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Milo
Paman
'20
12 JESUIT PERSPECTIVES • SPRING 2020
Nick King '20
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College Bound
This fall, Jesuit High School's Class
of 2020 will fan out across the
southeast and beyond, attending
a fantastic array of highly selective
universities.
However, many among the soon-to-be
graduates will embark on their college
experience in the same place as legions
of Tigers before them – in Gainesville
and Tallahassee.
The 200 Tigers in the Class of 2020 had
an exceptional year of acceptances to
the two traditionally most popular Jesuit
collegiate destinations, the University of
Florida and Florida State University.
At Florida, 65 Jesuit students were
accepted, the highest in this four-year
window, including nine into the Honors
College. The overall acceptance rate for
Jesuit students of 59% this year is twice
UF's overall average of 29.5%.
Among those planning to enroll and
join generations of Gator-Tigers are the
Honors College-bound quintet of Milo
Paman, Collin Talbot (who chose UF over
Notre Dame), Gabe Herrera (UF over
North Carolina), Derek Pope, and Spencer
Farfante. Farfante, a U.S. Presidential
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Virginia.
The numbers at Florida State are
phenomenal as well. An all-time Jesuit
record 95 seniors (75.4% of applicants)
were accepted this year to FSU, with
38 meeting the criteria to apply to the
Honors College. Among those who will
become Seminole-Tigers are a host of
State Champion soccer players, including
Honors College-bound, award-winning
artist Bryce Denick, Robin Tionko,
Carson Bien (Florida Class 5A Soccer
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Oliver Petrillo.
Top Catholic schools across the country
continue to accept Jesuit students at a
very high rate. The University of Notre
Dame accepted seven from Jesuit's Class
of 2020, continuing a trend of success.
Noah Tran and Danny Hughes will enroll
at Notre Dame, and others accepted to
ND who may also matriculate in South
Bend include Raleigh Bulleit and four
National Merit Finalists: Chris Browy
(also considering UF Honors, Michigan,
and Virginia), Alexander Skantze, Mark
Rumsey, and Talbot.
Bulleit has several highly selective
options along with Notre Dame, as
Vanderbilt and the UF Honors College
are among his acceptances. Browy is
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University of Michigan, along with pep
band drum major Jake Greenwell (also
considering Marquette and Purdue's
renowned Engineering program), Nick
Teller (also Vanderbilt, Marquette, and
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Georgia Tech, Purdue).
Georgetown University, the highly
selective Jesuit school in Washington,
D.C. is the destination of Blue Tide
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several schools under consideration for
Brennen Gil. Rueda also was accepted to
Boston College, another highly selective
Jesuit school, along with classmates
Ethan Marquis, Morgan Halme (also accepted
to UCLA and Georgia), and State
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Kirchner (also Villanova, Xavier,
and Saint Louis). Gil, the president of The
Company, Jesuit's Business Club, has
been accepted to two highly selective
Windy City schools, the University of
Chicago and Northwestern, as well as
Georgetown.
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represented at the nation's military
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and president of the African-American
Club, accepted an appointment to Army
West Point, where a trio of Jesuit football
The Class of 202O is headed to dozens of
highly selective universities nationwide, from
the USC School of Cinematic Arts to Notre
Dame to Army West Point, but the University
of Florida and Florida State remain the most
popular choices