Seoul Foreign High school 2013-2014

Seoul Foreign High School Profile 2013-2014

CEEB Code: 682380 IB Code: 0166 39 Yeonhui-ro 22-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Korea 120 823 Tel: (82-2) 330-3100 Fax: (82-2) 338-4644 hsguidance@seoulforeign.org www.seoulforeign.org

Head of School Dr. John Engstrom Principal Mr. Kevin Baker Assistant Principals AP 9-10 / IGCSE Coordinator Mrs. Ruth Sanderson AP 11-12 / IB Coordinator Mr. Stuart Kent Counselors Mr. Chuck Krugler Mr. Joon Myong Ms. Melanie Smith Registrar Mrs. Youngja Yum

MISSION STATEMENT Seoul Foreign School, centered in Christ, inspires educational excellence and promotes Christian values, personal integrity and responsible global citizenship through a dynamic international experience.

School and Community Enrollment: 500 (Grades 9-12)

Number of Teaching Faculty: 56

Senior Class Size: 114

Seoul Foreign School, founded in 1912 by missionaries as an independent (non-denominational) Christian school, offers a college preparatory curriculum for expatriate students. The language of instruction is English, and graduates earn a U.S. secondary school diploma.

In addition, students have the opportunity to pursue the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) in grades 9 and 10, and the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma during grades 11 and 12, or to enroll in individual IGCSE and IB courses.

Approximately 60% of the students are U.S. citizens; the remaining 40% represent 50 nations-with the largest representations from Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.

Accreditation Seoul Foreign School (SFS) is accredited by the Western Association of Schools & Colleges (WASC) and, has been authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme since 1980, and more recently in 2007 the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE).

SFS is a member of the East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS) and the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), and therefore complies with the NACAC “Statement of Principles of Good Practice.”

School Calendar The first semester begins the third week of August and ends in mid-January. The second semester begins the third week of January and ends the second week of June. Over a six-day rotation, IB Higher Level classes meet four times, IB Standard Level three times, Theory of Knowledge twice, and all other courses three times. Students have five 65-minute classes per day. There are 36 weeks (180 days) in the school year.

Grading System 94 - 100% = A 85 - 93% = B 76 - 84% = C 70 - 75% = D 69% & below = F IB Higher Level courses with grades of 70% and higher are weighted and receive an additional onehalf point per semester in the GPA calculation. Due to the highly competitive and transient nature of the student body at SFS, an individual rank in class is not reported. When requested, an estimated percentile placement will be provided to assist in university admission decisions.

Credits & Graduation A minimum of 25 credits is required to receive the college preparatory Seoul Foreign School Diploma. A “General Diploma” (23 credits) will be awarded to students who are unable to fulfill the foreign language requirement but who have satisfied all other SFS graduation requirements.

One-half credit is awarded for each semester-long course which is completed with a passing mark of at least 70%. While the majority of students elect to take four years of solid academic courses, the minimum distribution of credits for the college preparatory Seoul Foreign School Diploma must include:

English - 4 Physical Ed. - 1.5 Mathematics - 3

Religion - 1.5 Social Studies - 3 Fine Arts - 1

Foreign Language - 2 Korean Culture - 0.5 Science – 3

Technology – 0.5 Electives - 5 Important Information Relative to SFS Class of 2014: It should be noted that, while SFS traditionally has academically talented students, the Class of 2014 is especially strong. Of the 114 seniors, 78 are IB Diploma candidates, which is the highest in the 33 years SFS has been an IB school. The grade point averages of this year’s seniors are higher across the board than is typical, and there are 6 National Merit Semi-Finalists and 13 Commended Students in the class. This information may be helpful as you review applicants to your university.

Seoul Foreign High School Profile 2013-2014 POST -SECONDARY PLANS Class of 2014 U.S. Universities:

87

Non U.S. Universities:

27

SAT TEST RESULTS – Class of 2014 Of the 74 seniors who took the SAT in the spring of their junior year, 61 are bilingual or speak English as a second or third language.

Range NATIONAL MERIT Class of 2014 6 students have been designated as National Merit Semi-Finalists and 13 others as Commended Students.

700-800 600-690 500-590 400-490 300-390 200-290

Reading

16

25

23 10 0

0

Math

31

28 13

2

0

0

Writing 28 25 16 2 3 0

SAT Averages: Reading – 622, Math – 672, Writing – 652

2013 INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE EXAMINATION RESULTS 93 students took 510 examinations

Higher Level Scores Standard Level Scores Subject 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 7 6 5 4 3 2 Biology 1 9 18 18 7 1 2 4 3 1 Business & Mngmt.

1 14 6 3 Chemistry 2 4 6 6 4 1 2 2 7 4 1 Computer Science 1 1 Economics 1 Env. Sys. & Soc 1 2 3 English A Lang/Lit 2 22 10 4 2 17 20 6 English A Literature 1 1 6 1 French Ab initio 5 4 French B 1 2 9 2 History of Europe 1 4 3 1 1 Korean A Lang/Lit 1 4 1 6 3 1 Korean B 5 3 2 2 Math Studies 5 10 8 4 1 Mathematics 4 5 5 2 15 11 11 4 3 Music 2 2 1 Physics 1 1 7 1 3 1 Psychology 1 6 19 23 4 1 4 4 4 1 1 Spanish Ab initio 2 2 4 Spanish B 1 1 2 3 4 4 3 Theatre Arts 2 2 1 Visual Arts 4 1 2 Scores of 4 or higher: 92% Average Diploma Score: 32 Diploma pass rate: 93%

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Seoul Foreign High School Profile 2013-2014 CLASS OF 2013 COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCES

(number) denotes more than one acceptance

Adelphi University University of Alberta Allegheny College Asbury University Auburn University Barnard College (2) Baylor University (2) Biola University Boston College (2) Boston University (6) Brandeis University Brigham Young University University of British Columbia (4) Bryn Mawr College (2) University of California at Berkeley (3) University of California at Davis (9) University of California at Irvine (16) University of California at Los Angeles (10) University of California at Riverside (5) University of California at San Diego (14) University of California at Santa Barbara (4) University of California at Santa Cruz California College of the Arts (San Francisco) Calvin College (3) Carnegie Mellon University (5) Case Western Reserve University University of Central Florida Charleston Southern University University of Chicago (2) University of Cincinnati Clark University Concordia University - Seward University of Connecticut (2) Daemen College Dalhousie University University of Dayton University of Delaware Drexel University (5) Duke University (2) Durham University Eckerd College University of Edinburgh Elon University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - FL Emory University (2) Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam University of Exeter Fashion Institute of Technology University of Florida Franciscan University of Steubenville George Mason University (2) The George Washington University (5) Georgetown University (5) Georgia Institute of Technology Gordon College University of Hawaii at Manoa

Hope College Hunter College of the CUNY University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (10)

Indiana State University Johns Hopkins University Kalamazoo College Knox College Korea University Lafayette College Lancaster University Lehigh University (3) University of Leicester Liberty University (2) Loyola University Chicago (2) Lynchburg College Manchester Metropolitan University Marian University University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2)

Marymount College Marymount University University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2) University of Massachusetts, Boston University of Massachusetts, Lowell McGill University University of Melbourne Michigan State University (7) University of Michigan (2) Middlebury College (2) Middlesex University Milligan College Mills College (2) University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (3) Mississippi State University Moore College of Art and Design Mount Holyoke College (2) University of Nebraska at Lincoln The College of New Jersey New York University (6) New York University - Abu Dhabi Newcastle University Northeastern University (7) University of Northern Iowa Northwestern University (2) University of Notre Dame Occidental College (3) The Ohio State University (2) Oklahoma State University University of Oklahoma Oxford Brookes University Oxford College of Emory University (3) Pace University, New York City Parsons The New School for Design (3) Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

Pennsylvania State University, University Park (7)

University of Pennsylvania (3) Pepperdine University

University of Pittsburgh Portland State University Pratt Institute Princeton University Purdue University (5) Queen Mary, University of London Queen’s University (4) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhode Island School of Design Rice University (3) University of Rochester (2) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at Camden Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick (5) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at Newark Saint Francis University Saint Mary’s College University of San Diego University of San Francisco (2) Sarah Lawrence College School of the Art Institute of Chicago School of Visual Arts (2) Scripps College Simon Fraser University Smith College (3) South Dakota State University University of Southampton University of Southern California (8) State University of New York at Albany (2) Stony Brook University Suffolk University Binghamton University Syracuse University University of Toronto (4) Trinity College Tufts University (3) United States Air Force Academy United States Naval Academy University of British Columbia - Okanagan Campus (2)

Ursinus College (3) Vassar College Villanova University Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

University of Virginia (3) Wake Forest University University of Washington (4) Wellesley College The University of Western Ontario University of Westminster Westmont College Wheaton College IL Williams College University of Wisconsin, Madison (2) Yonsei University- Underwood (3) York University (2) University of York Total: 353

Seoul Foreign High School Profile 2013-2014 HIGH SCHOOL COURSE OFFERINGS 2013-2014 *Asterisks denote advanced course which receive weighting in the computation of cumulative grade point average.

ENGLISH Writing Workshop I Writing Workshop II IGCSE English – Yr 1 IGCSE English – Yr 2 Grade 9 Language & Literature Grade 9 Literature Grade 10 Language & Literature IB English Lang. & Lit. SL – Yr 1 IB English Lang. & Lit. SL – Yr 2 IB English Lang. & Lit. HL* – Yr 1 IB English Lang. & Lit. HL* - Yr 2 IB English Lit. & Perform SL –Yr 1 IB English Lit. & Perform. SL – Yr 2 IB English Literature HL* – Yr 1 IB English Literature HL* - Yr 2 MATHEMATICS IGCSE Maths (Core) – Yr 1 IGCSE Maths (Core) – Yr 2 IGCSE Maths (Extended) – Yr 1 IGCSE Maths (Extended) – Yr 2 IGCSE Maths (Accelerated) IGCSE Maths (Additional) Applied Mathematics IB Math Studies SL – Yr 1 IB Math Studies SL - Yr 2 IB Mathematics SL – Yr 1 IB Mathematics SL - Yr 2 IB Mathematics HL* - Yr 1 IB Mathematics HL* - Yr 2 SCIENCE IGCSE Coordinated Science – Yr 1 IGCSE Coordinated Science – Yr 2 Physical Science (Physics + Chem.)

Biology 1 (sem.)

Biology 2 (sem.)

Chemistry 2 (sem.)

Physics 2 (sem.)

IB Biology SL – Yr 1 IB Biology SL – Yr 2 IB Biology HL* - Yr 1 IB Biology HL* - Yr 2 IB Chemistry SL – Yr 1 IB Chemistry SL - Yr 2 IB Chemistry HL* - Yr 1 IB Chemistry HL* - Yr 2 IB Environ Sys & Societies SL Yr 1 IB Environ Sys & Societies SL Yr 2 IB Sports Exercise & Health Science SLYr1 IB Physics HL* - Yr 1 IB Physics HL* - Yr 2

SOCIAL STUDIES World Geography World History IGSCE Geography – Yr 2 IGCSE World History – Yr 2 Asian Studies United States History IB Business & Management SL - Yr1 IB Business & Management SL - Yr2 IB Economics HL – Yr 1* IB Economics HL – Yr 2* IB History SL – Yr 1 IB History SL – Yr 2 IB History of Europe HL* - Yr 1 IB History of Europe HL* - Yr 2 IB Psychology HL* - Yr 1 IB Psychology HL* - Yr 2 Theory of Knowledge LANGUAGES Introduction to French IGCSE French – Yr 1 IGCSE French – Yr 2 IB French Ab initio – Yr 1 IB French Ab initio – Yr 2 IB French B SL – Yr 1 IB French B SL – Yr 2 IB French B HL* - Yr 1 IB French B HL* - Yr 2 Introduction to Mandarin Introduction to Spanish IGCSE Spanish – Yr 1 IGCSE Spanish – Yr 2 IB Spanish Ab initio – Yr 1 IB Spanish Ab initio – Yr 2 IB Spanish B SL – Yr 1 IB Spanish B SL – Yr 2 IB Spanish B HL* - Yr 1 IB Spanish B HL* - Yr 2 Korean I Korean II Korean III Korean IV Korean V Korean VI Korean VII IB Korean B SL - Yr 1 IB Korean B SL – Yr 2 IB Korean B HL* - Yr 1 IB Korean B HL* - Yr 2 IB Korean Lang. & Lit. SL – Yr 1 IB Korean Lang. & Lit SL – Yr 2 IB Korean Lang. & Lit. HL* - Yr 1 IB Korean Lang. & Lit HL* - Yr 2

COMPUTER SCIENCE Digital Photography (sem.)

Digital Video Production (sem.)

Web Design (sem.)

Computer Science I (sem.)

Advanced Computer Science (sem.)

IB Computer Science SL RELIGIOUS STUDIES Values & Health (sem.)

Christian Ethics (sem.)

Modern Religious Exp. (sem.)

New Testament (sem.)

Old Testament (sem.)

Peer Counseling (sem.)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION Physical Education I (sem.)

Physical Education II (sem.)

Adv. Physical Education (sem.)

Fitness for Life (sem.)

FINE ARTS Art & Design I II, III (sem.)

IGCSE Art & Design – Yr 1 IGCSE Art & Design – Yr 2 Korean Art I, II (sem.)

Advanced Korean Art (sem.)

Korean Model Building IGCSE Music – Yr 1 IGCSE Music – Yr 2 Concert Band Concert Band-Honors Wind Ensemble Wind Ensemble-Honors Concert Choir Concert Choir-Honors Orchestra Orchestra-Honors Digital Photography (sem.)

Digital Art (sem.)

Drama (sem.)

Speech (sem.)

IB Music SL – Yr 1 IB Music SL - Yr 2 IB Music HL* - Yr 1 IB Music HL* - Yr 2 IB Theatre Arts SL – Yr 1 IB Theatre Arts SL – Yr 2 IB Theatre Arts HL* - Yr 1 IB Theatre Arts HL* - Yr 2 IB Visual Arts SL – Yr 1 IB Visual Arts SL – Yr 2 IB Visual Arts HL* - Yr 1 IB Visual Arts HL* - Yr 2