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Where South County Graduates Are Headed...

Some will go far and wide, others stay close to home

South County Secondary School has released the list of where their graduating Seniors will be going to college in the fall. The class of 2011 has accepted over $3 million in scholarships. There was an increase in the amount of students headed to southern schools in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. One student will be attending West Point, and three others will receive ROTC scholarships. The highlighted schools students were accepted to include Stanford, UPenn and UC Berkley. 104 students will attend Northern Virginia Community College. Here is a list of the most popular schools where students are going:

Most popular Virginia college totals:

VCU = 38

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Virginia Tech = 34

GMU = 30

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JMU = 18

Radford = 18

ODU = 18

UVA = 15

CNU = 11

William and Mary = 9

 

Most popular out of state:

Penn State = 6

U of South Carolina = 6

U of Alabama = 4

East Carolina = 4

Ole Miss = 3

Florida State = 3

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