Class of 2016 College Decisions

National College Decision Day, May 1, has come and gone, leaving the Class of 2016 with their final college decisions. From California to New York, these Raptors are flocking all across the country. Some are staying nearby, though, with an astounding 30.6% of the Class of 2016 heading off to Clemson, 14.6% to USC, and 9.3% to College of Charleston. A few Raptors are even going Ivy League, with John Pavlides and Matthew Leadem attending Columbia University, Grace Rieflin heading to Cornell University, Whitney Su going to Brown University, and Elaine Zhou and the Talon’s own William Pugh flying off to Princeton University. Four of our seniors have received appointments to military academies: Will Bridgham, Nate Schlosser, Phillip Middleton, and Eli Roberts.

Where else will Raptors find new nests?  Univ of Colorado, Colorado College, TCU, Univ of Alabama, NYU, Swarthmore, Kenyon,Babson, Univ of Michigan , Ohio State, Johns Hopkins, Bard, DePaul, Univ. of Melbourne, UC Davis, UCLA, Mountain Training, Georgia Tech, Barnard, Indiana Univ., Mercer, Brandeis, Case Western, Univ. of Iowa, West Virgina Univ., Columbia, Wake Forest, Auburn, Sewanee, Furman, McGill,  Vanderbilt, Emory, Fordham,  San Diego State, The Citadel, Virginia Tech, Univ. of Georgia, Cornell, Washington and Lee, Wofford, Univ. of Miami, Charleston Southern, Utah Valley Univ., Boston University, Pomona, MIT and Duke.

Check out individual decisions below:

1. Evey Adams: Clemson University
2. Henry Aherne: University of Colorado – Boulder
3. Andrew Alberg: University of South Carolina
4. Wade Allen: Clemson University
5. Josh Alvarado: Colorado College
6. Erin Atz: Clemson University
7. Ben Auten: Texas Christian University
8. Emily Aysse: University of South Carolina
9. Ardeshir Bahadori: Clemson University
10. Lauren Baldo: Clemson University
11. States Beall: University of South Carolina
12. Thomas Bennett: University of Alabama – Huntsville
13. Rachel Biggs: University of South Carolina
14. Caroline Black: Clemson University
15. Anna Book: University of South Carolina
16. Janae Bowman: University of South Carolina
17. Creed Branham: College of Charleston
18. Will Bridgham: U.S. Military Academy at West Point
19. Mary Peyton Brown: New York University
20. Jason Brule: Clemson University
21. Carter Brzezinski: Kenyon College
22. Lawton Burris: College of Charleston
23. Sam Cabiness: Clemson University
24. Maddy Carens: Swarthmore College
25. Gypzy Carrigg: College of Charleston
26. Ethan Carter: University of South Carolina
27. Nick Carter: University of California – Davis
28. Chris Chaplin: University of South Carolina
29. James Cheng: Babson College
30. Rachel Clyburn: Clemson University
31. Ben Cottingham: University of South Carolina
32. Karlie Cradock: University of Michigan
33. Laurel Cross: Clemson University
34. Emma Crowfoot: Clemson University
35. Jakob Cumins: University of Colorado – Boulder
36. Alex Cunningham: Mountain Training School
37. Danny Cunningham: Ohio State University
38. Eduardo da Costa: Johns Hopkins University
39. Natalie Davidson: University of South Carolina
40. Kyle Davis: Bard College
41. Lee Davis: Clemson University
42. Joseph DeVito: DePaul University
43. Hayden DiBona: College of Charleston
44. Lauren Dickman: University of Melbourne
45. Ariel Dornisch: Mercer University
46. Anne Dosher: Clemson University
47. Daniel Ethredge: Clemson University
48. Kristin Fairey: Georgia Tech
49. Blake Farrell: University of South Carolina
50. Elayna Gleaton: Barnard College
51. Jason Goldberg: Indiana University
52. Jensen Haldrup: Clemson University
53. Noa HaLevi: Brandeis University
54. Connor Hall: Clemson University
55. Sarah Hand: University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
56. Erica Hoskins: Clemson University
57. Katie Hulsey: Clemson University
58. Emily Ingalls: Case Western Reserve University
59. Josh Isaacks: Clemson University
60. Dashiell Jay: College of Charleston
61. Hannah Jellema: Clemson University
62. Dawn Jensen: University of South Carolina
63. Amelia Johnson: University of Iowa
64. Elle Johnson: Clemson University
65. Maddox Johnston: University of South Carolina
66. Margaret Rose Jones: College of Charleston
67. Emily Jordan: Clemson University
68. Harrison Kerr: Clemson University
69. Coleman Kiester: Clemson University
70. Taylor King: DePaul University
71. Olivia Kinsinger: Texas Christian University
72. Mary Geer Kirkland: College of Charleston
73. Kat Koval: West Virginia University
74. Jacob Kunkle: Clemson University
75. Zach Lanning: Clemson University
76. Matthew Leadem: Columbia University
77. Heather Lee: Clemson University
78. Thomas Lehman: University of South Carolina
79. Clarissa Lippert: College of Charleston
80. Robyn Loucks: College of Charleston
81. Robert Lowry: Wake Forest University
82. Isabelle Luckie: Auburn University
83. Megan MacAulay: Sewanee: The University of the South
84. Matthew Martin: Furman University
85. Carson Matsick: College of Charleston
86. Sophie McCallum: McGill University
87. Clifton McDonald: University of South Carolina
88. Emily McGee: Clemson University
89. Kyle McGue: University of Colorado – Boulder
90. Mackie McLernon: Clemson University
91. Lauren Medich: Fordham University
92. Sam Menkus: University of South Carolina
93. Megan Michalski: Clemson University
94. Philip Middleton: U.S. Naval Academy
95. Silas Miller: Clemson University
96. Keb Mosley-Kellum: Vanderbilt University
97. Shani Mueller: Emory University
98. Jacob Nash: Clemson University
99. Owen Navarro: New York University
100. Cooper Nugent: Clemson University
101. Darius Nwokike: The Citadel
102. Ian Ouellette: New York University
103. Arran Parker: San Diego State University
104. John Pavlides: Columbia University
105. Mikhail Pekar: Gap Year
106. Allyson Peurifoy: College of Charleston
107. Cooper Pitts: Virginia Tech
108. William Pitts: University of South Carolina
109. Alexis Polcyn: Columbia College Chicago
110. Maddie Claire Proctor: College of Charleston
111. William Pugh: Princeton University
112. Tony Reda: Clemson University
113. Ben Redden: College of Charleston
114. Maegan Reed: Clemson University
115. Maryanna Reed: University of Georgia
116. Grace Rieflin: Cornell University
117. Eliza Rivers: Clemson University
118. Eli Roberts: U.S. Naval Academy
119. Dylan Robinson: Clemson University
120. Anne Rodgers: Washington and Lee University
121. Emma Rodgers: Clemson University
122. Hallie Roerden: University of South Carolina
123. Emily Rojas: Charleston Southern University
124. Phoebe Rudolph: Utah Valley University
125. Mika Sakamoto: University of South Carolina
126. Betsy Samber: UCLA
127. Jameson Sanders: Clemson University
128. Isabella Schafer: Vanderbilt University
129. Madison Santi: University of Miami
130. Nate Schlosser: U.S. Military Academy at West Point
131. Miranda Schwacke: California Institute of Technology
132. Savannah Seeber: Clemson University
133. MacKenna Smith: Wofford College
134. Vivian Song: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
135. Maddie Steen: College of Charleston
136. Peter Sterckx: Clemson University
137. Whitney Su: Brown University
138. Penelope Summerall: Auburn University
139. Amber Thomas: University of South Carolina
140. Bridget Tunney: Clemson University
141. John Michael Wager: University of South Carolina
142. Nathan Wan: Clemson University
143. Tim Wang: Boston University
144. Reaves Wannamaker: Clemson University
145. Connor Woods: Pomona College
146. Haven Xu: University of South Carolina
147. Tiffany Yeung: Clemson University
148. Xiaolan You: Duke University
149. Elaine Zhou: Princeton University
150. Zachary Zuber: Clemson University

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/