For many May 1st was SEMday - an online fundraiser with some very real cake and ice cream for the students. For others it was a Hornet/Jacket challenge. For the senior girls who danced into morning meeting jubilantly, almost all in their chosen college’s sweatshirts, SEMday was also the last day of classes before exams and internships begin, and it was Big Decision Day - college deposits were due.
Our Director of College Counseling, Erik Bertelsen, took the podium to congratulate our seniors on their successes and their singularities.
“SEM is a diverse community with girls from many different backgrounds and with many different talents so it is not surprising that the list of colleges they attend is quite diverse.” He said, “Only 2 years ago our 45 graduates attended 38 colleges. This year alone they have applied to 166 different colleges in 32 states and D.C., 4 Canadian provinces, and China.”
Those 166 applications ended in the Class of 2014’s record acceptances at “highly competitive” colleges. Highly competitive is derived from by Barron’s Guide to College as the top 7% in the nation, in terms of selectivity. See the list here.
Mr. Bertelsen went on to give “awards” (in the form of acknowledgements) to the student who will go furthest away in the fall, the student who will attend college in another country… to know more, including a comprehensive list of college mascots the girls can now call their own (along with SEM’s Red-Tailed Hawk), watch here.
Watch for our billboards! We’re congratulating the Class of 2014 from May 5 – June 8.
Hornet/Jacket Tug-of-War