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  • Application summary:  639 applications were submitted by 98 students.  Of these, 393 (62%) applications were accepted, 163 (25%) applications were denied, and 87 (13%) applications were waitlisted. 
  • 98 students are going to 47 different colleges.
  • 19 (19%) are going to college in Louisiana and 79 (81%) are matriculating out-of-state. 
  • 56 (57%) are going to private colleges and 42 (43%) are going to public institutions. 
  • 24 (25%) will be the only student from Newman’s Class of 2008 attending their college.

The members of the Class of 2008 have chosen to enroll in the colleges and universities listed below.
(Parentheses indicate the number of matriculants)

Tulane (9)
LSU (7)
Georgia (6)
Charleston (5)
Southern Methodist (5)
Pennsylvania (4)
Texas (Austin) (4)
Boston College (3)
Sewanee (3)
Boston University (2)
Colorado (Boulder) (2)
Emory (2)
Indiana (Bloomington) (2)
Lehigh (2)
Mississippi (2)
North Carolina (Chapel Hill) (2)
San Diego State (2)
Southern (2)
Southern California (2)
Syracuse (2)
Trinity College (2)
Trinity University (2)
Wake Forest (2)

The following colleges have 1 student enrolling:

Alabama, Bowdoin, Brown, Colgate, Colorado (Colorado Springs), Colorado State, Dartmouth, Duke, Goucher, Hampden-Sydney, Kentucky, Leiden (The Netherlands), Louisiana (Monroe), Miami, NYU, Pfeiffer, Rhodes, Rice, South Carolina,
Spring Hill, U.S. Naval Academy, Washington and Lee, Wesleyan, Wheaton

Students were also admitted to the following colleges but have chosen not to matriculate:
Agnes Scott, Alabama (Birmingham), Alfred, American, Amherst, Appalachian State, Arizona State, Arizona, Auburn, Babson, Barry, Baylor, Belmont, Bryn Mawr, UC (Berkeley), UC (Davis), UCLA, UC (Santa Barbara), California Polytechnic, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western Reserve, Centre, Clark, Clemson, Colby, Dickinson, Dillard, Elon, Florida, Florida A&M, Florida Southern, Furman, George Washington, Georgia Institute of Technology, Hampton, Haverford, Hofstra, Houston, Howard, Ithaca, James Madison, Kansas, Lake Forest, Louisiana (Lafayette), Loyola Marymount, Loyola (New Orleans), Macalester, Manhattanville, Marquette, Maryland (College Park), Michigan, Millsaps, New Orleans, Northern Arizona, Northwestern, Oberlin, Occidental, Oregon, University of the Pacific, Pennsylvania State (University Park), Puget Sound, Redlands, Reed, Richmond, San Francisco, Sarah Lawrence, Simmons, Spelman, St. Edward’s, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Texas Christian, Texas (San Antonio), Tufts, Vanderbilt, Vassar, Villanova, Virginia, Washington State, Washington University (St. Louis), William and Mary, Wofford, Xavier (Louisiana).
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