Where the Smart Kids Are Going to College
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
As Rhode Island's senior class graduates in ceremonies from Woonsocket to Westerly, from public, parochial, charter, and independent schools, here is a look at where the top 3 students at RI's high schools are going to college in the fall.
Trend: Engineering in Worcester and elsewhere
A remarkable number of top achievers in Rhode Island are heading to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (from eight schools) as well as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and Olin, all top-shelf engineering programs.
Trend: URI... close to home, lower rates
In an ever-intimidating economy, top students from 18 high schools chose URI for their fall destination.
Trend: Low-income schools placing in the Ivies
The Ivy League has been pushing on two fronts: to make tuition based on income, and to get out the word to bright, low-income students. The results are here in RI this year.
Where the top grads of 2011 are going
Bay View Academy: Georgetown University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Pennsylvania
Beacon Charter School for the Arts: Rhode Island College, Sacred Heart
Bishop Hendricken High School: Brown University, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania
Bishop Keough Regional High School: Community College of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, University of Rhode Island
Blackstone Academy Charter School: Clark University, Mount Holyoke College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Block Island High School: Rhode Island School of Design, University of Rhode Island, Wheelock College
Burrillville High School: University of South Carolina, Wesleyan University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Central High School: Brown University, Rhode Island College, Saint Anselm College
Central Falls Senior High School: Boston College, Providence College, University of Rhode Island
Classical High School: Brandeis University, Harvard University, Yale University
Chariho Regional High School: Coast Guard Academy, University of Illinois, University of Rhode Island
William B. Cooley, Sr. Health & Science Technology High School: McDaniel College, Lincoln Technical Institute, University of Rhode Island
Coventry High School: Boston College, University of Rhode Island
Cranston High School East: Brown University, Lehigh University, University of Chicago
Cumberland High School: Brown University, University of Notre Dame, University of Rhode Island
East Greenwich High School: Boston University, Brown University, Northeastern University
East Providence High School: Brown University, Syracuse University, University of Rhode Island
E-Cubed Academy: College of the Holy Cross, University of Rhode Island
Exeter-West Greenwich Senior High School: American University, The College of William & Mary, University of Delaware
Hope Arts High School: Boston College, Rhode Island College, University of Rhode Island
Hope Information High School: Bryant University, Loyola University, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jacqueline M. Walsh School for Performing and Visual Arts: Dalhousie University, University of Rhode Island, University of Vermont
Johnston Senior High School: Brown University, Roger Williams University, Virginia Tech
Jorge Alvarez High School: Bryant University, College of the Holy Cross, Providence College
La Salle Academy: Brown University, Georgetown University, Wake Forest University
The Lincoln School: Georgetown University, Harvard University, Haverford College, Johns Hopkins University
Lincoln Senior High School: Brown University, Georgetown University
Master's Regional Academy: Gordon College
The MET: DePauw University, Pace University, Rhode Island School of Design
Middletown High School: Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Rhode Island, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Mount Pleasant High School: Rhode Island College, University of Rhode Island
Mount Saint Charles Academy: George Washington University, Lafayette College, Villanova University
Moses Brown School: Brown University, Harvard University, Swarthmore College
Narragansett High School: Brown University, University of Miami
North Kingstown Senior High School: Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, George Washington University
North Providence High School: Roger Williams University, Syracuse University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
North Smithfield High School: Boston University, Rhode Island College, Salve Regina University
Pilgrim High School: Northeastern University, Providence College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Ponaganset High School: Auburn University, Bryant University, Simmons College
Portsmouth High School: Brown University, Harvard University, Wesleyan University
The Prout School: Coast Guard Academy, Middlebury College, Providence College
Providence Academy of International Studies: Brandeis University, University of Rhode Island
Providence Career and Technical Academy: Rhode Island College, Salve Regina University, University of Rhode Island
Rogers High School: University of Rhode Island
Scituate High School: Gordon College, Northwestern University, Sacred Heart University
Shea Senior High School: Boston University, Brown University, Rhode Island College
Smithfield Senior High School: Northeastern University, University of Connecticut, University of Rochester
South Kingstown High School: Hamilton College, Harvard University, University of Connecticut
Saint Raphael Academy: American University, Providence College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Textron Chamber of Commerce Academy: Rhode Island College, University of Rhode Island
Times Squared Academy: Connecticut College, Cornell University, Duke University
Tiverton High School: Babson College, Pratt Institute, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Toll Gate High School: Columbia University
William E. Tolman High School: Brown University, Tufts University, University of Rhode Island
Warwick Veterans High School: Boston University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
West Warwick Senior High School: Brown University, University of Rhode Island, Yale University
The Wheeler School: Brown University, Harvard University, Yale University
Woonsocket High School: Assumption College, Providence College, Rhode Island College
Note: Some high schools released only the information about their top one or two seniors; some schools do not officially rank their students and therefore would not participate.
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