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MERCERSBURG ACADEMY PROFILE Katherine Titus » Founded in 1893; a coeducational boarding » 4:1 student-to-faculty ratio; average class Head of School school enrolling students in grades 9-12 size of 11 students. [email protected] and offering a postgraduate year. » 100% of graduates attend a four-year » Enrollment: 442 students from 27 states college or university. and the District of Columbia and 36 COLLEGE » Accredited by the Middle States nations; 25% of domestic students identify COUNSELORS as students of color; 50% of students Association of Colleges and Secondary receive financial aid. Schools. Michael Conklin Director [email protected] ACADEMIC PROGRAM 717-328-6230 » Students in grades 9 and 10 are required » Springboard courses are designed using Austin Curwen to take a 17-credit course load; students in the Challenge-Based Learning model. Each Associate Director grades 11 and 12 are required to take five course culminates in student-designed [email protected] courses per trimester (including a capstone projects that are publishable, permanent, or 717-328-6212 course in grade 12) and in rare cases may viewed by the public. petition to take a sixth academic course. Cindy Fowler » MAPS is a selective two-year program that College Counselor » Post-Advanced Placement represents the requires a four-week international travel [email protected] highest level of rigor in math and some experience with a homestay component, 717-328-6382 foreign languages; Advanced Placement language study through level IV or beyond, represents the highest level of rigor in all advanced coursework in at least four core Rachel Mallory other academic disciplines. disciplines, and a significant commitment Associate Director to community service. MAPS culminates in » Successful completion of a capstone [email protected] the completion and defense of a 25- to 717-328-6161 experience (MAPS or Springboard) is a 30-page thesis (SEARCH) and 10- to graduation requirement for all seniors. 15-page actionable proposal based upon Glenn Neufeld the thesis. College Counselor [email protected] 717-328-6368 SAT/ACT SUMMARY (CLASS OF 2019) Stuart Titus SAT: 45 ACT: 59 Composite Senior Associate Director Test Takers Middle 50% Mean Test Takers Middle 50% Mean [email protected] 717-328-6397 EBRW 620-710 659 27-34 30 MATH 620-740 682 College Counseling Office Each member of the graduating class is represented in SAT or ACT results, not both. These summaries do not include 717-328-6156 (phone) one-year seniors or postgraduate students. 717-328-6311 (fax) collegecounseling@ mercersburg.edu GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS English Four years Modern and Through the third year of a History Three years including a Classical language or until graduation SCHEDULE A VISIT course in U.S. History Languages Mercersburg Academy is Mathematics Through Algebra II Arts Four terms in two different located in the Cumberland Valley of , just Science Three years; includes bio and areas a few miles north of the either chemistry or physics Interdisciplinary Must complete Springboard Maryland state line. The Religion One term or MAPS Washington, D.C./Baltimore area is a 90-minute drive Requirements vary depending on year of entry. from campus. STATEMENT ON DISCIPLINE STATEMENT ON GPA AND RANK While seeking to develop self-discipline and responsibility in Mercersburg Academy does not report GPA or class rank. every student, Mercersburg recognizes the importance of clear We strongly believe in multiple entry points for students and boundaries and resulting consequences for overstepping those intentionally grow the class each year; therefore, cumulative boundaries in a successful community. Mercersburg complies with GPA would not accurately reflect the Mercersburg experience NACAC’s Code of Ethics and Professional Practices; students are as it would include grades from many different institutions. expected to self-report and college counselors confirm the details Official term grades for all courses attempted are reported on of final warnings, suspensions, and required withdrawals. the transcript.

2019-2020 COURSE OFFERINGS POST-AP Economics Science Latin II, III SENIOR CAPSTONE Mathematics History Environmental Science Spanish II, III MAPS Linear Algebra with World History Biology Mathematics Thought, Knowledge, Applications Language Chemistry Algebra II and Belief Language Chinese Language and Physics C: Electricity and Precalculus Global Studies Research French History and Culture Magnetism Science Thesis (SEARCH) Civilization French Language and Physics C: Mechanics Chemistry Springboard Latin Literature Culture Physics Applied Economics German Language and HONORS Commarts: The Art and AP Culture English ACCELERATED Business of Graphic Arts Spanish Language and Power, Justice, and Language Design Art History Culture Authority Spanish I The Fight against English Latin History Mathematics Disease English Language Mathematics The Making of the 21st Geometry Maker’s Lab English Literature Calculus AB Century: The Quinn- Algebra II Rapid Application History Calculus BC Ferguson Honors Precalculus Development Comparative Computer Science A Seminar Springboard: Open Topic Government and Statistics Language Positive Psychology Politics French II, III Parallel Histories Write Your Novel For a complete list of courses and descriptions, please visit mercersburg.edu/courses.

2016-2019 COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES Albright College* Dickinson College* Louisiana State University* Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. United States Military University of Rhode Island* Allegheny College* Drew University* Loyola Marymount Univ.* Saint Joseph’s University* Academy* University of Richmond* American University* Drexel University* Loyola University Chicago* Saint Louis University United States Naval University of Rochester* Amherst College Duke University* Loyola University Maryland* Saint Michael’s College* Academy* University of San Francisco* Arizona State University* Duquesne University* Macalester College* Santa Clara University* University at Buffalo SUNY* University of South Carolina* Auburn University* Eckerd College* Marist College* Savannah College of Art University of Alabama* University of Southern Babson College* Elizabethtown College Marquette University* and Design* University of Arizona* California* Bard College Elon University* Maryland Inst. College of Art* School of the Art Institute of University of British University of St Andrews Barnard College Emerson College* McDaniel College* Chicago* Columbia* University of Tampa* Bates College* Emory University* McGill University* Sciences Po, Columbia Univ. University of California, University of Tennessee* Baylor University* Fairfield University* Miami University, Oxford* Seton Hill University* Berkeley* University of Texas, Austin* Beloit College* Florida State University* Michigan State University* Sewanee: The University of Davis* University of the Arts Binghamton University* Fordham University* Middlebury College* the South* Irvine* University of the Pacific* Boston College* Franklin & Marshall College* Millersville University* Shenandoah University* Los Angeles* University of Toronto* Boston University* Frostburg State University* Montana State Univ.* Shepherd University* San Diego* University of Vermont* Bowdoin College Furman University* Mount Holyoke College Shippensburg University* Santa Barbara* University of Virginia* Brandeis University* George Mason University* Mount St. Mary’s Univ. (MD)* Siena College* Santa Cruz* University of Washington* Bridgewater College* George Washington Univ.* Muhlenberg College* Simmons University* University of Chicago* University of Waterloo* Brown University Georgetown University* New York University* Skidmore College University of Colorado at University of Wisconsin, Bucknell University* Georgia Inst. of Tech.* North Carolina State Univ. Smith College* Boulder* Madison* Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo* Georgia State University* Northeastern University* Southern Methodist Univ.* University of Connecticut* Ursinus College* California Inst. of Tech. Gettysburg College* Northwestern University* St. John’s College University of Delaware* Vanderbilt University* Canisius College* Goucher College* Norwich University* St. Lawrence University* University of Denver* Vassar College* Carleton University Grinnell College Oberlin College* St. Mary’s College of MD University of Edinburgh Villanova University* Carnegie Mellon University* Guilford College* Occidental College* Stanford University* University of Florida* Virginia Commonwealth Case Western Reserve Univ.* Hamilton College (NY)* Ohio State University* State University of NY at University of Illinois at University* Catholic University* Hampshire College* Pennsylvania State Univ.* New Paltz Urbana-Champaign* Virginia Military Institute* Chapman University* Hartwick College Pepperdine University* Stevens Inst. of Tech. University of Iowa* Virginia Tech* Christopher Newport Univ.* Haverford College* Pitzer College Stony Brook University University of Kentucky* Wagner College Clemson University* High Point University* Point Park University* Susquehanna University* University of Lynchburg* Wake Forest University* Coastal Carolina University* Hobart and William Smith Pomona College* Swarthmore College University of Mary Waseda University Colby College* Colleges* Pratt Institute Syracuse University* Washington* Washington & Jefferson Colgate University* Howard University* Princeton University Temple University* University of Maryland, College* College of Charleston* Illinois Inst. of Tech.* Providence College* Texas A&M University* College Park* Washington and Lee Univ.* College of the Holy Cross* Indiana University at Purdue University* Texas Christian University* University of Mass., Amherst* Washington College* College of William & Mary* Bloomington* Quinnipiac University The New School* University of Mass., Boston* Washington Univ. in St. Louis College of Wooster* Ithaca College* Reed College* Towson University* University of Miami* Wellesley College* Colorado College* James Madison University* Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.* Trinity College* University of Michigan* Wesleyan University Columbia University Johns Hopkins University* Rhode Island School of Trinity University* University of Mississippi* West Chester University* Connecticut College* Juniata College* Design Tufts University* University of New Hampshire* West Virginia University* Cornell University* Kenyon College* Rhodes College* Tulane University* University of North Carolina Wheaton College (MA)* Dartmouth College* Lafayette College* Rice University* Union College (NY)* at Chapel Hill* Whitman College Davidson College* Lebanon Valley College* Roanoke College* United States Air Force University of Pennsylvania* Widener University* Denison University* Lehigh University* Rochester Inst. of Tech.* Academy * Worcester Polytechnic Inst.* DePaul University* Lewis & Clark College* Rollins College* University of Redlands Yale University *indicates three or more acceptances For a complete list of college acceptances, please visit mercersburg.edu/acceptances.