College Acceptances

SOTA students and graduates have an outstanding record of achievement.  SOTA's standardized test scores consistently rank within the top high schools in the District, and graduates have been welcomed by the top public and private colleges, universities, and conservatories throughout the country and the world.

On May 26, 2011, 153 SOTA seniors participated in commencement ceremonies at the Herbst Theater at the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center.  Listed below are the college and university acceptances for our 2011 graduates; the number in parentheses indicates the number of SOTA students accepted, if more than one.  

Aberdeen, University of

Allegheny College

American Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts (2)

American University

Arizona State University 

Art Center of Design

Bard College (2)

Barnard College

Beloit College

Bennington College (2)

Berklee School of Music 

Boston Conservatory of Music (2)

Brigham Young University (2)

Bryn Mawr

California College of Arts  (9)

California Institute of the Arts

Carleton College

Carnegie Mellon University

Chapman University  (2)

Chicago Art Institute  (2)

Columbia College

Cornish College of the Arts  (2)

DePaul University

Dominican University  (3)

Edinburgh, University of 

Emerson College

Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (3)

Evergreen College 

Fashion Institute of Technology

Fordham University (2)

Fredonia College

Gettysburg College

Glasgow, University of

Hampshire College  (2)

Hartford, University of

Harvard University

Hofstra University

Idaho, University of

Ithaca College

John Hopkins University

Julliard School  (2)

Lewis and Clark College  (10)

Liverpool Institute of the Performing Arts

Loyola Marymount University (5)

Marist College

Marlboro College

Maryland Institute College of Art  (6)

Massachusetts, University of  (3)

Miami, University of  (3)

Michigan, University of 

Mills College

Minnesota, University of

Missouri, University of

Montana, University of (2)

New England Conservatory of Music  (3)

New School of Jazz

New York State University at Stony Brook

New York University  (7)

North Carolina School of the Arts

Northwestern University (2)

Oberlin College  (6)

Oregon, University of  (6)

Oregon State University

Otis School of Design (3)

Pace University 

Pacific, University of  (8)

Parsons School of Design, Paris

Peabody Conservatory of Music 

Pennsylvania Academy of Art College  (3)

Pepperdine University

Pitzer College

Pomona College

Portland State University

Portland, University of

Pratt Institute  (4)

Puget Sound, University of  (2)

Redlands, University of

Rhode Island School of Design  (2)

San Diego, University of

San Francisco Art Institute  (2)

San Francisco Conservatory of Music  (5)

San Francisco, University of  (2)

Santa Clara University (2)

Santa Fe College

Sarah Lawrence College (2)

Seattle University

Skidmore College

Shimer College

Smith College (2)

Southern California, University of

Southern Oregon University (2)

Southwestern College

Syracuse University (2)

Texas Tech University

Tufts University (2)

University of the Arts

Ursinus College

Vermont, University of

Washington State University (3)

Washington, University of  (2)

Webster University (2)

Wesleyan University

West Point Naval Academy

Western Washington University

Willamette University  (8)

William Woods University

University of California, Berkeley  (5)

University of California, Davis  (17)

University of California, Irvine  (14)

University of California, Los Angeles  (10)

University of California, Merced  (5)

University of California, Riverside  (8)

University of California, San Diego  (7)

University of California, Santa Barbara  (13)

University of California, Santa Cruz  (36)

California State University, East Bay

California State University, Monterey Bay

California State University, San Luis Obispo  (3)

California State University, Pomona (2)

Chico State University  (3)  

Humboldt State University  (5)

Los Angeles State University  

Long Beach State University  (6)

Sacramento State University (4)

San Diego State University  (6)

San Francisco State University  (43)

San Jose State University  (15)

Sonoma State University  (6)

Stanislaus State University

Community Colleges (10)