Where Are You Going To College?

The much anticipated copy of the New Trier News came out in advisery this morning: The Destinations Issue.

Every year the New Trier News puts out a newspaper that has a list of nearly all the seniors and where they will be attending school the upcoming fall.  It is always so much fun to see where all your peers will end up and is always my favorite issue of the paper.

Interestingly, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign takes the cake with the top number of New Trier students attending this fall.  A whopping 62 seniors will be together for the next four years as they journey on in their academic careers.  Followed by University of Michigan (37 students), Indian University (28 students), Northwestern University (24 students) and Miami University, Oxford (21 students).

One thing that I noticed this year was that the paper had to include a portion that said,

"We at the New Trier News intend for the Destinations Issue to be a source of pride, not ridicule.  While there is a lot of competition surrounding the college process, this list is meant to be a source of recognition and celebration for the accomplishments of seniors, no matter what they go on to do after graduation..."

This struck me as particularly interesting because in a place like New Trier Township people would ridicule others on where they end up going after high school.  Not everyone takes the same path or will end up in college, but I think it is interesting that in our society it is assumed that kids will continue on with their academic careers.  However, it is still so cool to congratulate all these seniors on their hard work and see where they will end up.

I am so incredibly proud of all my senior friends and wish them the best of luck wherever they are next year!!!