2021 PROFILE D E L B A RTO N S C H O O L 230 Mendham Road • Morristown, N.J. 07960 • 973-538-3231 COLLEGE BOARD NO. 310835
SCHOOL
NOTES ON SENIOR CURRICULUM
Boys independent day school three miles west of Morristown on Route 24. Conducted by the Benedictine monks of St. Mary’s Abbey. Accredited by Middle States, NJ Dept. of Education, member NAIS, recipient of CASE Exemplary School Award. 633 Students, 99 Faculty; 67% graduate degrees.
All seniors are required to take one full year course in Fine Arts. Advanced Placement and Advanced courses are weighted, as indicated above. Linear Algebra and Shakespeare are two of the most demanding courses offered to seniors and should be regarded as college-level courses.
CURRICULUM
520 graduated from 2017 through 2020 of whom 3 or more enrolled at:
5 year-long courses, trimester system. Required: 4 yrs. English; 4 yrs. math through PreCalculus; 3 yrs. history, 3 yrs. language (French, Spanish, Latin, Italian, and Arabic); 3 yrs. laboratory science; full year Fine Arts required for all seniors; one term Fine Arts and one term Computer Science required twice; 8 trimesters of Theology required. AP courses in all subjects. 95% have taken one or are taking at least one AP course; 50% have taken or are taking two or more. Typically, students are not permitted to take more than three AP courses per year without permission.
GRADING All grades are included in the GPA. Grade point averages are computed on assigned values of A+ = 4.33 or (97 - 100), A = 4.0 or (93 - 96), A- = 3.66 or (90 - 92), etc. Passing and college recommending is D = 0.66 or (65 - 69). Honors = 3.50 average. High Honors = 3.83 average. Highest Honors = 4.00 average. Advanced courses are weighted one-half additional value and Advanced Placement courses are weighted one whole additional value in determining GPA. Delbarton does not rank students. Class of 2021 SATs and ACTs through June, Junior Year (133 Students) SAT ERW Math ACT Composite
Middle 50% 600-710 640-730 Middle 50% 26-33
Grade Distribution for year-long courses, Classes of 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 A+.....6 B+.....18 C+......10 D……1 A.....12 B.......15 C........7 A-....16 B-......11 C-.......4
GRADUATES’ COLLEGES
Amherst Boston College Bowdoin Brown Bucknell Carnegie Mellon Colgate Columbia Cornell Dartmouth Dickinson Duke Fairfield Fordham Georgetown George Washington Hamilton Harvard Hobart Holy Cross Hopkins Lafayette Lehigh Loyola College
Michigan Middlebury New York University Northwestern Notre Dame Pennsylvania Princeton Providence Richmond Rutgers Southern California Trinity US Naval Academy Union University of Miami Vanderbilt Villanova Virginia Wake Forest Washington & Lee Washington University William & Mary Williams Yale
COLLEGE COUNSELORS Mr. Michael Rosenhaus (ext. 3012) MRosenhaus@delbarton.org Mr. Sean Flanagan (ext. 2340) SFlanagan@delbarton.org Mr. Nicholas Linfante (ext. 2335) NLinfante@delbarton.org Mr. Neil Murphy Nmurphy@delbarton.org