The members of the Class of 2021 graduated from Germantown Academy on June 11 and soon will continue their education at 81 colleges and universities in 29 states and the District of Columbia. The students will attend the colleges and universities listed below. If multiple students are attending the same college, the number is noted in parentheses after the college name.

• The University of Alabama
   
• American University
   
• The University of Arizona
   
• Baylor University
   
• Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
   
• Boston College
   
• Boston University
   
• Bryn Mawr College
   
• Bucknell University
   
• Carleton College
   
• Case Western Reserve University
   
• College of Charleston (4)
   
• University of Chicago (2)
   
• Clemson University
   
• University of Colorado Boulder
   
• Cornell University
   
• Dickinson College (2)
   
• Drexel University (2)
   
• Duke University
   
• Elizabethtown College
   
• Emerson College
   
• Emory University
   
• Florida State University
   
• Franklin and Marshall College (2)
   
• George Mason University
   
• George Washington University (3)
   
• Georgetown University (3)
   
• Hamilton College
   
• Hampton University
   
• University of Hartford
   
• Harvard University
   
• High Point University
   
• Howard University
   
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


• Indiana University-Bloomington
   
• James Madison University
   
• Jefferson University
   
• Johns Hopkins University
   
• University of Kentucky
   
• Lehigh University (4)
   
• Loyola University Maryland
   
• Marquette University
   
• University of Maryland - College Park
   
• University of Massachusetts - Amherst
   
• University of Miami (4)
   
• University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (3)
   
• Middlebury College
   
• Moore College of Art and Design
   
• New York University (2)
   
• Northeastern University
   
• Pennsylvania State University (6)
   
• University of Pennsylvania (4)
   
• University of Pittsburgh (6)
   
• Princeton University
   
• Purdue University
   
• University of Rhode Island
   
• University of Richmond (2)
   
• Savannah College of Art and Design
   
• University of South Carolina-Columbia
   
• University of Southern California
   
• Southern Methodist University
   
• St John's University-New York
   
• Stanford University
   
• Swarthmore College
   
• Syracuse University (3)
   
• The University of Tampa (2)
   
• Temple University
   
• The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
   
• Tulane University of Louisiana (4)
   
• United States Naval Academy
   
• Ursinus College (2)
   
• University of Vermont (2)
   
• Villanova University (8) - (1 will defer for a year to complete a GAP Year)
   
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
   
• Wake Forest University
   
• Washington University in St. Louis
   
• Wesleyan University
   
• West Chester University of Pennsylvania (2)
   
• West Virginia University
   
• College of William and Mary
   
• University of Wisconsin-Madison (2)

* GAP Year  - 1

Congratulations to the Class of 2021!

ABOUT GA COLLEGE COUNSELING:

Led by Director of College Counseling Karen Mason, Germantown Academy's team of college counselors educates students and parents about the world of college admissions so they can make informed choices that result in matriculation to a college or university where the student can continue to grow intellectually and emotionally.

College Counseling at GA provides two essential services to students: ADVISING and COUNSELING. As advisors, college counselors educate students about the college search and application processes. As counselors, college counselors develop relationships with their students, listen to their goals, aspirations, and concerns, and encourage them to explore colleges that will help them to continue the process that they have begun at GA, of becoming their best selves.

Below are some fun facts about GA's College Counseling Program: 

• Each full-time counselor works individually with 35 students at the most.
   
• During College Seminar and Personal Essay Writing, members of the junior class complete their Common Application, including the essay.
   
• GA’s College Counseling teams partners with parents and guardians, hosting grade level college counseling meetings in the sophomore, junior, and senior years and offering "Coffees with College Counseling" for any Upper School parent throughout the year.
   
• Traditionally, approximately 30% of each graduating class moves on to play a varsity sport in college.
   
• Of the 123 members of the Class of 2015 (135 total members of the class) with college graduation results reported by the National Student Clearinghouse, 98% graduated from college in 5 years. Nationally, the rate reported by the National Center for Educational Statistics is 62% for 6 years.