Montclair Kimberley Academy

Which colleges our graduates attend is a vital element of school success, and we are justifiably proud of our graduates' record of college admission and matriculation.  However, MKA's program is not designed to be college-admissions prep, but true preparatory work for college.  Consequently, we look carefully at our graduates' record in college and listen carefully to what they tell us about their experiences, and modify our program accordingly.  MKA's mission is to provide the strongest curriculum possible for our students so that they are fully prepared for the demands of collegiate work.

Each year, MKA analyzes the grades received by our graduates during their freshman year in college; we also survey our graduates in their freshman and junior years.  Recently, MKA also surveyed our graduates from the most recent fifteen graduating classes.  Here is what we learned:

• most of our graduates feel that their preparation at MKA was superior to that of their college peers who attended other independent schools.
• our graduates feel better prepared for the academic demands of their college than their peers, and feel that MKA's senior-year standards were equivalent to or higher than their freshman year in college.
• our graduates rate their writing ability as their strongest and most important skill for success in their college, and consistently rank their ability far ahead of their peers.
• MKA teaches the following skills, necessary for success in college and beyond, very well:  writing, note-taking, working in and with a group, and time management.
• over 50% of MKA's graduates had at least a B+ average for their freshman year of college; 85% had at least a B average.
• 90% of MKA's graduates complete college in four years or less.
• over half of MKA's graduates are working towards a graduate degree or have already earned one.
• 10% of MKA's graduates have earned a doctorate or are working towards one.
• for the Class of '06, their GPA for their freshman year of college was virtually identical to their senior year GPA at MKA.

Three or more graduates are currently enrolled in the following colleges and universities. An * indicates a member of the Class of 2007 is enrolled.

Amherst College*	University of Pennsylvania*
Boston College	Princeton University
Boston University*	Quinnipiac University*
Colgate University*	University of Rhode Island*
Columbia University*	University of Richmond*
Connecticut College*	Rutgers University*
Cornell University	Saint Lawrence University
Drew University	Sarah Lawrence College*
Drexel University*	Susquehanna University*
Emerson College*	Syracuse University*
Georgetown University	Union College*
George Washington University*	Vassar College*
Harvard University*	University of Virginia*
Ithaca College*	Wake Forest University*
Johns Hopkins University	Washington University in St. Louis*
Lafayette College*	University of Wisconsin*
Lehigh University*	Wesleyan University*
Muhlenberg College*	Yale University*
New York University*
Pennsylvania State University*

Below are listed the colleges attended by the Class of 2007.  A number indicates that more than one student is in attendance.
 

Class of 2007	No.  >1 attending
Amherst College	2
Boston University	5
Brandeis University
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University	2
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
University of Chicago
Colby College
Colgate University	2
Columbia University	2
Connecticut College
Dartmouth College
University of Delaware
Dickinson College
East Stroudsburg University
University of Edinburgh
Emerson College	3
Fairfield University
The George Washington University	2
Gettysburg College
Hamilton College
Harvard University
High Point College
Howard University
Ithaca College
James Madison University
Juniata College
Kenyon College
Lafayette College	2
Lehigh University	2
University of Miami	2
Middlebury College
Muhlenberg College	2
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New York University	4
Oberlin College
Occidental College	2
Pennsylvania State University, Schuylkill
Pennsylvania State University, Univ. Park	2
University of Pennsylvania	5
Quinnipiac University	2
University of Rhode Island
University of Richmond	2
Roger Williams University
Royal Holloway, University of London
Rutgers University	4
Sarah Lawrence College	2
The University of Scranton
Seton Hall University	2
University of South Carolina
Suffolk University
Susquehanna University	2
Syracuse University
Trinity College
Tufts University
Union College
Vassar College	2
Villanova University
University of Virginia	3
Wake Forest University
Washington University in St. Louis	2
Yale University