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Woodward Academy Class of 2013 College Acceptance and Scholarship Statistics

Congratulations to the Woodward Academy Class of 2013. We salute you for your outstanding academic, artistic, and athletic accomplishments during your senior year at the Academy, including: 100 percent accepted to four-year colleges and universities; more than $13 million in merit scholarships; 46 students recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation including 14 National Merit Finalists and five National Achievement Finalists; 17 President's Scholars; six Chancellor’s Scholars; 44 University Academic Scholars; two University of Georgia Foundation Fellows; two Emory University Woodruff Scholars; 163 HOPE Qualified Scholars; 20 Zell Miller Scholars; semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search; state championship wrestling and boys golf team; nine area/region athletic championships; 19 teams qualified for state playoffs; 18 athletes recruited to play at the college level; more than 5,000 hours contributed to community service; two National Scholastic Art Silver Awards; American Vision Award; Atlanta Celebrates Photography Exhibit “My Atlanta” Viewer Choice Award; third place at Atlanta’s Dogwood Festival High School Art Exhibit; two included in juried art exhibit by the Jay Shapiro Foundation High School Exhibit; five All-State Chorus participants, including one six-year participant; superior ratings by GMEA in the large group performance choir and orchestra evaluations; two orchestra students received solo awards for performances at the Heritage Music Festival; Shuler Hensley Award nomination for best actor.
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Summary of Class Achievements  

  • 46 students recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation including 14 National Merit Finalists and five National Achievement Finalists
  • Members of the class won some of the most prestigious scholarships in the U.S.: 17 President's Scholars; six Chancellor’s Scholars; 44 University Academic Scholars; two University of Georgia Foundation Fellows; two Emory University Woodruff Scholars; 163 HOPE Qualified Scholars; 20 Zell Miller Scholars and 18 athletes recruited to play at the college level.    

Summary of Scholarship Awards

Winning $12.5 million dollars in merit scholarships, this amount of merit money is broken into two parts: $10,117,677 based on merit and excellence in academics, athletics, leadership, the arts, music, dance, or service and $1,900 301 from the HOPE Scholarship program in Georgia. 131 seniors or 54% of the class were offered merit scholarship money of $9,900,049  and 44% of the class were awarded scholarships of $20,000 or more.

  • 88 seniors or 36% of the class were awarded scholarships of $40,000 or more.
  • 159 seniors qualified for the HOPE/Tuition Equalization Grant if they attend college in Georgia, earning $2,423,488 in HOPE money, calculating renewable 4 year awards and 32 Zell Miller Scholarship eligible (3.7 GPA or higher and 1200 SAT).
  • All total, 181 seniors or 75% of the class qualified for HOPE Scholarships or Merit Scholarships or both.152 seniors or 57% of the class were offered merit scholarship money of $13,946,048.

Summary of College Statistics

  • Competing nationally with a large and competitive college applicant pool, 100% of the Class of 2012 was admitted to a four-year college or university.
  • The 241 seniors in this year’s class filed 1755 applications to 253 different colleges and universities.
  • Not counting the 109 waitlisted applications, the Class of 2012 received 853 acceptances to 218 different colleges and universities giving an acceptance rate of 71%.
  • They will matriculate to 109 colleges and universities in 29 states, the District of Columbia, and the United Kingdom, with one-third of the class attending college outside the southeastern United States.

Summary of Colleges Attending

  • The Class of 2012 reflected a wide diversity of interests and talents as they sought their individual paths in terms of their college choices. 64 seniors who represent 27% of the class chose to attend a college where they are the only Woodward freshman. These independent souls, like many of the Woodward seniors before them, looked for the best college match or personal fit independent of what their peers are choosing.
       

Revised 6/21/2012