Morgan Park Academy’s graduating seniors had some very exciting options as they made their college decisions this spring.

The Class of 2022 earned $3.7 million in scholarship offers and gained admission at top national universities and liberal arts schools including:

  • University of Chicago
  • Cornell University
  • Emory University
  • Washington University in St. Louis
  • George Washington University
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of Michigan
  • Howard University
  • New York University
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • University of Texas
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Boston University
  • Pepperdine University
  • Clark Atlanta University
  • Hampton University
  • Knox College
  • Sarah Lawrence College
  • Xavier University of Louisiana
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Honors College at University of Illinois at Chicago

With scholarship awards still being counted, MPA students have earned an average of $137,000 in offers, including four-year full rides at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; presidential, chancellor’s, and dean’s scholarships from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Purdue University, Sarah Lawrence College, and Beloit College; and merit awards from the George Washington University, Marquette University, Lawrence University, Hampshire College, Savannah College of Art and Design, Loyola University Chicago, Butler University, Valparaiso University, and Bradley University.

“Morgan Park Academy students are able to find a great school that’s the right fit, because our small class sizes allow us to give students individualized attention through a four-year college counseling program,” Head of School Mercedes Z. Sheppard said.

“We couldn’t be prouder to see these institutions recognize the character, accomplishments, and future potential of MPA graduates.”

MPA seniors plan to pursue careers as entrepreneurs, engineers, doctors, artists, and much more, with intended majors including biochemistry, applied mathematics, computer engineering, business, psychology, community health, political science, journalism, sports management, economics, computer and data sciences, veterinary sciences, and fashion design.

“I am so proud of the Class of 2022,” college counselor Em Joseph said. “This has been a hugely difficult time period for the college admission process, as for so many other things, and these students have risen to the occasion and surmounted every challenge put in front of them.”

In the past decade, MPA students have been accepted by 38 of the nation’s top 40 colleges and universities, as ranked by US News & World Report, despite a trend that has seen acceptance rates dip into the single digits at the most selective schools.

This group includes (in alphabetical order):

  • Boston College
  • Brown University
  • California Institute of Technology
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Columbia University
  • Cornell University
  • Dartmouth College
  • Duke University
  • Emory University
  • Georgetown University
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • New York University
  • Northwestern University
  • Princeton University
  • Rice University
  • Stanford University
  • Tufts University
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of California, Davis
  • University of California, Irvine
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • University of California, San Diego
  • University of California, Santa Barbara
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Florida
  • University of Michigan
  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • University of Notre Dame
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Rochester
  • University of Southern California
  • University of Virginia
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Wake Forest University
  • Washington University in St. Louis
  • Yale University

Students in that time also have been admitted to two prestigious military academies and nearly all of US News’ top liberal arts schools and historically black colleges and universities:

  • Amherst College
  • Barnard College
  • Bates College
  • Bowdoin College
  • Carleton College
  • Claremont McKenna College
  • Colgate University
  • Davidson College
  • Grinnell College
  • Hamilton College
  • Hampton University
  • Haverford College
  • Howard University
  • Morehouse College
  • Pomona College
  • Smith College
  • Spelman College
  • Tuskegee University
  • United States Air Force Academy
  • United States Military Academy
  • Vassar College
  • Wellesley College
  • Williams College
  • Xavier University of Louisiana

COLLEGE DECISIONS

  • Brooke Anderson – Howard University
  • Chris Carter – Illinois Wesleyan University
  • Tiffany Chen – Cornell University
  • Jada Clayton – Savannah College of Art and Design
  • Elijah Davis – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Solana Delgado – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Rory Desmond – DePaul University
  • Chelsea Dunlap – University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Celia Echols – University of Michigan
  • Ignatius Gathman – Sarah Lawrence College
  • Jackson Glanton – Bradley University
  • Brooklyn Godfrey – Michigan State University
  • Dylan Hagan – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Faiz Hashmi – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Anya Haynes – Lawrence University
  • Christian Ikediobi – The George Washington University
  • Maanav Kaistha – University of Chicago
  • Nyla Key – Loyola University Chicago
  • Ayanna King – Michigan State University
  • D’J. King – University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Lydia Liu – New York University
  • Merlin Mo – University of California, Berkeley
  • Angel Osorio – Eastern Illinois University
  • Gg Rabadi – Saint Xavier University
  • Daren Rodgers – Howard University
  • Hannah Sipich – Butler University
  • Mia Wallace – Dominican University