Congratulations Class of 2017!

You made it! All your hard work, determination and persistence have finally paid off!  Congratulations!  As a class you have set some records.  

  • The number of scholarships and grants received as a class $8,105,292.
  • The number of institutions students were accepted is 68.
  • The number of institutions to which had never seen or never accepted an applicant from PGIA is 29. 
  • The amount of graduates who represent the first-generation in your family to attend a post-secondary institution is 50%.

Congratulations PGIA Class of 2017

Valedictorian: Alison Bartsch, GPA 4.56

Salutatorian: Claudia Walker, GPA 4.49

Kendall Benjamin

Christina Brett

Aneesh Chandiramani

Megan Godfrey

Eyad Hamed

Ni’Quay-Imanie Leonard

Kayla Rivers

Leah Trotman

Caelin Vannelli

Andrew Webb

Schools that graduates will be attending:

Agnes Scott College (GA), American University (DC), Clark University (MA), Duquesne University (PA), Marymount Manhattan College (NY), Seton Hall University (NJ), Stanford University (CA), Suffolk University (MA), University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Md., University of Tampa (FL), Valencia College (FL).

The list of schools students were accepted:

Adelphi University

Agnes Scott College

American University

Barry University

Brandeis University

Clark University

College of William and Mary

Drew University

Drexel University

Duke University

Duquesne University

Elon University

Emerson College

George Mason University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Goucher College

Harvey Mudd College

Haverford College

Hofstra University

Howard University

Iona College

Johns Hopkins University

Johnson & Wales University (North Miami)

Johnson & Wales University (Providence)

King University

Lafayette College

Lehigh University

Lynn University

Manhattanville College

Marymount Manhattan College

Mercy College

Molloy College

Olin College of Engineering

Oxford College of Emory University

Pace University, New York City

Princeton University

Providence College

Queens University of Charlotte

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Roanoke College

Rowan University

Savannah College of Art and Design

Seton Hall University

Smith College

Southern Methodist University

Spelman College

St. John's University - Queens Campus

St. Joseph's College - Brooklyn Campus

Stanford University

State University of New York at Albany

State University of New York at Albany

Stevens Institute of Technology

Suffolk University

Swarthmore College

The George Washington University

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of Tampa

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

University of Miami

University of Richmond

University of Rochester

University of St. Andrews (Scotland)

University of the Virgin Islands-St. Thomas

Valencia College

Vassar College

Wake Forest University

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Xavier University of Louisiana