Where are you from

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<p>For my summer class, i have decided to find out where most of Americas higher education kids and especially those going to the top 25 schools come from. When I mean come from, I mean what county or city is your high school located in (Dont say high school though). I have notice that a couple cities and counties are consistently sending their kids to the top. So lets find out which City or county does the most. If you will attend a top 25 school or are a senior applying to one please state your county or city.</p>

<p>For me,</p>

<p>Montgomery County, Maryland</p>

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<p>they come from everywhere.</p>

<p>college station, TX
Brazos county</p>

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<p>Fairfax County, VA</p>

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<p>Wow another DC metro area kid</p>

<p>Montgomery County and Fairfax County really send a lot of kids to top schools. Id say that Potomac and Mclean are the primary producers.</p>

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<p>Do you live in Potomac? I live in mclean.</p>

<p>What makes you think McLean is a primary producer?</p>

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<p>i lived in potomac for 15 yrs. Yeh the standard of education there is very good compared to other public schools in the nation.</p>

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<p>Please, the stats are a no brainer to get. Ummmmm…, a summer class? Please don’t try submitting this as reasearch to a top 100 college! Mid atlantic=heavy ivy! Caki= heavy UC!!!Go from there. Please, a new hypothesis??? I can’t believe the stuff I read here!</p>

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<p>Ummm, he didn’t say he’s submitting it to colleges as research</p>

<p>It’s just a fun study for his summer class, jeez</p>

<p>Berkshire County, Mass.</p>

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<p>He its not scientific, infact its not even meant to be some kind of stereotype stuff. </p>

<p>I have a REALLY REALLY funny teacher who wants us to focus on one part of the CRAZY college admission process. So i decided to do local empahsize on schools. Im going to simply write a paper using CC and some other stuff as starting points. Dont look at it as “oh man its statistically flawed” or “oh man whats this”.</p>

<p>Its just very interesting to note that some counties and cities in America are very academically motivated. </p>

<p>So i want to find out amongst students who are academically motivated (a lot of CC) where they came from.</p>

<p>So far i have noticed that
Massachussets,
Jersey,
DC metro counties,
California especially “northern parts” such as palo alto,
and Parts of suburban Penn are really academic hot spots</p>

<p>But i want to find more, so everyone post where your from and lets find the hot spots.</p>

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<p>Orange County, California.</p>

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<p>Ft. Lauderdale, FL</p>

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<p>do you guys think that your area is very competitve in terms of academic talent and admits to top schools ?</p>

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<p>La Canada (obscure), CA</p>

<p>Close to Pasadena. SOCAL!!!</p>

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<p>SF, CA</p>

<p>NORCAL!!!</p>

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<p>Milnor, North Dakota…</p>

<p>Although I’m not quite sure if I’ll be attending a TOP 25 university; I’m only an incoming junior in high school and haven’t taken the ACT yet, but if I do as well or better on that then I did on my PLAN and my grades and ECs stay the same… I think I have a shot.</p>

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<p>Arkansas (another academic hot spot, I know.)</p>

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<p>Santa Clara County, California (norcal)</p>

<p>What schools are in the “top 25?”</p>

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<p>The Ivies and those under “CC Top Universities” are generally agreed to be among the top 25 (i think there are 27 there) schools. </p>

<p>Since the area of Phoenix is probably larger than Rhode Island…i’ll just say my city…Scottsdale, Arizona</p>

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<p>sinbad: La Canada <— i’ve heard of so maybe not that obscure to a fellow so. cal resident… now Rowland Heights where i live, try that for obscure… It’s near west covina. 1/2 hr from disneyland =P</p>

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<p>birmingham al, jefferson county</p>