Goings | Landings | Comings

Posted on Jan 19, 2012

GOINGS

Class of 2011 is attending 85 colleges and universities
12 of the 85 are public institutions
7 students are matriculating at single-sex colleges 10 students are planning a gap year before college

Top Choices
Harvard 13
Cornell 7
Boston College 6
Tufts 6
Amherst 5
Columbia 5
George Washington University 5
Georgetown 5
Washington University in St. Louis 5
Wesleyan University 5

Farthest Away
University of St. Andrews, Scotland

Closest (by a hair)
Boston University

Highest Altitude
U.S. Air Force Academy (2,041 meters)

Lowest Altitude
Tulane University (0 meters)

Northernmost point in U.S.
University of Puget Sound

Southernmost point in U.S.
University of Miami

Sunniest site
University of California, Davis
(Sacramento area, 78% days of the year are sunny)

Sources: Google Earth and National Climate Data Center

 

LANDINGS

1,831,091 visitors came to Milton.edu this year
25% clicked beyond the home page
36% actually typed in our URL
57% found us through Google (In 2007–2008, 86% typed in our URL and 9% found us through Google. Way to go, Google.)
1.7 million home page visitors were from the United States
7,955 were from China, and 1,523 were from Jamaica
Visitors from China viewed the most pages per visit, at 4.51

COMINGS

Upper School
• Applications for 2011–2012: 1,039
• New students enrolled: 164

K–8
• Applications for 2011–2012: 376
• New students enrolled: 50

Total enrollment: 980 students We are at full capacity.

Vitals
• 52% male
• 48% female
• 28% are sibling or legacy
• 35% receive need-based financial aid
• 18 languages are spoken in their homes
• 44% self-define as students of color

New day students
• Are from 50 surrounding towns and cities

New boarding students
• Are from 14 countries: Bahamas, Canada, China, France, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Philippines, Saint Bart’s, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland
• And 21 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia