The Groton Embrace Tour (GET) has begun, extending a warm welcome to newly admitted students across the country and the world. Representatives from Groton School are meeting our talented new admits in Beijing, Hong Kong, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai—as well as right in Groton.
Thanks to the GRAIN (GRoton Affordability and Inclusion) initiative, the school offered an all-time high number of students financial aid (72 of 145 admitted), including many in what Headmaster Temba Maqubela often calls the talented missing middle, a group neither high nor low income that historically has not been well represented at independent schools. Once again this year, Groton did not turn away any applicants for financial reasons.
The acceptance rate for the 2018–19 school year was Groton’s lowest ever, at 12 percent—a slightly more competitive process than last year’s, when 12.6 percent of applicants were admitted. For only ninety spots, 1,206 applied, and 145 students earned a “Yes” from Groton’s Admission Committee.
With GRAIN advancing the school toward even more diversity and inclusion, it is notable that 25.5 percent of admitted students this year are black or Hispanic/Latino. The group is geographically diverse as well: they come from eighteen countries (Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Egypt, England, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, and Vietnam).
Domestically, newly admitted students represent Washington, DC and twenty-four states (Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Idaho, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and Virginia).
The new admits’ talents are as diverse as their backgrounds, and Groton can’t wait to welcome each of them to the Circle! Many will return for our Revisit Days on March 28–29 and April 5–6 (RSVP 978-448-7510). Congratulations to our newly admitted students!
Students have taken over our ChooseGroton Instagram account for the next month. Follow @ChooseGroton.
Photo: The Groton Embrace Tour in San Francisco
