College Decisions: Graduating Class Notified

By Ali Cooper ’09
News Reporter

To Choate seniors, April is anything but a picturesque time for blooming flowers or fantasies of a summer of fun. Instead, April 1st represents the tolling bell when college decisions roll in, the final day of college decisions culminating the long “college process” for the class of 2008.

College admittance decisions for Choate seniors this year have been consistent with previous years—some students have done remarkably well while others have not. “It is a hard time of the year because there are some people who have gotten good news, and there are also those who haven’t,” observed Director of College Counseling Dean Jacoby. However, it is also a time of great relief because the end of the college process for the class of 2008 is imminent. Soon nearly every senior will have plans for next year firmly in place.

In the interest of preserving confidentiality, the college office would not provide The News with college entrance statistics for the current seniors.

On a national scale, this past year has been “the most competitive year ever” for college admissions, said Mr. Jacoby. This increased competitiveness comes from a spike in applications to most colleges across the country. For example, Swarthmore, a small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, has seen a fifty percent increase in applications in the past three years alone.

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