Non-flagship state schools (I’m in Ohio). Some common options include Kent State University, Bowling Green State University, Wright State University, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Toledo.
In the past, a TON of kids from my school go to UW-Seattle, Washington State, Western Washington U and Seattle U,
Although, A ton go to UW-Bothell. It’s sort of a joke around school that UW-Bothell is like high school part 2 because of how many people from my high school attend UW-Bothell. 
Most students from my school typically go to USC, NYU, and the UC schools in general. We also have a lot of students going to Michigan.
Most of the kids stay in state and go to UGA, Georgia Tech, or Georgia State University. University of West GA is big for the area since it’s only 30 mins away from where we and the kids can commute from home. The hope program is a big incentive for kids to stay instate.
My school feeds almost exclusively into either the state community college system (Ivy Tech) or the state flagship (Indiana University, Bloomington). There are few exceptions, but a single student got admitted to RSI a year or two ago.
Woo-hoo…?
Better students in the local district who attend publics choose SUNY for safeties but much prefer AA-Michigan, nearly any school in Virginia, Madison, UNC-Chapel Hill, Maryland (College Park), Penn State, Austin, Indiana and the few good enough, UCs. Also send a good number to Cornell.
UW Madison huge favorite (overwhelming) for students who can get in. 2nd choice is local 2-year school, then transfer to a UW branch. Surprisingly few go to Minnesota (even with reciprocity). Less than 10% go OOS.
Our high school (public, very competitive, in a very affluent neighborhood) released some interesting stats about last year’s graduating class and college applications and acceptances.
593 students in the class of 2015
59 students in the Top 10%
Cut-off was approximately 105.7 GPA Highest GPA was 113.943
19 National Merit Semifinalists
323 seniors took 1,042 AP exams
2,707 initial transcripts were sent to colleges
TOP 20 COLLEGES BY NUMBERS OF ADMITTED STUDENTS
- University of Texas
- Texas A&M University
- Baylor University
- Texas Tech University
- Texas Christian University
- Austin Community College
- University of Arkansas
- Texas State University
- Southern Methodist University
- University of Colorado, Boulder
- University of Alabama
- University of Oklahoma
- University of Texas, San Antonio
- University of Mississippi
- Auburn University
- University of Texas, Dallas
- Purdue University
- St. Edwards University
- Clemson University
- Louisiana State University
TOP 20 COLLEGES ATTENDED BY THE CLASS OF 2015
- Austin Community College
- University of Texas
- Texas A&M University
- University of Arkansas
- University of Texas, San Antonio
- Baylor University
- University of Alabama
- Texas Christian University
- Blinn College
- University of Colorado, Boulder
- Trinity University
- Purdue University
- Texas State University
- Texas Tech University
- University of Texas, Arlington
- University of North Texas
- University of Arizona
- University of Georgia
- Southern Methodist University
- Vanderbilt University
Other Selective Schools
College # Applied # Admitted # Attending
Brown University 16 4 2
Columbia University 21 1 1
Cornell University 19 9 5
Dartmouth College 9 0 0
Duke University 17 4 1
Harvard University 19 4 2
MIT 10 1 1
University of Pennsylvania 8 0 0
Princeton University 16 0 0
Rice University 48 11 3
Stanford University 27 5 5
Tufts University 6 1 1
Yale University 12 2 0
This year I think UT- Dallas will make the top 20 attending. I was a bit surprised we had more kids going to Stanford than Rice last year, in the past we’ve had a few more MIT kids too.
I think 99% ish of our graduates to go a 4-year? Don’t know the exact figure… Right under 50% of our kids end up going somewhere in the CSU/UC system, with the most common ones being: Berkeley, Davis, SD, Irvine, and San Jose State. SCU accepts a fair number of kids as well, and USC has a decent number accepted (roughly a third of those who apply) and a decent number end up attending one or another. We have a handful going to MIT (I think three or four last year…) and some for Stanford (I think 4 last year). CMU and NYU (usually business schools) are unnaturally friendly towards my school, CMU literally swept our senior class last year, I swear. Rice had 5 people go last year ( I think 10ish were accepted), and Duke and UNC hate us (UVA hasn’t accepted from our school in 5 years…) with roughly 1-5 accepted kids last year. The girl who got into Duke (the only one to do so) ended up going. As for the Ivies… well who can say? Usually it’s 1 kid per year for Harvard and Columbia, 2 max for Yale and Princeton, 8ish for UPenn, and 12ish for Cornell (usually half end up going). People who end up at Brown and Dartmouth are word of legend: Dartmouth hasn’t accepted anyone for 3 years or so, and Brown is getting up (I think 2 people last year), but still exceedingly rare.
TL;DR?
Right under 50%- UC/CSU system usually Berk, Davis, SD, Irvine, SJSU.
CMU and NYU unnaturally generous.
SCU and USC are next most common Cali schools
Southern schools (UVA esp, UNC and Duke kinda) hate us, 1 person max gets in (and usually goes to) Duke every year.
3-4 for Stanford/MIT
1ish for Harvard/Columbia
2 max for Yale/Princeton
8ish UPenn
12ish Cornell (with half that end up going)
Dartmouth- admissions drought, no one accepted in 3+ years
Brown- word of legend, but getting there.
I don’t know the percentages but a lot of people end up at UCLA and UC berkeley