American Collegiate Institute Mr. Raymond Holliday, Headmaster Ext 4441, [email protected] Özel Izmir Amerikan Koleji Ms. Didem Erpulat, Principal www.aci.k12.tr Ext 4432, [email protected] Mr. James Boobar, International University Counselor Inonu Caddesi No. 476 Phone (+90) 232 355 0 555 Ext 4474, [email protected] Goztepe, Izmir Fax (+90) 232 355 0 411 Ms. Ebru Dogruya, Associate International University Counselor Turkey, 35290 CEEB code: 696460 Ext 4405, [email protected] Ms. Senem Ildirar, IUC Office Administrative Assistant Ext 4421, [email protected]

School Profile 2019-2020 Academic Program

Founded by American educators and philanthropists in 1878, 99 full time and 17 part time faculty the American Collegiate Institute (ACI) is an independent, Student to faculty ratio of 8:1 co-educational high school which prepares students for Students earn Turkish Anadolu Lise Diploma in Grade 12 higher education in Turkey and abroad. Bilingual instruction in Turkish and English ACI’s mission is to develop the personal, social and environ- International Baccalaureate diploma available mental responsibility of students who are bilingual in Turkish and English. ACI is committed to inspiring students to become Mandatory prep year in English before Grade 9 life-long learners with the necessary skills, accountability, and Students graded on Turkish scale attitudes required for leading a fulfilling life, and for serving their country and humanity. ACI is co-governed by a private Semester system Turkish charitable foundation known in Turkey as SEV. The same organization operates Üsküdar American Academy, Tarsus American College, and SEV American College.

ACI is fully accredited by and operates under the jurisdiction of the Turkish Ministry of Education. ACI was accredited by the European Council of International Schools (ECIS) in 1994 and receives continuing accreditation through the Council of International Schools (CIS.) ACI has been an International Baccalaureate World School since 2005.

About American Collegiate Institute

• Founded in 1878 as an all-girls school • 12 acre garden campus with 186 olive trees, near the • Co-educational since 1984 Aegean Sea in the coastal city of Izmir • Committed to bilingual learning and instruction • Several ACI buildings have Historical Landmark Status in Turkish and English • Naomi Foster Library contains 60,000 volumes and is the • School Motto: “Enter to Learn, Depart to Serve” largest high school library in the Aegean Area • Girls’ dorm opened in 2009, • First Turkish School in Turkey to be accredited by followed by Boys’ dorm in 2011 European Council of International Schools • 815 students from all over Turkey in grades Prep - 12 • Member of Council of International Schools • All students are Turkish citizens, with 3% holding dual • First high school in the Aegean Region to offer citizenship with other countries the International Baccalaureate Diploma, starting in 2005 • To qualify for admission, students must achieve a 97% or • 10-15% of students receive financial aid from higher on the Turkish National 8th grade entrance exam the SEV Foundation and/or the ACI Alumni Association Curriculum Our academic program follows a university preparatory curriculum with an intensive English focus. As bilingual scholars, our students learn to function effectively within two distinct teaching styles and cultures.

38-41 periods of instruction per week 50% of all class hours in grades 9-12 are taught in English English is treated as a main course, and is also used to deliver instruction in mathematics and some science courses Enter to Learn, Depart to Serve All students take a full year of immersive English instruction during the mandatory preparatory year Service clubs dedicated to enriching the lives of others have been a long tradition at English skills are assessed using the IELTS exam ACI. They include: All students must complete Turkish Lise Diploma (MEB) requirements Animal Shelter Club Breast Cancer Awareness Club Turkish cultural subjects, including literature, social sciences, Children’s Hospital Club religion and psychology are taught in Turkish, according to HeForShe Club national education regulation LOSEV Cancer Care Club Elective course offerings include art, music, physical education, MicroCredit Club French, German and Spanish Old Folks Club Red Crescent Club By graduation, students complete a demanding program averaging twelve courses per semester Student-run events, such as MOODS and Bazaar Day, along with Student Council events through the year, help fund ACI Service Clubs.

ACI offers 120 clubs and organizations for students including Student Council, Model United Nations, Junior Achievement, and the International Student Theater Association (ISTA) festivals. ACI is active in linguistic and mathematics competitions on both national and international levels.

Izmir Known throughout the millennia as the “Pearl of the Aegean,” the city of Izmir is the cultural, commercial and industrial center of Academic Grading System Turkey’s Aegean Coast. Academics ACI does not report rank. GPA is calculated by weighting each Home to a population of four million, Izmir is subject according to the number of lessons per week. Grades are situated on a beautiful, large bay surrounded scored on a 100-point scale: 50% is a passing grade, while 90% by mountains, only 90 km away from Cesme, and above is rare. An honor student must obtain a weighted aver- a famous coastal town, and the ancient age of 70%, while a high honors students must obtain 85%. Both Ephesus archeological site, which housed one distinctions are determined by end-of-semester results. of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Very Good 85 - 100 Good 70 - 84,99 With settlements dating back to 3000 BC, Mediocre 60 - 69,99 and once home to Homer, Izmir has grown Passing 50 - 59,99 through the ages to become a city of old and Failing 0 - 49,99 new. Home to nine universities, multiple museums, historical, cultural and 85-89,99 47 Students entertainment sites, Izmir’s pivotal location 30% offers connections by air to over 20 European cities. Izmir’s modern Adnan Menderes Airport 90-94,99 is only an hour flight from Istanbul. 33 Students 21% 80-84,99 32 Students 20%

95-100 7 Students 4%

75-79,99 22 Students 65-69,99 14% 70-74,99 3 Students 60-64,99 55-59,99 50-54,99 49-49,99 15 Students 2% 0 Students 0 Students 0 Students 0 Students 9% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Cumulative GPA (9,10,11) Distribution Class of 2020 160 students SAT: Critical Reading 646 Final Look at 98 matriculated abroad Math 729 57 IB Diploma recipients Class of 2019 Average IELTS score of students Average IB Diploma score: 32 who matriculated abroad: 7.1 Top IB Diploma score: 42

Class of 2020 IELTS average score: 7.15 (May 2019) (average represents the entire class of 159 students) IB Diploma recipients 5 year average (2015-19): 33 Guide to the Curriculum hours of instruction per subject in grades Prep -12

COURSE NAME PREP GRADE GRADE GRADE Grade ACI 2018-19 WEEKLY HOURS 9 10 11 12 Turkish- Science- Turkish- Social Science- IB IB Turkish- Social Science- IB IB Math Math Math Math Turkish- Science- Math Math Turkish- Science- Math Math Math Math TURKISH 4 TURKISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 TURKISH LANG. & LIT. ELECTIVE 3 3 3 3 DICTION AND ORATORY 1 PROJECT PREPARATION (PHYSICS) 1 VISUAL ARTS & MUSIC 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 RELIGION & ETHICS 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 HISTORY 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 HISTORY ELECTIVE 2 4 HISTORY of TURKISH REVOLUTION 2 2 2 2 2 GEOGRAPHY 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 PHILOSOPHY 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

PHYSCOLOGY 2 2

SOCIOLOGY 2 2 2 LOGIC 2 ENGLISH 20 7 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 SECOND FOREIGN LANGUAGES 4 4 4 4 HEALTH & TRAFFIC 1 PHYSICAL EDUCATION & SPORTS 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 MATHEMATICS 3 6 6 6 6 2 6 8 8 6 2 6 8 8 MATH HISTORY & APPLICATIONS 2 2 2 2 SCIENCE 1 PHYSICS 2 2 2 4 4 CHEMISTRY 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 BIOLOGY 2 2 2 4 4 PHYSICS/BIOLOGY 6 SCIENCE HISTORY & APPLICATIONS 3 ENV. SYSTEMS & SOCIETIES 5 5 SOCIAL STUDIES (TITC) 4 5 CONTEMP. TURKISH & WORLD HIST. 4 4 HISTORY of WESTERN MUSIC 2 ART HISTORY 2 2 COMPUTER SCIENCE 3 IB ELECTIVES 4 4 5 5 THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE 2 2 2 2

TOTAL WEEKLY HOURS 39 39 39 39 39 39 40 40 41 39 39 41 40 42

The Turkish Science track contains course work equivalent to AP courses in Calculus BC, IB Diploma students are also enrolled in Theory of Knowledge for two hours per week. Biology, Chemistry and Physics C. The International English Language Test is administered in Grade 11. All three Turkish tracks include an academic emphasis on English language instruction. All ACI graduates pursue university education, American Collegiate Institute with 40-65% enrolling in universities outside of Turkey. Graduates from the classes of 2015-2019 received acceptances from the institutions below. International University Placements Matriculations are in bold.

Babson College Eckerd College University of Miami San Diego State University Barnard College Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. - Daytona Beach University of Michigan San Francisco State University Bennington College Emerson College Michigan State University Sarah Lawrence College Bentley University Emory University University of Missouri Columbia University of South Florida, Tampa Berklee College of Music Fairfield University Musicians Institute University of Southern California Boston University Fairleigh-Dickinson University New England Conservatory of Music St. John’s College Boston College Florida Institute of Technology The New School Stevens Institute of Technology Brandeis University Fordham University New York University Stony Brook University Brown University Franklin & Marshall College The University of North Carolina Suffolk University Bryant University The George Washington University at Chapel Hill Syracuse University University of California Berkeley Georgia Highlands College Northeastern University University of Tampa University of California Davis Georgia Institute of Technology Northwestern University University of Texas San Antonio University of California Los Angeles Harvard University Oberlin College Tufts University University of California San Diego Hofstra University The Ohio State University Tulane University University of California Santa Barbara University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Ohio Wesleyan University Vanderbilt University University of California Santa Cruz Illinois Institute of Technology Olin College of Engineering University of Hawaii – Hilo California State University, East Bay University of Iowa Pace University University of Hawai at Manoa California State University, Fullerton Iowa State University University of Pennsylvania University of Illinois at Chicago California State University, Monterey Bay Indiana University-Purdue University Pennsylvania State University University of Massachusetts, Boston Carnegie Mellon University Ithaca College Pomona College University of Vermont Case Western Reserve University Johns Hopkins University Princeton University University of Virginia Chapman University Johnson & Wales University Purdue University Virginia Polytechnic Institute University of Chicago Kenyon College University of Redlands Vassar College University of Cincinnati Lafayette College Reed College Wellesley College Clark University University of La Verne University of Rhode Island Wentworth Institute of Technology Columbia University Lehigh University Rochester Institute of Technology Wheaton College The Cooper Union usaLoyola Marymount University University of Rochester Whittier College Cornell University Loyola University Chicago Roger Williams University University of Wisconsin, Madison Culinary Institute of America Lynn University Rollins College Woodbury University Davidson College University of Maine Rutgers University-New Brunswick Worcester Polytechnic Institute Drexel University Marist College University of San Diego Yale University Duke University University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Aberystwyth University London School of Economics Boston Architectural College Architechtural Assoc. Sch. Of Architecture London Southbank University California College of the Arts The Arts Univ. College at Bournemouth University of Manchester Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising University of Arts London Manchester Sch. Of Architecture Fashion Institute of Technology University of Bath Newcastle University Maryland Institute College of Art Bournemouth University University of Nottingham Massachusetts College of Art & Design University of Birmingham Nottingham Trent University New York Film Academy University of Brighton University of Oxford Otis College of Art & Design University of Bristol Oxford Brookes University Parsons, The New School Brunel University University of Plymouth Pratt Institute University of Creative Arts Plymouth College of Art Rhode Island School of Design Cardiff University University of Portsmouth Ringling College of Art and Design City University of London Queen Mary, University of London Savannah College of Art and Design University of Dundee Queen’s University Belfast School of Art Institute of Chicago Durham University University of Reading School of the Museum of Fine Arts University of East Anglia Richmond, The Intl Univ of London School of Visual Arts University of East London Roehampton University artSouthern California Institute of Architecture University of Edinburgh Royal Conservatorie Scotand University of Essex Royal Holloway, University of London University of Exeter Royal Northern College of Music University of Glasgow Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama University of Alberta Mount Allison University Goldsmiths, University of London SOAS, University of London Bishop’s University Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University of Greenwich Sheffield Hallam University University of British Columbia Memorial University Guildhall School of Music & Drama University of Sheffield Carleton University Ontario College of Art & Design Hult Int’l Business School – London The Glasgow School of Art Concordia University Queen’s University Imperial College London University of Cambridge Dalhousie University Ryerson University University of Kent University College London Emily Carr University of Art & Design Saint Mary’s University King’s College London University of Southampton University of Guelph University of Toronto Kingston University University of St. Andrews University of King’s College Trent University ukUniversity of Leeds University of Surrey McGill University University of Waterloo Leeds Beckett University University of Sussex canadaMcMaster University York University Leeds College of Art & Design University of Warwick London College of Communication University of Westminster

American University of Paris, France University College Groningen, Netherlands Sciences Po – Columbia Univ Dual BA Program, France & US American University of Rome, Italy The Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Tech., Hong Kong Sciences Po – UCL Dual Program ­ University of Amsterdam, Netherlands University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Semmelweis University, Hungary Amsterdam Univ of Appied Sciences, Netherlands IE University, Spain University Sorbonne, France Amsterdam University College, Netherlands Instituto Marangoni, Italy University of Sydney, Australia Architectural Institute of Prague, Czech Istituto Europeo di Design, Italy & Spain Tallinn University, Estonia UIC Barcelona, Spain Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia Bard College Berlin, Germany KU Leuven, Belgium Technion Israel Inst of Technology, Israel Bocconi University, Italy Leiden University, Netherlands Tel Aviv University, Israel Budapest Metropolitan University, Hungary Leiden University College, Netherlands Tilburg University, Netherlands Carl Benz School of Engineering, Germany Maastricht University, Netherlands Trinity College Dublin, Ireland City University of Hong Kong Monash University, Australia University of Applied Sciences Wurzburg, Germany Univ of Debrecen, Medical & Health Sci. Center, Hungary Northwestern University of Qatar, Qatar University of Twente, Netherlands Delft Univ of Technology, Holland Nuova Academia di Belle Arti Milano, Italy Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy Duke Kunshan University, China NYU Shanghai, China University College Utrecht, Netherlands Eindhoven Inst of Technology, Holland University of Szeged, Hungary Utrecht University, Netherlands Erasmus University College, Netherlands University of Melbourne, Australia Vita-Salute San Raffael University, Italy Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands Politecnico di Milano, Italy Vrije University Amsterdam FH Achen University, Germany Politecnico di Torino, Italy Yale – NUS College Fontys University of Applied Sciences,world Netherlands Sciences Po, Menton, France