina

18/22 (82%) University of Georgia

16/20 (80%) Elon University

15/19 (79%) College of William & Mary

12/20 (60%) Washington & Lee University

11/19 (58%)

* school record for # of acceptances at UVA

2015 10 yr Avg 10 yr Low (2014) 10 yr High (2010)

% Accepts % Waitlists % Denies

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2015 National Data: Uber Selectives

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Collegiate's Ivy Admit #'s: 2006 - 2015

Our 2015 Ivy admit rate avg. of 21% outpaced the national Ivy admit rate avg. of 8%, despite more than half of our Ivy applicants' gpa's falling below our top 10% & over 2/3rds of our Ivy applications being submitted Regular Decision.

Institution # Apps # Admits %Admits Early Admit ~ %class taken early Brown 30,397 2,580 8.49% 20% 37% Columbia 36,250 2,228 6.10% 23% 57% Cornell 41,907 6,234 14.90% 26% 35% Dartmouth 20,504 2,120 10.30% 26% 42% Harvard 37,307 1,990 5.33% 17% 54% Princeton 27,290 1,908 6.99% 20% 53% U Penn 37,267 3,697 9.90% 24% 54% Yale 30,237 1,963 6.49% 16% 51% Duke 31,150 3,534 11.30% 26% 48% Georgetown 19,481 3,202 16.40% 13% 51% MIT 18,306 1,467 8.00% 9.6% NA Stanford 42,487 2,144 5.00% 10% 42% Vanderbilt ~35,000 ~3,500 11% 23% 51% U Virginia 30,854

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Collegiates Class of 2015: Beating the Odds

Barrons Most Competitive Category: Colleges accepting less than 33%

o Collegiates accept rate: 50% Barrons Highly Competitive Category: Colleges accepting less than 50%

o Collegiates accept rate: 84% Barrons Very Competitive Category: Colleges accepting less than 75%

o Collegiates accept rate: 83% Barrons Competitive Category: Colleges accepting less than 85%

o Collegiates accept rate: 90% 80% of the class received at least 1 acceptance from institutions in the Most or Highly Competitive categories

Acceptances at the 8 colleges receiving the

most applications from 2015 Cougars:

James Madison University

47/55 (85%) University of Virginia

39*/65 (60%) Virginia Tech

26/28 (93%) University of South Carolina

18/22 (82%) University of Georgia

16/20 (80%) Elon University

15/19 (79%) College of William & Mary

12/20 (60%) Washington & Lee University

11/19 (58%)

* school record for # of acceptances at UVA

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80% of the class received at least 1 acceptance from institutions in

the Most or Highly Competitive categories, representing the most

selective 7% of all 4-year institutions nationwide

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Collegiates Class of 2015: Beating the Odds

2015 2014 2013 2012

# of Seniors 136 122 125 126

Average GPA 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.3

Average SAT 1238 1274 1278 1282

Average ACT 27 28 27 27

Colleges Receiving 172 134 139 170Applications

# of Applications 758 622 670 676and % of Admits, 69% Admits 64% Admits 67% Admits 66% AdmitsWaitlists, and 10% WL 12% WL 11% WL 12% WLDenies 21% Denies 24% Denies 22% Denies 22% Denies

% of Class 93% 91% 94% 91%Applying Early 34% Early Decision 29% Early Decision 34% Early Decision 34% Early Decision

Merit Scholarship 5.2+ million 3.7+ million 2.1+ million 3.5+ millionOffers in $

Students Receiving 21 18 11 22National MeritRecognition

# of Seniors 15 15 13 20Competing in 8 Div. I 9 Div. I 6 Div. I 9 Div. INCAA Athletics 7 Div. III 6 Div. III 7 Div. III 1 Div. II 10 Div. III

% Enrollment 49% in VA 51% in VA 49% in VA 48% in VA 51% in 22 states 49% in 19 states 51% in 21 states 52% in 22 states & Scotland & Scotland

Four-Year Comparison:Classes of 2012-2015

Class of 2015 College AcceptancesAllegheny CollegeAmerican University (3)Appalachian State UniversityAuburn University (3)Barnard CollegeBates College (2)Baylor UniversityBerry College (2)Boston College (7)Boston University (6)Bowdoin CollegeBrandeis UniversityBrigham Young UniversityBrigham Young University - IdahoBrown UniversityBucknell University (2)California Institute of TechnologyCalifornia Poly State U. -

San Luis Obispo

California State University - FresnoCarnegie Mellon University (2)Case Western Reserve University (7)Christopher Newport University (11)Claremont McKenna CollegeClemson University (9)Coastal Carolina University (2)Colby College (2)Colgate UniversityCollege of Charleston (5)College of William and Mary (12)Cornell UniversityDartmouth College (3)Davidson College (4)Dickinson College (3)Drexel University (3)Duke University (3)East Carolina University (2)Eckerd College

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Fifteen members of the Class of 2015 will be taking their athletic and academic talents to the next level. We congratulate them on the commitment made and dedication displayed to be able to play at the NCAA Division I and Division III levels.

Playing On Elon University (15)Emerson CollegeEmory & Henry CollegeFerrum CollegeFlorida State UniversityFordham University -

Lincoln CenterFranklin and Marshall College (2)Furman University (2)George Mason University (2)George Washington University (2)Georgetown University (2)Georgia Institute of Technology (3)Gettysburg CollegeGoucher CollegeGrinnell CollegeGuilford CollegeHampden-Sydney College (11)High Point University (9)

Hollins UniversityHoward UniversityIthaca College (2)James Madison University (47)Johns Hopkins UniversityKenyon CollegeLafayette College (2)Longwood University (3)Loyola Marymount UniversityLoyola University MarylandLynchburg CollegeLynn UniversityMacalester CollegeMary Baldwin College (2)McGill UniversityMiami University-Ohio (8)Middlebury College (2)Muhlenberg CollegeNew Jersey Institute of TechnologyNew York University (2)North Carolina State University (9)Northeastern University (4)Oberlin CollegeOccidental CollegeOklahoma City UniversityOld Dominion UniversityPace University - New York City (2)Pennsylvania State University (3)Princeton University (2)Purdue UniversityRandolph-Macon College (7)Rice UniversityRider UniversityRoanoke College (4)Rollins CollegeSavannah College of Art and DesignSchool of the Art Institute of ChicagoSewanee: The University of the South (6)Southern Methodist University (3)Syracuse University (3)Temple UniversityTexas Christian University (7)The CitadelTrinity CollegeTulane University (3)University of Alabama (4)University of California - Berkeley (2)University of California - Irvine

Acceptances at the 8 colleges receiving the most applications from 2015 Cougars James Madison University 47/55 (85%)

University of Virginia 39*/65 (60%)

Virginia Tech 26/28 (93%)

University of South Carolina 18/22 (82%)

University of Georgia 16/20 (80%)

Elon University 15/19 (79%)

College of William & Mary 12/20 (60%)

Washington & Lee University 11/19 (58%)

* school record for # of acceptances at UVA

University of California - Los Angeles (2)

University of California - San DiegoUniversity of California -

Santa Barbara (3)University of California - Santa CruzUniversity of Central OklahomaUniversity of Colorado - Boulder (2)University of Georgia (16)University of HartfordUniversity of Kentucky (7)University of Mary Washington (7)University of MarylandUniversity of Miami (5)University of Michigan (3)University of Mississippi (6)University of MissouriUniversity of North Carolina -

Chapel Hill (5)University of North Carolina -

Wilmington (3)University of Notre DameUniversity of Oklahoma

University of PittsburghUniversity of Richmond (5)University of RochesterUniversity of South Carolina (18)University of Southern California (2)University of TennesseeUniversity of TexasUniversity of VermontUniversity of Virginia (39)University of WisconsinVillanova University (3)Virginia Commonwealth University (12)Virginia Military Institute (2)Virginia Tech (26)Viterbo UniversityWake Forest University (7)Washington and Lee University (11)Washington University in St. LouisWilliams CollegeWofford CollegeWright State UniversityYale University

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Collegiate is fortunate to have four full-time counselors who possess a collective 50 years in the

profession, experience as admission officers in highly selective institutions from coast to coast,

and unwavering passion for working with students. Together, they have evaluated more than

30,000 admission applications and have visited more than 230 colleges and universities in the

U.S., Canada, Europe and the Middle East. They are your familys committed resources, advisors

and advocates.

Meet Your Counselors

Kim BallAssociate Director of College Counseling

Education: University of Delaware (Finance & Management), University of Pennsylvania (Higher Education Administration)

Prior Experience: Senior Assistant Director of Admission Johns Hopkins University, Director of College Counseling Indian Springs School (AL)

The unique foundation of Collegiates College Counseling program is a 4-year developmental, stage-appropriate model that begins in 9th Grade and includes ongoing individual student meetings, starting in 10th Grade.

Counselors host informational meetings for parents and family meetings that include students throughout the Upper School experience.

100+ college and university reps visit Collegiate each fall to meet with interested students and the college counselors.

Did You Know?

103 North Mooreland Road / Richmond, VA 23229 / 804.740.7077 / Fax: 804.741.9128

Brian E. LeipheimerDirector of College CounselingDean of Curriculum and Student AchievementEducation: College of William & Mary (History); University of Virginia (Educational Administration)

Prior Experience: Associate Director of College Counseling Collegiate School (VA), College Counselor and Admission Officer St. Stephens & St. Agnes School (VA)

Aaron FulkAssociate Director of College Counseling

Education: Washington & Lee University (English), Stanford University (Higher Education Policy, Organization, & Leadership)

Prior Experience: Admissions Counselor Washington & Lee University, Admission Seasonal Reader Stanford University, Associate Director of College Counseling St. Margarets Episcopal School (CA)

Erin BreeseAssociate Director of College Counseling

Education: University of Vermont (Communication Sciences); University of Miami (Higher Education & Enrollment Management)

Prior Experience: Assistant Director of Admission University of Vermont, Senior Assistant Director of Admission University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

They were superlative counselors because of their understanding of our children and dedication to their success.

Rosann Bocciarelli, Class of 2015 Parent