The Decisions Are (Finally) In
Rebecca Stuart
Orlowski College Consulting, LLC | Communication Specialist Empowering gifted, creative, transfer, and homeschooled students to find their voices through the college application process
Dear High School Class of 2020,
To the students that I had the privilege to work with this year, I wanted to communicate my admiration and respect for you as you navigated such challenging circumstances this spring, during which you made your final decision on the college you will be attending this fall. It took many of you much longer than usual to make a decision because of the impact COVID-19 had and will have on you, on your families, and on your college experience.
Every year, normally in May, I present a list of colleges to which my students have been admitted along with the final choice each student made. This year, it just wasn't possible for many students to make decisions by the traditional May 1st deadline. Kudos to those colleges who understood the unprecedented times we're living in, who allowed students to take their time in the selection process. Even now, I know many of you continue to feel unsettled; that makes perfect sense. I hope that you will make your health, both mental and physical, a top priority as you look toward the fall.
Congratulations to all of you for your incredible hard work and tenacity this year. Your families, friends, teachers, and I are so proud of you.
Below is an alphabetical list of schools to which the students I worked with this year were admitted. The number in parentheses is how many students were admitted to that school. Finally, at the bottom is a list that includes the final decision of each student along with the intended major.
ASU (2), Baylor (Full tuition scholarship), Boston University
Chico State, Cal State University (CSU) Long Beach, CSU Monterey Bay, Cal Poly Pomona (2), Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (3), Calvin College Honors Program, Case Western University (2), Carleton (2), Carnegie Mellon University Humanities Scholars Program, Carnegie Mellon University, Chapman University, Colorado College, Cornell College, Creighton University (38K a year scholarship)
Emory University, Gordon College, Grinnell College, Grove City College, Humboldt State, Johns Hopkins (2), Indiana Wesleyan University (35K a year scholarship), Loyola Marymount (48K a year scholarship)
Northeastern University, NYU film school, Pomona College, Purdue University Honors College (2), Purdue University Fort Wayne, Reed College (2), Rose-Hulman, RPI
Saint John’s University (NYC), San Diego State University Honors Program, San Diego State University, Santa Clara University, Scripps College, Swarthmore, Taylor University, Trinity University, University of Alabama at Huntsville
University of California (UC) at Berkeley (4), UC Davis (4), UC Irvine Computer Science, UC Irvine, UC Irvine Regents Scholar, UCLA, UC Merced (2), UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara (5), UC Santa Barbara Regents Scholar, UC Santa Barbara College for Creative Studies (CCS) Program, UC Santa Cruz (4), UC San Diego (4)
University of Houston, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Computer Science, University of Indiana (direct business admit), University of Maryland Honors College, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Oregon (2), University of Pittsburgh (2), USC (University of Southern California) Presidential Scholar (1/2 tuition scholarship)
University of Texas at Austin (Turing Computer Science Honors), University of Tulsa Presidential Scholarship, Villanova, Washington University in St. Louis, Wesleyan University, Whitworth University (25K a year scholarship), Whitman College
FINAL DECISION + MAJOR
- ASU Barrett Honors- Engineering
- Baylor- University Scholars
- Whitworth honors- Anthropology
- Cal State University Long Beach- Computer Science
- Carleton College- Physics
- Johns Hopkins University- International Relations
- Pomona College- Undeclared
- Purdue University- Psychology & Statistics
- Scripps College- Sociology
- UC Berkeley- Economics
- UC Berkeley- Engineering
- UC Berkeley- Film & Media w/ Creative Writing Minor
- UC Berkeley- Psychology
- UC Davis- Applied Math
- UC Irvine- Biology
- UC Santa Barbara Regents- Mechanical Engineering
- UC Santa Barbara CCS Program- Physics
- UT Austin Turing Scholars- Computer Science
- Villanova-Business