LFA College Profile 18-19

SCHOOL PROFILE 1500 W. Kennedy Rd. | Lake Forest, IL 60045 847.615.3210 | FAX 847.615.3202 | lfanet.org

Midwestern Heart. Global Mind.

School Code 142525

Lake Forest Academy is an independent, co-ed, 9th to 12th grade college-preparatory school for boarding and day students located in the Chicago suburb of Lake Forest.

COLLEGE COUNSELING STAFF

CLASS OF 2019 JUNIOR GRADE DISTRIBUTION

John Strudwick | Head of School jstrudwick@lfanet.org | 847.615.3236 Andrew Poska | Dean of College Counseling aposka@lfanet.org | 847.615.3279 Teneice Stegall | Assoc. Dean of College Counseling tstegall@lfanet.org | 847.615.4798 Ben Wetherbee | Assoc. Dean of College Counseling bwetherbee@lfanet.org | 847.615.4884 Carolyn Gorowski | Dean of Admission, College Counselor cgorowski@lfanet.org | 847.615.3288 Shannon Bradac | College Counseling Office Manager sbradac@lfanet.org | 847.615.3241

SUBJECT

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Enrollment 435 States Represented 16 Countries Represented 33 Domestic Students of Color 31% International Students 26% Financial Aid $5.2 million Students to four-year colleges 100%

English English 11: Global Literacies AP English Language & Composition Math Algebra II Algebra II with Statistics Conceptual Precalculus Precalculus Calculus AP Calculus AB AP Statistics AP Calculus BC Science Biology Advanced Biology Advanced Physics AP Biology AP Chemistry AP Computer Science A AP Physics AP Environmental Science Social Science U.S. History World History II AP U.S. History Foreign Language French II Advanced French III French IV Advanced French Culture (Le Monde Francophone) AP French Language Mandarin II Mandarin II Advanced Mandarin III Advanced AP Chinese Language Spanish III Spanish III Advanced Spanish IV Advanced AP Spanish Language

STATISTICAL PROFILE

22 ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES

ACCREDITATION LFA complies with the NACAC Statement of Principles of Good Practice, including disciplinary reporting.

LFA is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and recognized by the State of lllinois.

DEMOGRAPHICS

Class of 2019 Students 113

ACT Composite 28.4 SAT Critical Reading 642 SAT Math 683 *Test averages do not take into account the testing seniors will take this fall.

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English Language & Composition Biology English Literature & Composition Chemistry Calculus AB Environmental Science Calculus BC Physics C Statistics Psychology Computer Science A Economics Computer Science Principles U.S. History Chinese Language & Culture World History French Language & Culture Art History Spanish Language & Culture Music Theory Spanish Literature & Culture United States Government and Comparative Politics

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COLLEGE MATRICULATION 2015 - 2018

* Multiple students are currently attending institutions that are bolded.

Most Popular Destinations: Babson College | Boston University | Elon University | Johns Hopkins University | New York University | Northwestern University Purdue University | Santa Clara University | Stanford University | Tufts University | Tulane University | University of Illinois University of Michigan | University of Richmond | University of Southern California American University Amherst College Arizona State University Artevelde University College, Ghent Augustana College Babson College Ball State University Barnard College Bates College Beloit University Bentley University Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Bradley University Brandeis University Brigham Young University Brown University Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University Butler University Carleton College Case Western Reserve University Chapman University Chicago State University Claremont McKenna College Colby College Colgate University Colorado College Columbia University Concordia University, Montreal Connecticut College Cornell University Davidson College Dartmouth College DePauw University Dickinson College Duke University Drake University Drexel University Elmira College Elon University Emory University

Erkine College Fairfield University Franklin University, Switzerland Fudan University Furman University Georgetown University George Washington University Grinnell College Hamilton College (N.Y.) Haverford College High Point University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Hong Kong Baptist University Howard University Illinois Institute of Technology Illinois Wesleyan University Indiana University Bloomington The Julliard School Johns Hopkins University Keio University, Japan Kenyon College Knox College Lake Forest College Lawrence University Lehigh University Louisiana State University Loyola University, Chicago Loyola University, New Orleans Macalester College Marquette University McGill University Memorial University Miami University, Oxford Michigan Technological University

Middlebury College Missouri University of Science and Technology Monmouth University Montana State University Muhlenberg College New York University Northeastern University Northwestern University Nova Southeastern University Oberlin College Occidental College Ohio University Olivet Nazarene University Palm Beach Atlantic University Pennsylvania State University Pepperdine University Point Park University Pratt Institute Princeton University Purdue University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhode Island School of Design Rhodes College Rochester Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Santa Clara University Savannah College of Art and Design Sewanee: The University of the South School of the Art Institute, Chicago School of Visual Arts Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Southern Methodist University St. Mary’s College (MD)

LFA’S GRADING SYSTEM + CURRICULUM n

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Due to the small class size of each graduating class, Lake Forest Academy does not rank its students.

LFA uses letter grades from A - F on an unweighted 4.0 scale.

Grades A - D may have pluses and minuses.

Admission to advanced level and AP courses is decided by the appropriate department based on a student’s ability and success in previous coursework.

After exhausting current course offerings, upperclassmen may elect to pursue independent studies ranging from Constitutional Law and Econometrics to language courses.

One semester of Independent Study equals a 1/4 credit.

Psychology is considered a science course.

Students in the French and Spanish Language Culture courses culminate in service trips to become immersed in the native language.

Stevens Institute of Technology St. Lawrence University St. Olaf College Stanford University Swarthmore College Syracuse University Texas Christian University The Catholic University of America The Chinese University of Hong Kong The University of Tampa The University of Utah Trinity College (CT) Trinity University (TX) Truman State University Tufts University Tulane University United States Coast Guard Academy University of Buffalo, SUNY University College, Dublin University College London University of British Columbia University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Los Angeles University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Cruz University of Chicago University of Colorado, Boulder University of Colorado, Colorado Springs University of Dayton University of Denver University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Maryland, College Park University of Miami University of Michigan University of Missouri, Columbia University of New Mexico University of Notre Dame University of Pennsylvania University of Puget Sound University of Richmond University of Rochester University of San Diego University of Southern California University of St. Andrews, Scotland University of Vermont University of Washington University of Wisconsin, Madison Vanderbilt University Vassar College Virginia Commonwealth University Wagner College Wake Forest University Washington and Lee University Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College Western Michigan University Williams College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yale University

CAMPUS NEWS n The international search for a new Head of School will

conclude this fall as we transition and celebrate 19 years of

transformative leadership under Dr. John Strudwick. n

As a commitment to our institutional belief in expanding our students’ worldviews, 53 students traveled to 4 countries last year through the Stuart Center for Global Leadership and other LFA-sponsored trips.

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LFA’s inaugural Global Concentration cohort will graduate this spring after completion of their Capstone projects such as “Mental Health Concerns and Treatment of Syrian Refugees,” “Slave Trade in the Thai Fishing Industry,” and “Diabetes in Belize” to name a few.