The New School

Kennebunk · ME · Private independent

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A parent's read

Where graduates go, as the school itself publishes it. The New School publishes where its graduates go (not stated): 28 colleges, including Wheaton, Sarah Lawrence, Mt. Holyoke, Hampshire.
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Where graduates go — as published by the school

The New School publishes its college acceptances (not stated): 28 colleges. See the full list ↓

Their published college acceptances

College acceptances

The New School publishes the colleges that admitted its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 28 colleges, in the document's own order.

The document does not state a class year for this list.

Out of state · 10

Sarah Lawrence · College of the Atlantic · Pratt Institute · Berklee College of Music · Maine Maritime Academy · Hawaii Pacific University · Montserrat College of Art · University of Southern Maine · University of New Hampshire · University of New England

Not matched to a college page · 18

Wheaton · Mt. Holyoke · Hampshire · Wheelock · Goddard · Marlboro · Colby Sawyer · Bennington · Green Mountain · Unity · Evergreen State · Massachusetts College of Art · Lyndon State · Keene State · and 4 more below

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— Stanford University — New York University — University of Southern California — University of California, Los Angeles — University of California, Berkeley — University of Michigan — Cornell University — Boston University — Northeastern University — University of Texas at Austin — Georgetown University — Duke University

Any college:

The school down the road: Thornton Academy

College	The New School	Thornton Academy
Boston College	—	✓ named
Boston University	—	✓ named
Brown University	—	✓ named
Carnegie Mellon University	—	✓ named
Columbia University	—	✓ named
Cornell University	—	✓ named
Dartmouth College	—	✓ named
Duke University	—	✓ named
Emory University	—	✓ named
Georgia Institute of Technology	—	✓ named
Harvard University	—	✓ named
Johns Hopkins University	—	✓ named

Both schools print names, not counts, so this shows which selective colleges each list names.

As the document prints them

Wheaton Sarah Lawrence Mt. Holyoke Hampshire Wheelock Goddard Marlboro Colby Sawyer Bennington Green Mountain College of the Atlantic Unity Evergreen State Massachusetts College of Art Pratt Institute Berklee College of Music Maine Maritime Academy Lyndon State Hawaii Pacific University Keene State Maine College of Art & Design Montserrat College of Art New England School of Communication Southern Maine Community College University of Glasgow University of Southern Maine University of New Hampshire University of New England

These graduates were admitted to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by The New School — College Preparation — "Colleges TNS Students Have Attended" ↗. Found at: "College Preparation" page, paragraph beginning "Our students have been accepted at over fifty colleges including...".

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How The New School compares for families

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University of Maine

96%

admit rate

$13,326

in-state tuition/yr · $36,756 out-of-state

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $17,510/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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At a glance

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The New School is a private high school in Kennebunk, ME, enrolling 20 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.

The New School publishes a college acceptances list for the not stated: 28 colleges. Source: College Preparation — "Colleges TNS Students Have Attended".

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.

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Where do The New School graduates go to college? The New School publishes a college acceptances list for the not stated: 28 colleges. Source: College Preparation — "Colleges TNS Students Have Attended".

How many students attend The New School? The New School is a private high school in Kennebunk, ME, enrolling 20 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.

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