Westborough school officials have new data on Westborough High School graduates’ college choices.
Assistant School Superintendent Dr. Daniel Mayer told the school committee last week that school officials have spent recent weeks reviewing college application data and acceptance rates from the last four years. The information is in an online database of over 700 colleges and universities, he said.
School officials reviewed which colleges WHS students apply to most; their acceptance rates; “what colleges kids are most likely to attend if they get admitted” and “what percentage of our kids are going to the most select,” he said.
That data shows that “38 percent of our graduates over the last four years have attended the two most competitive categories,” Mayer said.
Of these students, 17 percent attended the most competitive schools, and 21 percent attended the highly competitive schools, Mayer said.
GG
10:17 am on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
So, where are the data?
Ann
12:17 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Shouldn't we be focusing on the college that is the best fit for the student. It shouldn't be about the bumper sticker we put on our cars.
TBH
12:57 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
I agree with the above comments. Why should we put such an emphasis on the percentage of students accepted at the so called "most competitive" schools? The article mentions WHS acceptance rates for all colleges for the past 4 years and yet this figure is not given. We should care more and focus on getting all students into the appropriate college of their choice, be it a community college or an ivy league university. Merely boasting that 38% have attended the most competitive categories smacks of the school administration patting each other on their collective backs and once again, only touting the top students in a relatively affluent town.