Aiglon School Profile

Aiglon College Avenue Centrale 61 1885 Chesières Switzerland

CEEB CODE 796-120

SCHOOL DIRECTOR

Nicola Sparrow

ADMISSIONS OFFICE Contact the Admissions Office for all enquiries: aiglon.ch/admissions

UNIVERSITY ADVISING Patience Fanella-Koch Director plf@aiglon.ch

Edith Miletto Associate Director eam12@aiglon.ch

Elizabeth Downing Associate Director ead20@aiglon.ch

Marine Oiry Coordinator SAT & Summer Programmes mg17@aiglon.ch

WHAT'S NEW AT AIGLON?

— We celebrate Aiglon's 75th Anniversary in 2024.

— New IB Offering: Higher Level Sports, Exercise and Health Science course beginning in 2023.

— Campus development: Opened a new boarding house, renovated science labs and maths classrooms and a new assembly and dining space is under construction.

— Developed new partnerships with Manchester City Football Club, first in Europe, and Lindsey Vonn as Aiglon's ski ambassador.

ACCREDITATIONS International Baccalaureate Council of International Schools New England Assoc. of Schools & Colleges Round Square (Founding Member)

Aiglon at a glance

In 1949 John Corlette founded Aiglon College on a distinctive ethos: the balanced development of mind, body and spirit. This philosophy underpins everything we do at Aiglon, both inside and outside the classroom. Aiglon’s open, alpine campus is its own village within a village located at 1’200m in a French-speaking ski resort

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

The aim of the school is the balanced development of MIND, BODY and SPIRIT through challenge, respect, responsibility, diversity and service

LIFE AT AIGLON

School Day

The Aiglon School Day runs from 08h00 to 16h00 on weekdays.

WEEKENDS

Activities

Following classes, students are involved with activities until 17h30. Students select activities from those offered by the school. Timetabling may limit some activity options.

House Commitments

Students have house commitments in the evenings such as meetings and meal times as well as structured study time.

Weekends are highly structured. Students are required to complete nine outdoor expeditions each year. Depending upon the expedition, students can be away from campus for a day or for both weekend days. Moreover, during winter months the school week is adjusted for skiing, a required component of the physical education programme.

LEADERSHIP

Leadership opportunities are granted primarily to Year 13 students. Students can be chosen to serve as school-wide prefects, leaders in their boarding houses, and/or as leaders of different student organisations. The most senior student leadership position is the role of Guardian, which is granted to two school prefects each year.

CLASS OF 2023 OVERVIEW

A total of 80 students from the Class of 2023 were entered for the IB Diploma. The cohort average was 35.2. The overall pass rate was 100%, and 21% of the students achieved a score of 40 or above. Additionally, 85% scored 30 or above.

CLASS OF 2024 GPA

The Class of 2024 has 71 students. These Grade Point Averages (GPAs) reflect the students' averages at the end of Year 12; they are unweighted. Six achieved a 7.0 GPA.

IB AVERAGES (2019 - 2023)

IGCSE RESULTS (2022 - 2023)

PRE-IB

In May 2023, 45 Year 11 students completed the Exploration IGCSE Programme. Most Aiglon students sat between 8-9 IGCSEs.

26 Year 11 students studied Aiglon's bespoke Exploration Pre-IB Programme. They completed assignments that model IB coursework and connected with our local community by studying French and participating in Community Learning Week, an opportunity to better understand Aiglon’s environment through service. They also reflected on and researched challenges faced in their own home communities.

Senior school programmes

Aiglon senior students follow a rigorous and highlypersonalised curriculum that requires them to explore their world and enables them to pursue their interests.

EXPLORATION YEARS (10 & 11): PRE-IB, IGCSE

Aiglon offers the IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education), a two-year course that can culminate in the ICE (International Certificate in Education) Diploma, for students in Years 10 and 11. Those students who join the school in Year 11 take the Pre-IB curriculum, a oneyear course. Both offer a balanced mix of practical experience and theoretical knowledge while developing a range of core skills including knowledge recall, teamwork and problem-solving. Aiglon's Pre-IB provides a curriculum to develop the skills, knowledge and experience for all students to be prepared to excel in the IB Diploma Programme.

INSPIRATION YEARS (12 & 13): INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE

All Aiglon students receive a high school diploma accredited by The New England Association of Schools & Colleges (NEASC). Those who pursue the International Baccalaureate Diploma are awarded that recognition as well. Some Aiglon students will choose greater flexibility in their studies and take IB courses but not enrol in the IB diploma programme.

KEY ACADEMIC POLICIES

- COURSE SELECTION

School policy requires that any Year 12 student enrolling in Higher Level Maths courses start on 4 HL courses; the expectation is that students will revert to 3 HL courses, as the IB is designed.

- PREDICTIONS

IB predictions for Year 13 students are available for universities in October and December. Predictions are determined by a student's teacher and are based on a student's performance on mock exams and internal assessments.

- GRADE POINT AVERAGES (GPA)

The unweighted grade point average for the current year is updated at the end of each term. Aiglon’s academic assessment periods happen in December and June for Years 10-12, and December and March for Year 13. Along with grades, each teacher internally assesses a student for Effort: Exceeding (E), Meeting (M), or Below (B).

- ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS

Distinction Roll: Average GPA of 6.5 or above with no B grades.

Honour Roll: Average GPA of 6.0 or above with no B grades.

Merit Roll: 3 or more E grades (recognising effort not attainment).

Offered subjects and results

Aiglon offered 54 IB courses in 2023 across six subject groups. Each subject is listed with the cohort average and distribution of individual scores across the course.

Higher education acceptances

United States of America

American University

Babson College

Bard College

Barnard College

Baylor University

Bennington College

Bentley University

Berklee College of Music

Boston College

Boston University

Brandeis University

Bryant University

Bryn Mawr College

Bucknell University

Chapman University

Claremont McKenna College

Colgate University

College of Charleston

Colorado College

Connecticut College

Cornell University

Dartmouth College

Denison University

Drexel University

Dickinson College

Duke University

Eckerd College

Elon University

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Emerson College

Emory University

Fordham University

Franklin & Marshall College

George Washington University

Georgetown University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Harvard University

Hunter College

Indiana University Bloomington

Kenyon College

Lehigh University

Lewis & Clark College

Loyola Marymount University

Lynn University

Marist College

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Middlebury College

Minerva University

New York University

Northeastern University

Northwestern University

Oberlin College

Pace University

The New School, Parsons

Pennsylvania State University

Pepperdine University

Pomona College

Pratt Institute

Providence College

Purdue University

Reed College

Rhode Island School of Design

Rhodes College

Roger Williams University

Rollins College

Salve Regina University

Santa Clara University

Sarah Lawrence College

Scripps College

Smith College

Southern Methodist University

St. Lawrence University

Stanford University

Suffolk University

Syracuse University

Texas Christian University

Trinity College (Connecticut)

Tufts University

Tulane University

Union College

University of Arizona

University of California, Berkeley, Davis,

Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San

Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Connecticut

University of Denver

University of Georgia

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Iowa

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

University of Miami

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

University of Notre Dame

University of Pennsylvania

University of Richmond

University of Rochester

University of San Diego

University of San Francisco

University of Southern California

University of Tampa

University of Texas, Austin

University of Vermont

University of Virginia

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Vassar College

Wake Forest University

Wheaton College

Wesleyan University

William & Mary

United Kingdom

Architectural Association School of Architecture

Arts University Plymouth

Bath Spa University

BIMM Institute

Birkbeck, University of London

Brunel, University of London

Cardiff University

City, University of London

Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design

Coventry University

Durham University

Hult International Business School

Imperial College London

Istituto Marangoni London

King’s College London

Kingston University

London School of Economics and Political

Science

Loughborough University

Met Film School

Middlesex University

Newcastle University

Northeastern University London

Queen Mary University of London

Queen’s University Belfast

Regent’s University London

Royal Holloway, University of London

SOAS University of London

University College London

University of the Arts London

University of Bath

University of Birmingham

University of Bristol

University of Cambridge

University of Edinburgh

University of Exeter

University of Glasgow

University of Greenwich

University of Kent

University of Leeds

University of Manchester

University of Nottingham

University of Roehampton

University of St. Andrews

University of Southampton

University of Surrey

University of Sussex

University of Warwick

University of West London

University of Westminster

University of Winchester

University of York

Worldwide

American University of Paris (FR)

Berklee College of Music (ES)

Bocconi University (IT)

University of British Columbia (CA)

Business School Lausanne (CH)

Delft University of Technology (NL)

Duke Kunshan University (CN)

EHL Hospitality Business School (CH)

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)

Eindhoven University of Technology (NL)

Erasmus University (NL)

Franklin University Switzerland (CH)

Glion Institute of Higher Education (CH)

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HK)

Hotelschool The Hague (NL)

IE University (ES)

Istituto Marangoni (IT)

Keio University (JP)

Leiden University (NL)

Lucerne Univ. of Applied Sci. and Arts (CH)

McGill University (CA)

McMaster University (CA)

MODUL University (AT)

New York University, Abu Dhabi (UAE)

New York University, Shanghai (CN)

Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano (IT)

Sophia University (JP)

Suffolk University, Madrid (ES)

Tilburg University (NL)

Trinity College Dublin (IE)

Universidad Europea de Madrid (ES)

University College Roosevelt (NL)

University College Utrecht (NL)

University of Alberta (CA)

University of Amsterdam (NL)

University of Debrecen (HU)

University of Geneva (CH)

University of Lausanne (CH)

University of Maastricht (NL)

University of Ottawa (CA)

University of St. Gallen (CH)

University of Toronto (CA)

University of Waterloo (CA)

University of Zurich (CH)

Utrecht University (NL)

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)

Warsaw Medical University (PL)

Waseda University (JP)

Webster University (CH)

Western University (CA)

Yale-NUS College (SG)

York University (CA)

Includes acceptances and offers from 2019- 2023. Class of 2023 destinations are listed in bold. Institutions are sorted by geographical region.