Arcadia High: Class of '19 Heading To Ivy Leagues, Stanford, More

ARCADIA, CA -- Arcadia High School’s Class of 2019, which had it's graduation ceremonies at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, June 6, has 19 graduates who have been accepted into six different Ivy League universities.

The Ivy League schools they were accepted into are Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Penn, Brown and Dartmouth. Three students were also accepted to Stanford, two got into MIT, and three more received admission to Caltech.

At the head of the class is Kevin Tan, the Arcadia High School Class of 2019 Valedictorian. Tan will study Biochemistry at Harvard on a fully-funded scholarship from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

“One of the great things about Arcadia is that it’s such a big school,” Tan said just before taking the stage at the graduation ceremony. “There are so many awesome individuals that surround you every single day, each one of them driven to pursue their own passions. With something as amazing as Arcadia, you’re really given the resources to definitely excel.”

Arcadia High School Class of 2019 By The Numbers:

• Graduates: 787
• Graduation Rate: 99.5% (national average: 82%)
• GPA: 3.36 (meets the minimum requirement for all UC schools)
• Average SAT: 1321 (national average: 1068)
• Average ACT: 28 (national average 21)
• Students Playing College Athletics: 45
• Different Colleges Applied to: 338
• Total College Applications Submitted: 5039
• College Most Applied to: UC Irvine (339)
• Private College Most Applied to: USC (181)
• Scholarships and Grants: $14 million (student reported)

Students Accepted into:

• Harvard: 2
• Yale: 3
• Cornell: 11
• U of Penn: 1
• Brown: 1
• Dartmouth: 1
• Stanford: 3
• MIT: 2
• Cal Tech: 3