By Carol P. Bartold     

Editor's note: In past years, MyhometownBronxville has published the names of Bronxville High School graduates and the colleges they were to attend. This year, however, the school did not obtain permission from the graduates to release the names of the colleges they will be attending. Consequently, only the colleges, but not the students attending them, are reported.

Jul. 1, 2015:  Graduates of the Bronxville High School Class of 2015 have reported that they will be headed to leading colleges and universities, small and large, in all parts of the United States, from east to west and north to south. A few will venture as far as Scotland and Canada to further their education.

The list of colleges includes the very best of all types of schools from large universities to small liberal arts colleges in every area of the country, from UCLA and the University of Wisconsin--Madison in the West, to Northwestern and Denison in the Midwest, to Georgetown and George Washington in D.C., to Johns Hopkins and Washington and Lee in the South, to NYU and Bowdoin in the East. Among the Ivy Leagues, Bronxville students will be attending Cornell University (1), Dartmouth College (3), Princeton University (2), University of Pennsylvania (1), and Yale University (1).

"We are quite proud of our seniors, who have followed a process of post-high school planning that begins in junior year," said Anne Abbatecola, director of counseling. Along with Abbatecola, high school counselors Jim Agnello, Ellen Cohen, and Barbara Dhyne helped guide students through the application process.

"I feel our students are looking for colleges and universities that provide for their academic interests, as well as for a good fit socially and geographically." She added that the graduates expanded their searches beyond "name brand" schools to find the options best suited for their interests and goals.

In alphabetical order, Bronxville High School members of the Class of 2015 will attend:

Baruch College – The City University of New York (2)

Bates College (3)

Boston College (3)

Boston University (2)

Bowdoin College

Bucknell University

University of California, Los Angeles

Canisius College

Carnegie Mellon University

College of Charleston

Coastal Carolina University

Colgate University

Cornell University

Dartmouth College (3)

Denison University

Dickinson College (3)

Dominican College

Elon University (3)

Fairfield University

Florida State University

Fordham College at Lincoln Center – Fordham University

Fordham College at Rose Hill – Fordham University

Franklin & Marshall College

George Washington University

Georgetown University (4)

University of Georgia

Gettysburg College

College of the Holy Cross (2)

Indiana University Bloomington (2)

Iona College

Ithaca College (2)

The Johns Hopkins University (2)

Lehigh University (2)

Marist College

McGill University

Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)

University of Miami (2)

University of Missouri Columbia

New York University (3)

University of North Carolina at Asheville

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Northeastern University (3)

Northwestern University

University of Notre Dame

University of Pennsylvania

Princeton University (2)

Providence College

Quinnipiac University

Roanoke College

Rochester Institute of Technology

Seton Hall University

Skidmore College (2)

University of South Carolina

Southern Methodist University (3)

University of St. Andrews (3)

University at Albany – State University of New York

State University of New York at New Paltz

State University of New York at Cortland

State University of New York at Oneonta (2)

State University of New York Maritime College

Trinity College

Vanderbilt University (3)

Villanova University (4)

Virginia Tech

University of Virginia (3)

Washington and Lee University (3)

Washington University in St. Louis

College of William and Mary

University of Wisconsin – Madison

Yale University

Abbatecola commended members of the Class of 2015 for their diligence in preparing their applications, their attention to deadlines, and their thoughtfulness and follow-up in making their decisions.

"As always," Abbatecola said, "we wish the graduates much fulfillment and success."