SCHOOL PROFILE 2014–2015 brynmawrschool.org The School 109 West Melrose Avenue K–12 enrollment: 682 Diversity: 37% Baltimore, Maryland 21210 410 323 8800 P Upper School enrollment: 295 Teacher-to-student ratio: 1:7 410 323 8963 F Class of 2015 enrollment: 66 Average class size: 14 School Code: 210050 100% of the class plans to attend Financial Aid: 30% a four-year college Maureen E. Walsh Headmistress Academic Program Jennifer Galambos High-level, writing-intensive courses and a To receive a Bryn Mawr diploma, Upper School Director strong co-curricular program complement a student must: Patricia Whalen the school’s rigorous academics. A coor- • Carry a minimum of 5 major courses Director of College Counseling dinate program with Gilman School and per semester Roland Park Country School provides a [email protected] • Earn a total of 21 credits 410 323 1118 x1228 broad selection of upper level and advanced courses. Seniors may apply for year-long, • Present a Senior Convocation The Bryn Mawr School is one of ungraded independent study in the Edith • Complete an independent senior project the nation’s oldest college- Hamilton Scholars Program. Acceptance to preparatory schools for girls. • Complete 50 hours of community service Founded in 1885 by five women this program is highly selective. determined to offer girls the same rigorous education then available to Credits boys, and guided by the ideals of its The Upper School operates on a modified block 2-semester system for all courses. One-credit first headmistress, Edith Hamilton, the school’s past continues to inform courses meet at least five times in a 10-day cycle for two semesters. Half-credit courses meet and define its present. five times in a 10-day cycle for one semester. Students participating in the dual-language track will have a modified science or history schedule. OUR MISSION The courses listed below are required. Elective courses complete the 21 credits required The Bryn Mawr School is an to graduate. independent, nonsectarian, college-preparatory school for girls from preschool through Subject Credits Subject Credits grade twelve. Within a nurturing English Required all four years Fine Arts 1 environment, Bryn Mawr’s rigorous academic curriculum inspires a Foreign Language 3: 6 if double-track is selected Emerging Tech 0.5 passion for intellectual curiosity History 3: Foundations, Modern, U.S. Physical Ed/Dance 1 and emphasizes the delights Mathematics 3: Algebra II, Geometry, Pre-Calculus Public Speaking 0.25 and demands of learning. In the classical humanistic tradition, Bryn Laboratory Science 3: Physics, Chemistry, Biology Mawr promotes the full develop- ment of mind, body, and spirit. The school cultivates respect for Grades and Grade Equivalents diversity and engenders habits of 97 - 100 A+ 77 - 79 C+ moral and ethical leadership and a sense of responsibility to the 93 - 96 A 73 - 76 C High 97.12 broader community. 90 - 92 A- 70 - 72 C- CLASS OF 87 - 89 B+ 65 - 69 D Mean 88.34 A Bryn Mawr education is 2015 GPA 83 - 86 B Below 65 F grounded in the expectation that Low 77.46 young women will be resilient in 80 - 82 B- the face of complexity, ambiguity, and change; will become respon- Admission to The Bryn Mawr School is academically competitive and all students follow sible and confident participants in a rigorous course of study. Therefore, most grades fall in the 80-90% range. Honor roll the world; and will lead considered distinction is earned by students with a grade-point average of 87% or higher. Course and consequential lives. grades are not weighted, but Advanced Placement and Honors course grades receive 3

Accreditation: The Bryn Mawr School points weighting in the reported year-to-date grade-point average. is accredited by the Association of Independent Maryland Schools (AIMS) Because of the small size of the graduating class, proficiency sectioning in some subjects, and and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and is approved the variations in grading among The Bryn Mawr School and its coordinates, Gilman School by the State of Maryland. Member: NAIS, and Roland Park Country School, Bryn Mawr does not rank its students. ACCIS, College Board, NACAC, PCACA, NCGS, Online School for Girls. THE BRYN MAWR SCHOOL SCHOOL PROFILE 2014–2015

Advanced Placement Courses Matriculation to Colleges & Universities The number of AP courses a student may take is restricted. Bryn Mawr graduates from the Classes of 2011—2014 matricu- Students must make a formal request to enroll in more than lated to the following colleges and universities. A school name 3 AP courses per year, and student requests are not always listed in blue signifies that three or more Bryn Mawr graduates granted. Honors and Advanced Placement courses are integral are currently attending, while those that are bolded represent to the curriculum, and enrollment is subject to department the colleges and universities attended by the Class of 2014. approval. Students enrolled in AP courses are required to take American University Quinnipiac University the AP Exam. Advanced Placement courses are offered in the Auburn University Randolph College following subjects: Babson College Rice University Bard College Roger Williams University • Art History • Environmental Science Barnard College Rutgers, The State University of Belmont University New Jersey at New Brunswick • Biology • French Language Boston College Salem College Boston University Sarah Lawrence College • AB Calculus • Latin (Virgil) Brown University Skidmore College Bucknell University Smith College • BC Calculus • Music Theory Butler University Southern Methodist University • Chemistry • Psychology Carnegie Mellon University Spelman College Case Western Reserve University St. Mary’s College of Maryland • Chinese • Spanish Language Champlain College Stanford University Clemson University Stevenson University • Comparative Government • Statistics Coastal Carolina University Syracuse University Colby College The George Washington University • Computer Science • Physics Colgate University The University of Alabama College of the Holy Cross The University of Georgia • Economics • U.S. Government and Politics College of William and Mary The University of North Carolina • English Literature • World History Colorado College at Chapel Hill Columbia University The University of Scranton Connecticut College The University of Texas, Austin AP exams are also offered in English Language, German Cornell University Towson University Language, U.S. History, and Studio Art. Most are available to Dartmouth College Trinity College Davidson College Tufts University students during their junior and senior years. Denison University Tulane University DePaul University United States Naval Academy Dickinson College University of California at Los Angeles AP Exam Results (2014) Duke University University of Chicago Elon University University of Colorado at Boulder 133 239 59% 82% Emory University University of Delaware Franklin and Marshall College University of Denver students took total AP of students of students Frostburg State University University of Edinburgh Furman University University of Mary Washington an AP exam exams taken scored 4 or 5 scored 3+ Georgetown University University of Maryland, Georgia Institute of Technology Baltimore County Gettysburg College University of Maryland, College Park Goucher College University of Miami SAT I SCORES (2015) SAT II SCORES (2015) Grinnell College University of Michigan Harvard College University of Mississippi MEAN MEAN Haverford College University of North Carolina SUBJECT SCORE SUBJECT SCORE High Point University at Greensboro Hobart and William Smith Colleges University of North Carolina Critical Reading...... 668 Biology Ecology...... 641 Howard University at Wilmington Math...... 652 Biology Molecular...... 691 Ithaca College University of Pennsylvania James Madison University University of Richmond Writing...... 681 Chemistry...... 667 Johns Hopkins University University of Rochester English Literature...... 693 Kenyon College University of South Carolina French...... 654 La Salle University University of Southern California Loyola Marymount University University of St. Andrews NATIONAL Latin...... 644 Loyola University Maryland University of Virginia MERIT (2015) Math IC...... 623 Loyola University New Orleans University of Wisconsin, Madison Math IIC...... 709 Macalester College Vanderbilt University Maryland Institute College of Art Villanova University Physics...... 700 National Merit Massachusetts Institute of Technology Virginia Commonwealth University Spanish...... 646 McDaniel College Virginia Polytechnic Institute Semifinalists...... 3 U.S. History...... 664 Middlebury College and State University Mount Holyoke College Wake Forest University World History...... 643 National Merit New York University Warren Wilson College North Carolina State University Washington and Lee University Commended Scholars...... 11 Northeastern University Washington College ACT SCORES (2015) Northwestern University Washington University in St. Louis National Achievement Occidental College Wellesley College English...... 29.5 Parsons The New School for Design Wesleyan University Semifinalists...... 1 Pennsylvania State University, Altoona West Virginia University Math...... 27.7 Pennsylvania State University, Whitman College National Hispanic Reading...... 29.1 University Park Whittier College Science...... 26.8 Pomona College Widener University Achievement Scholars...... 2 Pratt Institute Yale University Composite (Mean)...... 28.2 Princeton University