Class of 2017 College Decisions
It’s the last week of classes for the class of 2017, which means that our seniors have chosen their desired colleges. As far as Australia to as close to home as College of Charleston, our Raptors are traveling to 26 states, District of Columbia, and around the globe on gap years. Compared to the class of 2016, who had 30.6% go to Clemson and 14.6% to USC, our graduating class has 40 students (27.8%) going to Clemson and 19 students (13.2%) going to USC. A significant difference between the class of 2016 and 2017 is the number of students who will be attending Ivy League universities in the fall. Last year, the class of 2016 had six students, while this year, we have two: Chris Diamond-Hettinger to Cornell University and Anna Tavormina to Harvard University. Three of our students will also be attending military academies: Isabel Eicher and Ethan Linhart will head to Colorado to the Air Force Academy, and Potter Seibels is going to the Naval Academy.
There are many students who will be spending the next four years together, but not at one of our public SC universities. Some of the most popular states where our Raptors are going are North Carolina (7 students), California (5), Virginia (5), Massachusetts (4), Georgia (4), and Louisiana (4). Four of our students are heading to Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, seven are going to Furman University, and three are going to Wofford College. Some other statistics include: 84 (58.3%) of our seniors will remain in South Carolina, 99 (68.8%) will attend public universities, 27 students (18.8%) are going to honors colleges, and five students are taking gap years before heading off to college.
Best of luck to all of our seniors on the next chapter of their lives!
Sam Austin: College of Charleston
Jack Barna: University of South Carolina
Grace Beischel: Clemson University
Sophie Bello: University of South Carolina Honors College
Blake Bernard: Clemson University
Elizabeth Anne Boling: Berry College Honors College
Capers Borders: Marywood University
Ella Bovender: University of South Carolina Honors College
Bobby Boyles: Clemson University Honors College
Nathan Bradley: College of Charleston Honors College
Sophie Brams: Tulane University
Chris Brown: Rochester Institute of Technology
Reilly Burgin: Clemson University
Julius Cale: College of Charleston
Jack Carroll: Clemson University
Liam Christensen: Stanford University
Grace Christoph: Mercer University
Danielle Colbrunn: Clemson University Honors College
Conor Coleman: Clemson University
Katie Conley: University of New Mexico Honors College
Elsa Crowe: NC State University
Jacob Crowley: Clemson University
João da Costa: Clemson University
Faith Dalzell: Arizona State University Honors College
Zach Dalzell: Pepperdine University
Shaoni Dasgupta: Clemson University
Abby de Arellano: University of South Carolina Honors College
Lexi DeHart: Rhodes College
Ali DeLambo: American University
Sarah Cate Demos: Clemson University
Christopher Diamond-Hettinger: Cornell University
Trevor DiGerolamo: Stanford University
Lidia DiPaolo: University of South Carolina
Evan Dockery: College of Charleston
Thomas Dorfner: University of Alabama, Huntsville Honors College
Isabel Eicher: United States Air Force Academy
Caitlin Facello: Furman University
Sarah Feingold: Furman University
Tom Feingold: Furman University
Maxim Fisher: University of Miami
Grace Ford-Dirks: The College of William and Mary
Hannah Frankel: Middlebury College
Madison Freedy: Sewanee- The University of the South
Olive Gardner: University of Chicago
Campbell Garrard: The Citadel
Brandon Gee: Clemson University
Mikey Goltra: Brigham-Young University
Ethan Grantham: Furman University
Janelle Green: Claflin University
Maya Haley: University of South Carolina
Addison Haly: Clemson University
Zach Harley: Clemson University
Jack Heeke: University of Delaware
Emma Hillis: Tulane University
Aubrey Hodapp: Clemson University
Grayson Holem: Clemson University
Ben Holmes: Georgia Tech
Nina Howard: University of Georgia Honors College
Zach Hunter: Clemson University
Mackenzie Jenkins: Winthrop University Honors College
Qining Jin: University of California, Los Angeles
Cory Johnson: University of South Carolina Honors College
Hanna Kent: Clemson University
Isabella Knowles: University of South Carolina
Sohan Kotecha: Clemson University
English Laserna: Clemson University Honors College
Quinn Laudenslager: University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Angel Legare: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Martyn Lemon: Clemson University Honors College
Nate LeRoy: Tulane University
Henry Lesesne: Wofford College
Nicole Lindbergh: Duke University
Ethan Linhart: United States Air Force Academy
Jacob Lipton: Clemson University
Campbell Long: Furman University
Charlotte Lucas: Furman University
Erika Ludden: Clemson University
India Manigault: Sara Lawrence College
Hannah Massar: University of South Carolina Honors College
Jack McElhinney: Clemson University Honors College
Maggie McMillan: Winthrop University
Madeline McQuillan: The College of William and Mary
Samantha Moody: University of Alabama Honors College
Ellie Moore: Wofford College
Aldo Moreno-Reyes: Clemson University
Katie Moseley: Furman University
Christopher Moss: Clemson University
Sara Moussa: Michigan State University
Sully Murdock: University of South Carolina
Dunbar Myrick: Furman University
Tyler Nadeau: University of South Carolina
Olivia Norman: Boston University
Ryan Pace: University of Alabama
Anjali Pandey: Clemson University
Alex Pastis: Clemson University
Lindsay Patterson: University of Washington
Connor Pizii: University of South Carolina
Jackson Pogue: Lafayette College
Jessica Putnam: National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Australia
Nafisa Rahimberganova: University of South Carolina Honors College
Gabi Rauls: University of Wisconsin Honors College
Hannah Reed: Washington and Lee University
Sara Reineke: Clemson University Honors College
Alec Robinovitz: College of Charleston Honors College
Liam Rowley: Film Production
Lily Rumph: Clemson University Honors College
Joe Sanders: University of Virginia
Erin Schnell: Tulane University
Kara Schwacke: Wofford College
Potter Seibels: United States Naval Academy
Carter Shubert: University of South Carolina
Amelia Sizemore: Clemson University
Garrett Smith: Texas A&M University
McKelvey Smith: Anderson University
Emma Sossamon: Elon University
Abby Spencer: University of South Carolina
Maya Stefanelli: Smith College
Chris Swallhah: University of South Carolina
Anna Tavormina: Harvard University
Kyle Thayer: Clemson University
Aaron Thornton: University of South Carolina
Natasha Tirpak: Winthrop University
William Tonks: University of Virginia
Sophie Trotter: College of Charleston
Britney Tsui: Clemson University Honors College
Maddy Turcotte: Clemson University
Alyssa Turk: Winthrop University
Allie Ugur: Clemson University
Andrew Waddell: University of South Carolina
Julia Walpole: University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Ben Waters: Clemson University
Beckham Watkins: College of Charleston
Paul Whitaker: College of Charleston
Haywood White: Gap Year
Maggie Winters: University of South Carolina Honors College
Kerri Wong: Clemson University Honors College
Kevin Woods: Pitzer College
Zoë Wright: Clark University
Oliver Yang: Clemson University Honors College
Molly Yost: Clemson University
Connor Young: Clemson University
Sarah Zhang: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Julia Zimlich: University of Notre Dame
Capers Zimmerman: Washington University in St. Louis
To see where the class of 2016 went to college:
https://amhsnewspaper.com/9914/student-life/class-of-2016-college-decisions/
Compare to the class of 2015:
https://amhsnewspaper.com/5604/student-life/college-decisions-for-the-2015-seniors/
And the class of 2014
https://amhsnewspaper.com/561/news/hats-fly-as-2014-graduates-say-goodbye/