College Inc. – Where students apply: a case study

Where do the high school seniors of suburban Washington apply to college? Jim Lipton, a parent affiliated with Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Md., tracks where Walter Johnson students apply. Lipton’s spreadsheet lists “all colleges and universities (U.S. and outside) to which at least two Walter Johnson High Schools students applied between 2006-2009.” There are 430 schools on the list; UW-Madison is 26th.