Typically, more than 95% of Poughkeepsie Day School graduates go on to
college right after graduation, almost all to four-year institutions (See
acceptances and enrollments for the Class
of 2004 , Class
of 2005, Class
of 2006 and Class
of 2007. Occasionally, a student may take a year off to study informally,
travel or work before attending college. The list below is representative,
but not all inclusive, of colleges and universities in which recent Poughkeepsie
Day School graduates have been enrolled.
| Albright |
American |
Amherst |
| Bard |
Barnard |
Bates |
| Bennington |
Boston University |
Brandeis |
| Brown |
Bryn Mawr |
Carnegie Mellon |
| Clark |
Clarkson |
Colby |
| Columbia |
Connecticut |
Cooper Union |
| Cornell |
Earlham |
Emerson |
| Eugene Lang |
Fordham |
George Washington |
| Goucher |
Hamilton |
Hampshire |
| Hobart William Smith |
Howard |
Ithaca |
| Johns Hopkins |
Lewis and Clark |
Macalester |
| Manhattanville |
Marlboro |
Maryland Institute College of Art |
| McGill |
Mount Holyoke |
New York University |
| Northeastern |
Oberlin |
Pace |
| Parsons School of Design |
Pitzer |
Providence |
| Reed |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
Rhode Island School of Design |
| Rochester Institute of Technology |
Saint John's |
Sarah Lawrence |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
School of the Museum of Fine Arts |
Skidmore |
| Smith |
SUNY Albany |
SUNY Binghamton |
| SUNY Dutchess |
SUNY Purchase |
SUNY Stony Brook |
| Swarthmore |
Syracuse |
Tufts |
| Tulane |
Union |
University of Chicago |
| University of Hartford/Hartt School |
University of Massachusetts |
University of North Carolina |
| University of Pennsylvania |
University of Rochester |
University of Vermont |
| Vassar |
Wake Forest |
Wellesley |
| Wesleyan |
Wheaton |
Whittier |
| Williams |
Wooster |
Yale |
SAT1 Scores
For the Classes of 1998-2003 - Mean Verbal: 642; Mean
Math: 596
For the Class of 2004 - Mean Verbal: 630;
Mean Math: 591
For the Class of 2005 - Mean Verbal: 648;
Mean Math: 590
From the classes of 1999-2005 (totaling 137 students), 4 students have
been semi-finalists and 14 have received letters of commendation for their
scores on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
ALUMNI/AE
Poughkeepsie Day School alumni/ae (approximately 1669) live across the
country and around the world. Our 375 Upper School graduates have entered
such diverse professions as advertising, the arts, architecture, business,
law, medicine, education, and writing. Annual reunions, special events
and publications keep alumni/ae in touch with the Poughkeepsie Day School
community and with one another.
COLLEGE COUNSELING
Poughkeepsie Day School's college counseling office is staffed by
a team of professionals with expertise in advising, admission and financial
aid. For more information, click
here.
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