LFA College Profile 2015

SCHOOL PROFILE 1500 W. Kennedy Rd. | Lake Forest, IL 60045 847.234.3210 | FAX 847.615.3202 | lfanet.org

Midwestern Heart. Global Mind.

School Code 142525

MISSION STATEMENT

Lake Forest Academy strives to embody in its practices and to cultivate in its students excellence of character, scholarship, citizenship, and responsibility.

COLLEGE COUNSELING STAFF

John Strudwick | Head of School jstrudwick@lfanet.org | 847.615.3236 Andrew Poska | Dean of College Counseling aposka@lfanet.org | 847.615.3279 Abby Croft | Asst. Dean of College Counseling acroft@lfanet.org | 847.615.4798 Ben Wetherbee | Asst. 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 | 847.625.3241

THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY

Lake Forest Academy is an independent, co-educational, 9-12 college-preparatory school for boarding and day students located on 150 acres in the Chicago suburb of Lake Forest.

The Academy prepares its students to become responsible citizens in a pluralistic, global society characterized by increased technological complexity.

At the same time, the school remains rooted in traditional values–integrity, honesty, hard work, and respect for the ideas and property of others.

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

Enrollment 435 States Represented 18 Countries Represented 36 Domestic Students of Color 26% International Students 28% Financial Aid $4,500,000 Students to four-year colleges 100%

CLASS OF 2016 JUNIOR GRADE DISTRIBUTION SUBJECT English 11 AP English Language & Composition Algebra II Calculus Precalculus AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC AP Computer Science AP Statistics French III Advanced French IV Advanced French Conversation French Pronunciation and Phonetics Le Monde Francophone AP French Language Latin III Advanced Latin IV Advanced/AP Vergil Mandarin III Mandarin III Advanced Mandarin IV Mandarin IV Advanced AP Mandarin Spanish III Spanish III Advanced Spanish IV Spanish IV Advanced Biology Advanced Biology AP Biology Chemistry Advanced Chemistry AP Chemistry AP Environmental Science Advanced Physics AP Physics C E&M AP Physics C Mechanics United States History AP United States History World History II AP World History AP Art History AP Music Theory

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STATISTICAL PROFILE

SAT Critical Reading 574 SAT Subject Test (# of test takers) Class of 2016 Students 113 SAT Math 687 Math II 723 (34) Percentage College Bound 100% SAT Writing 619 Chemistry 705 (13) Mean GPA 3.469 ACT Composite 27.2 Physics 712 (6)

Test averages do not take into account the testing seniors will take this fall National Merit Honors: Five students in the class of 2016 will receive recognition in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program in the fall of their senior year.

Lake Forest Academy is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and recognized by the State of llinois.

CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

Lake Forest Academy’s rigorous academic program is designed to meet the various intellectual needs, skills, and maturity of its students. LFA offers advanced level work in the natural sciences, foreign languages, and mathematics, as well as 21 AP courses.

Admission to advanced level and AP courses is decided by the appropriate department based on a student’s ability and success in previous coursework. LFA supports interested, qualified, and mature students by providing independent study beyond LFA course offerings.

EXPLANATION OF TRANSCRIPT

Psychology is considered a science elective. The French and Spanish Language Culture courses culminate in a service learning trip to a country where students are immersed in the native language. 1/4 credit is awarded to students for completion of a semester-long Independent Study.

COLLEGE BOUND

Most popular destinations in the last four years:

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

New York University | Cornell University | USC

Boston University | Emory University | UCLA

Stanford University | Northwestern University

GRADING SYSTEM LFA uses standard letter grades from A ‑ F on an unweighted 4.0 scale. Plusses and minuses may be attached for grades A ‑ D. Grades are not weighted in the calculation of the GPA. Due to the small class size of each graduating class, Lake Forest Academy does not rank its students.

21 ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES

English Language & Composition Biology

English Literature & Composition Chemistry Calculus AB Environmental Science Calculus BC Physics C Statistics Psychology Computer Science Economics

Chinese Language & Culture U.S. History

French Language & Culture World History

Spanish Language & Culture Art History

Spanish Literature & Culture Music Theory

Latin Vergil

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COLLEGE MATRICULATION 2012 - 2015 American University Auburn University Babson College Ball State University Bard College Bates College Baylor University Berklee College of Music Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Bradley University Brandeis University Brigham Young University Brown University Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Carthage College Case Western Reserve University Champlain College Chapman University Claremont McKenna College Coe College Colby College Colgate University College of the Holy Cross College of St. Scholastica College of William and Mary College of Wooster Colorado College Colorado School of Mines Connecticut College Cooper Union Cornell University Creighton University Dartmouth College Davidson College

Denison University DePaul University DePauw University Dickinson College Drew University Duke University Durham University, England Elmhurst College Elmira College Elon University Emory University Florida Gulf Coast University Florida Southern College Franklin and Marshall College Furman University George Washington University Gettysburg College Hamilton College (NY) Hamline University Hampshire College Harvard University Harvey Mudd College Haverford College Hobart and William Smith Colleges Illinois Institute of Technology Illinois Wesleyan University Indiana University Bloomington Iowa State University Ithaca College Johns Hopkins University Johnson and Wales University (Providence) Kenyon College Knox College Lake Forest College Lehigh University

39 Students travelled abroad on LFA-sponsored trips 24 Athletes went on to compete in a NCAA D1 or D3 sport 15 Students completed independent study projects * Bold indicates multiple students currently attending

Louisiana State University Loyola University, Chicago Loyola University, New Orleans Macalester College Marquette University McDaniel College Miami University, Oxford Michigan State University Middlebury College Milwaukee School of Engineering Monmouth University Morehouse College Mount Holyoke College New York University North Central University Northeastern University Northwestern University Oberlin College Occidental College Ohio University Pitzer College Pratt Institute Purdue University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rochester Institute of Technology Rollins College Roosevelt University Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Saint Louis University Santa Clara University Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art and Design School of the Art Institute, Chicago School of Visual Arts

Scripps College Skidmore College Smith College Southern Methodist University St. Lawrence University St. Norbert College St. Olaf College Stanford University Suffolk University Swarthmore College Syracuse University Texas Christian University The Catholic University of America The University of Tampa Trinity College (CT) Tufts University Tulane University United States Air Force Academy United States Coast Guard Academy University of Alabama University of Arizona University of California, Los Angeles University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Cruz University of Chicago University of Colorado, Boulder University of Denver University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Iowa University of Miami University of Michigan University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Missouri, Columbia

University of Montana University of Nevada, Las Vegas University of New Hampshire University of Notre Dame University of Ottawa University of Pennsylvania University of Puget Sound University of Redlands University of Richmond University of Saint Andrews University of San Diego University of Southern California University of Toronto University of Vermont University of Washington University of Wisconsin, Madison Valparaiso University Vanderbilt University Vassar College Wake Forest University Washington and Lee University Washington University in St. Louis Western Michigan University Western New England College Western University (Ontario) Whitman College Williams College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yale University