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Guidance/College & Career -- Class of 2009 Statistics


TOTAL NUMBER OF GRADUATING SENIORS: 199
(Percentages are rounded up)

Number of Students
            Attending 4-year colleges: 182 (91.5%)
            Attending 2-year colleges: 10 (5%)
            Other (military, undecided, college prep school): 7 (4%)

Number of Students (4-year matriculation) 
            Attending Private (non-Catholic) Colleges/Universities: 50 (27%)
            Attending Private Catholic Colleges/Universities: 59 (32%)
            Attending Public Colleges/Universities: 73 (40%)
            Attending schools in Minnesota: 82 (45%)

Number of Students
            Not attending 4-year Colleges/Universities: 17 (9%)
   
Clinton Community College

1

Dakota County Technical College

1

Hockey

2

Itasca Community College

2

Military

2

Minneapolis Community and Tech College

2

Normandale Community College

3

North Hennepin Community College

1

Work

3


Number of College Applications Processed: 935

ACT/SAT Testing Information

BSM Average

MN Average

National Average

ACT

 25.2

22.7

21.1

ACT Writing Test

 7.6

 7.3

 N/A

ACT English/Writing

 24.7

 21.8

 N/A

SAT Critical Reading

 602

 595*

 501

SAT Math

 602

 609*

 515

SAT Writing

 604

 578*

 493

            * In the state of Minnesota, 7% of graduating seniors from the class of 2009 took the SAT Reasoning Test

            Percentage of BSM Students who took 
                            ACT: 98%
                            ACT w/ Optional Writing Test: 71% of those who took the ACT 
                            SAT Reasoning Test: 28%
                            SAT Subject Test: 8%

            Of those who tested, the percentage of BSM Students who took ACT or SAT
                            ACT: once-22%,  twice-52%, three times-24%, Four times-2%
                            SAT Reasoning Test: once-86% twice-13% three times-2%

Advanced Placement Information

                 

168 Students took exams
293 Exams were given
75% Scored grade of 3 or higher
49% Scored grade of 4 or 5


National Merit Scholarship Program: 7 Commended students

Colleges/Universities Where BSM Graduates of 2009 Were Accepted

College City State Accept Attend
Academy of Art University San Francisco CA 1 1
The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa AL 1 0
Albion College Albion MI 1 0
Arizona State University Tempe AZ 5 0
The University of Arizona Tucson AZ 4 2
The Art Institute of Tampa Tampa FL 1 0
Art Institutes International Minnesota Minneapolis MN 1 1
Augsburg College Minneapolis MN 10 6
Augustana College Sioux Falls SD 1 0
Bates College Lewiston ME 1 0
Beloit College Beloit WI 1 0
Bemidji State University Bemidji MN 2 0
Bethany College Lindsborg KS 1 1
Bethel University St. Paul MN 1 0
Boston College Chestnut Hill MA 4 1
Boston University Boston MA 3 0
Brandeis University Waltham MA 1 0
Brown University Providence RI 2 1
Butler University Indianapolis IN 1 0
Carleton College Northfield MN 1 0
Carroll College (Montana) Helena MT 1 1
Carthage College Kenosha WI 2 0
The Catholic University of America Washington DC 1 0
Chapman University Orange CA 1 0
College of Charleston Charleston SC 1 0
Chicago State University Chicago IL 1 0
Clinton Community College Clinton IA 1 1
Colby College Waterville ME 1 1
Colgate University Hamilton NY 1 0
University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder CO 9 1
Colorado College Colorado Springs CO 1 0
Colorado State University Fort Collins CO 1 0
Columbia College Chicago IL 1 0
Concordia College Moorhead MN 1 0
Concordia University Wisconsin Mequon WI 1 0
Cornell College Mount Vernon IA 1 0
Creighton University Omaha NE 12 2
Dakota County Technical College Rosemount MN 1 1
Dartmouth College Hanover NH 1 1
University of Dayton Dayton OH 3 0
University of Delaware Newark DE 1 0
University of Denver Denver CO 15 3
DePaul University Chicago IL 13 2
DePauw University Greencastle IN 4 1
Drake University Des Moines IA 8 1
Duke University Durham NC 1 0
Elon University Elon NC 1 1
Emerson College Boston MA 1 1
Emory University Atlanta GA 1 0
Fairfield University Fairfield CT 1 0
Florida A&M University Tallahassee FL 1 0
The George Washington University Washington DC 1 0
Georgetown University Washington DC 1 1
Gonzaga University Spokane WA 2 0
Grinnell College Grinnell IA 2 1
Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter MN 8 4
Hamilton College - NY Clinton NY 1 1
Hamline University St. Paul MN 7 1
College of the Holy Cross Worcester MA 3 0
University of Houston Houston TX 1 0
Howard University Washington DC 1 1
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL 1 0
The Illinois Institute of Art Chicago IL 1 0
Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington IL 2 2
Indiana University at Bloomington Bloomington IN 1 0
Iowa State University Ames IA 32 13
The University of Iowa Iowa City IA 5 1
Itasca Community College Grand Rapids MN 2 2
Ithaca College Ithaca NY 1 0
John Carroll University University Heights OH 1 0
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore MD 1 0
University of Kansas Lawrence KS 14 1
Kenyon College Gambier OH 1 0
Lake Forest College Lake Forest IL 1 0
Lawrence University Appleton WI 1 0
Lewis & Clark College Portland OR 3 0
Loras College Dubuque IA 5 1
Loyola University Chicago Chicago IL 25 3
Luther College Decorah IA 4 1
Macalester College St. Paul MN 2 1
Maine Maritime Academy Castine ME 1 1
Marquette University Milwaukee WI 27 8
Miami University, Oxford Oxford OH 12 2
University of Miami Miami FL 1 1
Michigan State University East Lansing MI 1 0
Michigan Technological University Houghton MI 3 1
University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI 1 0
Millikin University Decatur IL 2 0
Minneapolis College of Art and Design Minneapolis MN 1 1
Minneapolis Community and Technical College Minneapolis MN 3 2
Minnesota State University, Mankato Mankato MN 4 0
Minnesota State University, Moorhead Moorhead MN 5 0
University of Minnesota, Duluth Duluth MN 25 8
University of Minnesota, Morris Morris MN 2 1
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Minneapolis MN 37 12
University of Missouri Columbia Columbia MO 8 2
Montana State University, Bozeman Bozeman MT 3 1
The University of Montana, Missoula Missoula MT 1 0
New York University New York NY 1 1
Normandale Community College Bloomington MN 4 3
North Central University Minneapolis MN 1 1
North Dakota State University Fargo ND 5 1
University of North Dakota Grand Forks ND 12 5
North Hennepin Community College Minneapolis MN 1 1
Northeastern University Boston MA 5 1
University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls IA 1 0
Northern Michigan University Marquette MI 2 0
Northwest College of Art Poulsbo WA 1 0
Northwestern College St. Paul MN 1 0
Northwestern University Evanston IL 6 3
Norwich University Northfield VT 1 0
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame IN 3 2
Oklahoma State University Stillwater OK 1 0
Pacific Northwest College of Art Portland OR 1 0
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA 1 0
Portland State University Portland OR 2 0
University of Portland Portland OR 9 0
Providence College Providence RI 6 1
University of Puget Sound Tacoma WA 1 1
Purdue University West Lafayette IN 3 0
University of Redlands Redlands CA 1 0
Regis University Denver CO 3 2
University of Rhode Island Kingston RI 2 0
University of Richmond Richmond VA 1 0
University of Rochester Rochester NY 1 0
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute IN 4 2
Saint Anselm College Manchester NH 1 0
College of Saint Benedict Saint Joseph MN 18 7
Saint John's University Collegeville MN 18 10
Saint Leo University Saint Leo FL 1 0
Saint Louis University St. Louis MO 4 0
Saint Mary's College Notre Dame IN 1 0
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Winona MN 14 1
Saint Xavier University Chicago IL 1 0
Salve Regina University Newport RI 1 0
University of San Diego San Diego CA 6 1
University of San Francisco San Francisco CA 2 0
Santa Clara University Santa Clara CA 8 1
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago IL 1 0
Seattle University Seattle WA 2 0
Skidmore College Saratoga Springs NY 1 0
University of Southern California Los Angeles CA 1 0
Southern Methodist University Dallas TX 1 0
St. Ambrose University Davenport IA 1 1
St. Catherine University - St. Paul St. Paul MN 3 0
St. Cloud State University St. Cloud MN 5 1
St. John's University - Queens Campus Queens NY 1 0
St. Norbert College De Pere WI 5 1
St. Olaf College Northfield MN 8 4
College of St. Scholastica Duluth MN 1 0
University of St. Thomas St. Paul MN 57 11
Stanford University Stanford CA 1 1
Stonehill College Easton MA 4 1
Stony Brook University Stony Brook NY 2 0
The University of Tampa Tampa FL 1 0
Texas Christian University Fort Worth TX 1 0
The University of Texas, Austin Austin TX 1 0
Tufts University Medford MA 1 1
University of Utah Salt Lake City UT 3 0
Vanderbilt University Nashville TN 1 0
University of Vermont Burlington VT 2 0
Villanova University Villanova PA 5 1
University of Virginia Charlottesville VA 1 0
College of Visual Arts St. Paul MN 1 1
Washington and Lee University Lexington VA 1 0
Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis MO 2 1
Winona State University Winona MN 6 2
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire Eau Claire WI 4 0
University of Wisconsin, La Crosse La Crosse WI 1 0
University of Wisconsin, Madison Madison WI 25 13
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Milwaukee WI 3 2
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh Oshkosh WI 2 0
University of Wisconsin, River Falls River Falls WI 5 1
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point Stevens Point WI 2 0
University of Wisconsin, Stout Menomonie WI 8 2
University of Wisconsin, Superior Superior WI 1 0
Xavier University Cincinnati OH 2 0
TOTALS 727 192

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