Post by RusskyHoya on Jan 25, 2012 10:11:23 GMT -5
The Post decides to take a look at why every other college student in and around DC is from Jersey:
In fall 2008, 31,510 recent high school graduates left New Jersey to enroll as freshmen at four-year colleges, according to the latest federal data. Meanwhile, 4,167 students arrived in the state. New Jersey’s outflow of students is the largest of any state.
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At the University of Maryland, New Jersey’s 1,800 undergraduates form the largest out-of-state contingent. During spring and winter breaks, the university runs shuttle buses between College Park and two spots in New Jersey.
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At Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, New Jersey is often the No. 1 feeder state for freshmen classes — so officials weren’t too surprised when a star from a Bravo reality show, “Real Housewives of New Jersey,” asked last summer for a tour for her child and a camera crew. (The university turned down the request.)
George Washington University, in the District, has a regional recruiting office in New Jersey. At freshman orientation in June, the GWU student body president asked how many students were from Jersey. He laughed when a sea of hands shot up. “Some things never change,” he said.
At Catholic University, also in the District, New Jersey was the second most popular state of origin for the latest freshmen class, just behind Maryland and way ahead of Virginia. The school dedicates three of its 10 admissions counselors to canvassing New Jersey every fall.
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“New Jersey does not do anything to keep them here,” said Lo-Ann Riggs Davis, who led a Georgetown University information session. Davis grew up in the area, graduated from Georgetown in 1982 and returned to Jersey to raise her family. Her daughter and twin sons are now enrolled at Georgetown.
Davis’s pitch for “the Ivy League of the Catholic schools” to the classroom full of prospective students that night contained the same selling point touted by other recruiters: a campus in a state other than Jersey.
“You know that it’s in Washington, D.C., right?” she asked the group. ”Everything is going on there.”
In fall 2008, 31,510 recent high school graduates left New Jersey to enroll as freshmen at four-year colleges, according to the latest federal data. Meanwhile, 4,167 students arrived in the state. New Jersey’s outflow of students is the largest of any state.
...
At the University of Maryland, New Jersey’s 1,800 undergraduates form the largest out-of-state contingent. During spring and winter breaks, the university runs shuttle buses between College Park and two spots in New Jersey.
...
At Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, New Jersey is often the No. 1 feeder state for freshmen classes — so officials weren’t too surprised when a star from a Bravo reality show, “Real Housewives of New Jersey,” asked last summer for a tour for her child and a camera crew. (The university turned down the request.)
George Washington University, in the District, has a regional recruiting office in New Jersey. At freshman orientation in June, the GWU student body president asked how many students were from Jersey. He laughed when a sea of hands shot up. “Some things never change,” he said.
At Catholic University, also in the District, New Jersey was the second most popular state of origin for the latest freshmen class, just behind Maryland and way ahead of Virginia. The school dedicates three of its 10 admissions counselors to canvassing New Jersey every fall.
...
“New Jersey does not do anything to keep them here,” said Lo-Ann Riggs Davis, who led a Georgetown University information session. Davis grew up in the area, graduated from Georgetown in 1982 and returned to Jersey to raise her family. Her daughter and twin sons are now enrolled at Georgetown.
Davis’s pitch for “the Ivy League of the Catholic schools” to the classroom full of prospective students that night contained the same selling point touted by other recruiters: a campus in a state other than Jersey.
“You know that it’s in Washington, D.C., right?” she asked the group. ”Everything is going on there.”
