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
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 Teneice Stegall | Assoc. Dean of College Counseling | tstegall@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. LFA complies with the NACAC Statement of Principles of Good Practice, including disciplinary reporting.
Enrollment 430 States Represented 14 Countries Represented 37 Domestic Students of Color 30% International Students 26% Financial Aid $4,800,000 Students to four-year colleges 100%
21 ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES
CLASS OF 2017 JUNIOR GRADE DISTRIBUTION SUBJECT English 11 AP English Language & Composition Algebra II Advanced Algebra II with Precalculus Precalculus Calculus AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC AP Statistics AP Computer Science French III French III Advanced French IV French IV Advanced AP French Language Le Monde Francophone Latin III Latin III Advanced Latin IV Advanced Contemporary Civilization and Culture of Latin American Mandarin III Mandarin III Advanced Mandarin IV Advanced Spanish III Spanish III Advanced Spanish IV Spanish IV Advanced AP Spanish Language Biology Advanced Biology AP Biology Advanced Chemistry AP Chemistry AP Environmental Science Advanced Physics AP Physics C Mechanics United States History AP United States History World History II AP World History
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 AP United States Government and Comparative Politics
A+ A A- B+ 4 19 26 12 1 45 36 19 1 6 7 3 5 12 9 20 1 3 3 9 6 10 10 3 6 12 8 4 1 1 3 2 4 1 2 4 3 1 1 1 3 1 4 2 1 1 2
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3 1 2 1
2 7 1 5 3 1 12
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B B- C+ C 19 8 5 2 11 5 2 1 2 1 1 3 10 11 11 6 1 5 4 5 4 2 1 3 1 2 4 1 2 1 1
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2 1 1 8 5 1 1 13 10 10 6 2 1 28 25 14 3 1 1 2 4 1 10 6 1 19 29 26 1 15 18 4 8 2 4 4
C- D+ D D- F 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 8 1 1
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5 23 12 2 20 8 2 5 2 1 1 1
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STATISTICAL PROFILE Class of 2017 Students
118
Old Test SAT Critical Reading 623 SAT Math 700
New Test
634 675
SAT Subject Test (# of test takers) Math II 711 (29) Chemistry 691 (14) US History 681 (16) ACT Composite 29 Test averages do not take into account the testing seniors will take this fall.
Lake Forest Academy is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and recognized by the State of lllinois.
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. Last spring, LFA made the decision to move away from awarding Final Grades.
COLLEGE BOUND
Most popular destinations in the last four years: University of Illinois | New York University | Northwestern Boston University | University of Michigan | USC Stanford | Babson College | Purdue | John Hopkins 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.
Campus NEWS
n Given our clear institutional belief in expanding our students’ world views, 78 students travelled abroad on LFA-sponsored trips last year. n By undertaking independent studies ranging in topics from Constitutional Law to Econometrics to language study in Portuguese and Korean, LFA students have become more and more emboldened to pursue their intellectual interests and passions. We believe this aligns with our college prep over college placement philosophy! n A state of the art, 9 million dollar, 34,000 square ft, Student Union opened in August, 2016. Offices on the first floor will house the new Stuart Center of Global Leadership for students interested in global travel and leadership opportunities abroad.
COLLEGE MATRICULATION 2013 - 2016 American University Amherst College Auburn University Augustana College Babson College Ball State University Barnard College Bates College Baylor University Berklee College of Music 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 Carnegie Mellon University Carthage College Case Western Reserve University Chapman University Claremont McKenna College Coe College Colby College Colgate University College of the Holy Cross College of William and Mary College of Wooster Colorado College Concordia University, Wisconsin Connecticut College Cooper Union Cornell University Dartmouth College Davidson College Denison University DePauw University
Dickinson College Drew University Durham University, England Elmhurst College Elmira College Elon University Emory University Fairfield University Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles Florida Gulf Coast University Florida Southern College Franklin and Marshall College Franklin University, Switzerland Furman University Georgetown University George Washington University Gettysburg College Hamilton College (NY) Hamline University 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 Johns Hopkins University Johnson and Wales University (Providence) Kenyon College Knox College Lake Forest College Lehigh University Louisiana State University
* Bold indicates multiple students currently attending
Loyola University, Chicago Loyola University, New Orleans Macalester College Marquette University McGill University Miami University, Oxford Michigan State University Michigan Technological University Middlebury College Milwaukee School of Engineering Monmouth University Montana State University Mount Holyoke College Muhlenberg College New York University North Central University Northeastern University Northwestern University Oberlin College Occidental College Ohio University Olivet Nazarene University Pennsylvania State University Pepperdine University Pitzer College Point Park University Pratt Institute Princeton University Purdue University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhodes College Rochester Institute of Technology Rollins College Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Saint Louis University Santa Clara University
Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art and Design Sewanee: The University of the South School of the Art Institute, Chicago School of Visual Arts Skidmore College Smith College Southern Methodist University Stevens Institute of Technology St. Lawrence University St. Norbert College St. Olaf College Stanford University Suffolk University Swarthmore College Syracuse University The Catholic University of America The Chinese University of Hong Kong The University of Tampa Trinity College (CT) Tufts University Tulane University United States Coast Guard Academy University of Alabama University of Arizona University of Buffalo, SUNY 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 Maryland, College Park University of Miami University of Michigan University of Missouri, Columbia University of Nevada, Las Vegas University of New Hampshire University of New Mexico University of Notre Dame University of Ottawa University of Pennsylvania University of Puget Sound University of Richmond University of Rochester 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) Williams College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yale University