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Lower Merion School District International Baccalaureate Diploma Program

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“It may be the best kept secret in high school reform,” said Barmak Nassirian, the associate executive director of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers, in Washington. The IB Program, he said, is generally regarded as “the gold standard of high school curriculum in admissions circles.”

Education Week March 29, 2006 (page 8)

The International Baccalaureate Program offers an outstanding curriculum to help prepare students for the challenges they will face in and beyond. A student’s decision to participate in the IB Program should not be made based solely on a desire to enhance his or her college applications, though it is clear that the program is widely respected by and throughout the world. Neither the Lower Merion School District nor the International Baccalaureate asserts that the pursuit or earning of an IB Diploma is a guarantee of college admission.

Class of 2016

The graduating seniors of the IB class of 2016 chose to attend the following colleges:

American (2 students) School of the Art Institute of Chicago Champlain College (4 students) The King's College College of William and Mary (2 students) (2 students) University of , College Park Ecole Polytechnique Montreal—Canada University of (3 students) (Scholars Program) University of (4 students) University of , Knoxville —Canada McGill University—Canada (2 students) University of Vermont Miami University, Oxford Wake Forest University Pennsylvania State University (3 students) Pratt Institute (Gap year—1 student)

Following is a sampling of the many colleges that accepted our IB students, though they chose to attend elsewhere:

Arizona State University College The George Washington University Case Western Reserve University The Concordia University - Montreal (Canada) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of Warwick (UK) Emory University University of Alberta (Canada) Franklin and Marshall College University of Bath (UK) University of British Columbia (Canada) , Berkeley University University of Maryland, College Park King's College London University of St Andrews University of the Sciences in University University of Wisconsin, Madison Rochester Institute of Technology Washington University in St. Louis Saint Joseph's University of Pennsylvania

The following colleges accepted multiple IB students:

American University (3) Skidmore College (2) College of William and Mary (2) Temple University (9) Concordia University - Montreal (3) The George Washington University (2) Drexel University (6) Tulane University (4) Emory University (5) University of Maryland (2) Gettysburg College (2) (5) Grove City College (2) University of Pennsylvania (4) Indiana University at Bloomington (2) (8) Kenyon College (2) University of Toronto (2) Lafayette College (3) University of Vermont (3) McGill University (2) Wake Forest University (2) Pennsylvania State University (15) Skidmore College (2) Saint Joseph's University (2)

Class of 2015

The graduating seniors of the IB class of 2015 chose to attend the following colleges:

Arcadia University Rhode Island School of Design Skidmore College Colgate University Stanford University Concordia University - Montreal (Canada) Temple University The George Washington University (2 students) Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) Dickinson College Drexel University Tulane University (2 students) Universite Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) Ecole de Commerce International (France) EDHEC Business School (France) University of Colorado at Boulder University of IE Business School (Spain) University of New Hampshire IESEG School of Management (France) University of Pennsylvania (7 students) University (2 students) University of Pittsburgh (2 students) Kenyon College (2 students) University of St. Andrews (Scotland; 2 students) University of Wisconsin, Madison McGill University (2 students) Washington and Lee University Washington University in St. Louis (2 students) Pennsylvania State University (5 students)

Following is a sampling of the many colleges that accepted our IB students, though they chose to attend elsewhere:

Claremont McKenna College University of California, Berkeley École Supérieure des Sciences Commerciales d’Angers (France) University of Miami ESSEC Business School (France) University of Michigan Franklin and Marshall College King's College London (UK) Pratt Institute Wesleyan University Rochester Institute of Technology West Chester University of Pennsylvania Royal Holloway, University of London (UK) Worcester Polytechnic Institute

The following colleges accepted multiple IB students:

Boston College (2) Pennsylvania State University (18) Boston University (2) Temple University (3) Carnegie Mellon University (4) The George Washington University (3) Case Western Reserve University (2) Tufts University (3) Colgate University (2) Tulane University (7) (2) University of Colorado at Boulder (3) Dartmouth College (2) University of Miami (3) Dickinson College (2) University of New Hampshire (2) Drexel University (6) University of Pennsylvania (7) Duke University (2) University of Pittsburgh (14) Franklin and Marshall College (4) University of St. Andrews (2) (2) University of Vermont (4) Kenyon College (4) University of Virginia (2) McGill University (2) University of Wisconsin, Madison (2) New York University (4) Washington University in St. Louis (4) (3)

Class of 2014

The graduating seniors of the IB class of 2014 chose to attend the following colleges:

American University Pratt Institute (2 students) Barnard College Syracuse University Boston University Temple University (3 students) (2 students) Tufts University Cabrini College University of British Columbia (Canada) Cornell University University of California, Berkeley Drexel University University of Chicago Drexel University, Pennoni Honors College University of Massachusetts, Amherst École des Gobelins, France (after gap year) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Emory University University of Pennsylvania (3 students) George Washington University (2 students) University of San Francisco George Washington University, School of & Applied Sciences University of Southern California George Washington University, School of International Affairs University of Wisconsin, Madison (2 students) Gordon College Muhlenberg College Wake Forest University New York University Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis, School of Northwestern University Engineering Oberlin College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Pennsylvania State University (3 students) (Gap Year—2 students) Pennsylvania State University, Schreyer Honors College (2 students) (Norwegian Navy—1 student)

Following is a sampling of the many colleges that accepted our IB students, though they chose to attend elsewhere:

Amsterdam University College (Netherlands) Rhode Island School of Design Saint Joseph's University Dickinson College Emerson College Tulane University Franklin and Marshall College University of Miami Johns Hopkins University University of Michigan Lehigh University University of St. Andrews (UK) Massachusetts College of Art and Design University of Virginia McGill University (Canada) Ursinus College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

The following colleges accepted multiple IB students:

Boston University (3) Pennsylvania State University (18) (2) Pratt Institute (3) Brown University (2) (2) Bryn Mawr College (2) Saint Joseph's University (2) Carnegie Mellon University (5) Skidmore College (2) Case Western Reserve University (2) Temple University (12) Cornell University (3) Trinity College (2) Drexel University (6) Tulane University (4) Emory University (2) University of California, Berkeley (3) (2) University of California, Santa Barbara (2) Franklin and Marshall College (3) University of Colorado at Boulder (2) George Washington University (6) University of Miami (2) Johns Hopkins University (2) University of Michigan (4) Lehigh University (2) University of Pennsylvania (5) Loyola University, Mayland (2) University of Pittsburgh (12) McGill University, Canada (3) University of Southern California (4) Muhlenberg College (2) University of Wisconsin, Madison (3) New York University (3) Villanova University (2) Northeastern University (3) Wake Forest University (2) Northwestern University (2) Washington University in St. Louis (3) Pace University (2)

Class of 2013

The graduating seniors of the IB class of 2013 chose to attend the following colleges:

Boston University (2 students) Syracuse University Brown University (2 students) Temple University (3 students) California Institute of Technology Tufts University Tulane University (2 students) Clemson University Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) Colorado College University of California at San Diego Cornell University Drexel University Duke University (2 students) University of Pennsylvania (4 students) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) University of Pittsburgh (4 students) Emory University University of Vermont (2 students) Fordham University (2 students) University of Virginia George Washington University (2 students) Vassar College College Wake Forrest University Lehigh University Pennsylvania State University (7 students) Wesleyan University Pennsylvania State University (Schreyer Honors College) West Chester University Wheaton College (Illinois) Rutgers, the State University of at New Brunswick

Following is a sampling of the many colleges that accepted our IB students, though they chose to attend elsewhere:

Bennington College Trinity College Brandeis University Universita Bocconi () Cabrini College University College London (UK) Emerson College University of California at Berkeley HEC Montreal (Canada) University of Chicago Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine (UK) University of Colorado at Boulder New York University University of Edinburgh (UK) Saint Joseph's University University of Glasgow (UK) St. Louis College of Pharmacy University of Massachusetts, Amherst Stony Brook University Ursinus College

The following colleges accepted multiple IB students:

Arizona State University (2) Tufts University (2) Boston University (7) Tulane University (4) Brown University (2) University of Bristol, UK (2) Carnegie Mellon University (4) University of Maryland (2) Clark University (2) University of Miami (2) Cornell University (2) University of Michigan (5) Drexel University (10) University of Pennsylvania (5) Duke University (2) University of Pittsburgh (18) Emory University (3) University of St. Andrews, UK (2) Fordham University (3) University of Vermont (4) Franklin and Marshall College (3) University of Virginia (3) George Washington University (3) Vassar College (2) McGill University, Canada (2) Villanova University (2) Northwestern University (3) Wake Forrest University (3) Pennsylvania State University (17) Washington University in St. Louis (2) Syracuse University (2) Wesleyan University (2) Temple University (6) West Chester University (3)

Class of 2012

The graduating seniors of the IB class of 2012 chose to attend the following colleges:

Auburn University Tulane University Barnard College Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Boston University University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Bryn Mawr College University of California at Berkley University of California at Los Angeles Cornell University University of Chicago (2 students) University of Georgia New York University (2 students) University of Michigan (2 students) Northwestern University (2 students) University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Oberlin College (2 students) University of Pennsylvania (2 students) University of St. Andrews, Scottland Pennsylvania State University (2 students) Princeton University (2 students) Villanova University Rice University Wellesley College Tufts University (3 students)

Following is a sampling of the many colleges that accepted our IB students, though they chose to attend elsewhere:

American University Skidmore College Brandeis University Carnegie Mellon University Temple University Case Western Reserve University University of Miami Drexel University University of Pittsburgh Emory University George Washington University University of Southern California Johns Hopkins University University of Virginia Kenyon College Vassar College McGill University, Canada Washington University in St. Louis Michigan State University Wesleyan University

The following colleges accepted multiple IB students:

Auburn University (3) Temple University (3) Carnegie Mellon University (2) Tufts University (6) Cornell University (2) Tulane University (5) Drexel University (3) University of California at Los Angeles (2) George Washington University (2) University of Chicago (2) McGill University, Canada (3) University of Georgia (2) New York University (2) University of Michigan (5) Northwestern University (4) University of Pennsylvania (4) Oberlin College (2) University of Pittsburgh (8) Pennsylvania State University (10) University of Virginia (3) Princeton University (2) Vanderbilt University (4) Rice University (2) Washington University in St. Louis (2) Skidmore College (2) Wesleyan University (2)

Class of 2011

The graduating seniors of the IB class of 2011 chose to attend the following colleges:

American University (School of Business) Muhlenberg College (2 students) Berklee College of Music Northeastern University (2 students) Brown University Northwestern University (2 students) Dartmouth College Pennsylvania State University Emory University Stanford University Fashion Institute of Technology Tufts University George Washington University University of Pittsburgh (3 students) (2 students) University of St. Andrews, Scotland (2 students) IUT d’Aix-en-Provence, France University of Virginia

Following is a sampling of the many colleges that accepted our IB students, though they chose to attend elsewhere:

Amherst College New York University Boston University School of Visual Arts Skidmore University Brandeis University Carnegie Mellon University Temple University Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ithaca College University of Miami Lehigh University University of Michigan University of Southern California Massachusetts Institute of Technology Washington University in St. Louis Wesleyan University

The following colleges accepted multiple IB students:

American University (2) Pennsylvania State University (3) Boston University (2) Tufts University (3) Brandeis University (2) Tulane University (5) Drexel University (5) University of Delaware (2) George Washington University (2) University of Miami (4) Harvard University (2) University of Michigan (2) Ithaca College (2) University of Pittsburgh (6) Macalester College (2) University of St. Andrews, Scotland (4) Muhlenberg College (2) University of Vermont (3) New York University (2) Vassar College (2) Northeastern University (4) Pennsylvania State University (3) Northwestern University (2)

Class of 2010

The graduating seniors of the IB class of 2010 chose to attend the following colleges:

Boston University Northwestern University Temple University California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Temple University—Honors (2 students) Carnegie Mellon University Tulane University Case Western Reserve University Universidad CEU San Pablo (Madrid, Spain) Emory University University of Michigan Hampton University University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh New York University (3 students) University of Virginia New York University—Business School

Following is a sampling of the many colleges that accepted our IB students, though they chose to attend elsewhere:

Boston College (undergraduate and business schools) Northeastern University—Business School Bryn Mawr College Pennsylvania State University (undergraduate and Schreyer Honors College) Dickinson College Drexel University (undergraduate and honors colleges) Syracuse University Emerson College University of Chicago Franklin and Marshall College University of Miami George Washington University (undergraduate and honors colleges) University of Texas, El Paso Howard University University of the Sciences in Philadelphia McGill University (Montreal, Canada) Villanova University

The following colleges accepted multiple IB students:

Boston College (2) New York University (5) Boston University (4, 1 accepted to honors college) Northwestern University (3) Bucknell University (2) Pennsylvania State University (9, 2 accepted to Schreyer Honors College) Case Western University (2) Temple University (3, 2 accepted to honors college) Drexel University (4, 1 accepted to honors college) Tulane University (3) Emory University (3) University of Michigan (5) George Washington University (2, 1 accepted to honors University of Pittsburgh (4) college)

Class of 2009

The graduating seniors of the IB class of 2009 chose to attend the following colleges:

Arizona State University Temple University (2 students) The American University of Sarjah, United Arab Emirates Colgate University Tufts University Drexel University University of California, Berkeley Franklin and Marshall College University of Chicago (2 students) George Washington University (3 students) University of Delaware University of Michigan—honors IESEG—Ecole de commerce, management et gestion University of Pennsylvania (2 students) (France) Johns Hopkins University University of Texas at Austin—McComb’s School of Business Lafayette College University of the Sciences in Philadelphia New York University (3 students) University of Vermont Richmond—The American International School in Vanderbilt University London Saint Andrew’s University, Scotland Villanova University Swarthmore College (3 students) Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

Following is a sampling of the many colleges that accepted our IB students, though they chose to attend elsewhere:

American University Lehigh University Boston University McGill University, Canada Brandeis University Northeastern University Bryn Mawr College Oberlin College Carnegie Mellon University Sarah Lawrence College Delhousie University, Canada Skidmore College Dickinson College Smith College Earlham College Southern Imperial College of London University of California, Los Angeles Kenyon College University of Southern California

The following colleges accepted multiple IB students:

American University (2) Skidmore College (2) Boston University (4) Swarthmore College (3) Clark University (2) Temple University (4) Dickinson College (2) Tufts University (2) Drexel University (5) Tulane University (2) Franklin and Marshall College (2) University of Chicago (2) George Washington University (4) University of Colorado at Boulder (2) Kenyon College (2) University of Delaware (2) Lafayette College (2) University of Pennsylvania (2) New York University (6) University of Pittsburgh (10) Pennsylvania State University (8) Wake Forest University (2)

Class of 2008

The graduating seniors of the IB class of 2008 chose to attend the following colleges:

Brown University (Program in Liberal Medical Northwestern University (2 students) ) Carnegie Mellon University Pennsylvania State University Drexel University Southern Methodist University Emory University (2 students) Trinity College Franklin and Marshall College Université Bordeaux 1 George Washington University University of Miami Hampshire College (2 students) University of Pennsylvania—Wharton School of Business (2 students) Kenyon College University of Pennsylvania

Following is a sampling of the many colleges that accepted our IB students, though they chose to attend elsewhere:

American University Rochester Institute of Technology Boston College Sarah Lawrence College Boston University State University of New York at Binghamton Brandeis University Tufts University Dickinson College University of Maryland University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Pittsburgh Mount Allison University University of Vermont Muhlenberg College Vanderbilt University Nottingham University

The following colleges accepted multiple IB students:

American University (3) Northwestern University (2) Brandeis University (2) Pennsylvania State University (3) Drexel University (4) Tufts University (2) Emory University (2) University of Miami (2) Goucher College (4) University of Pennsylvania (3) Hampshire College (2) University of Pittsburgh (6) Mount Allison University (3) University of Vermont (2)

Class of 2007

The graduating seniors of the IB class of 2007 chose to attend the following colleges:

Boston University Temple University (2 students) Bucknell University Université Pierre et Marie Curie (France) Carnegie Mellon University (2 students) University of Chicago College of William and Mary University of Maryland Cornell University University of Pennsylvania—Wharton School of Business (3 students) George Washington University University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Lehigh University Villanova University Penn State University—Schreyer Honors College Yale University Princeton University

Following is a sampling of the many colleges that accepted our IB students, though they chose to attend elsewhere:

Allegheny College Brandeis University St. John's University Drexel University University of Connecticut Johns Hopkins University University of Illinois--Urbana Champagne Kenyon College University of Michigan Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University of Pittsburgh New York University University of Pittsburgh--Honors Northeastern University University of Vermont Northwestern University Ursinus College Penn State University Wake Forest University Washington University in St. Louis

The following colleges accepted multiple IB students:

Carnegie Mellon University (3) Penn State University (9) Cornell University (2) Temple University (3) Drexel University (2) University of Pennsylvania (4) Northwestern University (2) University of Pittsburgh (6)

Class of 2006

The graduating seniors of the IB class of 2006 chose to attend the following colleges:

Carnegie Mellon University Swarthmore College Drexel University Temple University George Washington University University of London—Queen Mary (UK) Georgetown University University of Rochester Georgetown University (School of Foreign Service) University of Warwick (UK) Rochester Institute of Technology University of Wisconsin (2 students) St. Joseph's University Wesleyan University

Following is a sampling of the many colleges that accepted our IB students, though they chose to attend elsewhere:

Boston College Rice University Boston University Smith College Duke University Susquehanna University Fordham University Tulane University Tyler School of Art Ithaca University University of Birmingham (UK) Johns Hopkins University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Kent University of UK University of London Royal Holloway (UK) London School of and University of Manchester (UK) New York University University of Michigan Northeastern University University of Pennsylvania Northwestern University Washington University in St. Louis Penn State Worcester Polytechnic Institute

The following colleges accepted multiple IB students:

Boston University (2) Penn State (5) Carnegie Mellon University (3) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (3) George Washington University (4) University of Rochester (3) Georgetown University (2) University of Wisconsin (2)

Class of 2005

The graduating seniors of the IB class of 2005 chose to attend the following colleges:

Allegheny College Swarthmore College (2 students) Duke University Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium George Washington University Villanova University (2 students) University of Pennsylvania (2 students) Wesleyan University Rhode Island School of Design

Following is a sampling of the many colleges that accepted our IB students, though they chose to attend elsewhere:

American University Barnard College () New York University Brandeis University Penn State University Carnegie Mellon University Pratt Institute Drexel University Tufts University University of Chicago Emory University University of Pittsburgh Maryland Institute College of Art Washington and Jefferson College McGill University (Canada) Washington University

The following colleges accepted multiple IB students:

Brandeis University (2) University of Pennsylvania (2) Penn State University (4) Villanova University (2) Swarthmore College (2)

Class of 2004

The graduating seniors of the IB class of 2004 chose to attend the following colleges:

Boston University Skidmore College Brandeis University (2 students) Smith College CESEM Management School, Reims, France Temple University Claremont McKenna College Tufts University Davidson College Tyler School of Art George Washington University (2 students) University of Helsinki Johns Hopkins University University of Pittsburgh Mount Holyoke College Vassar College (2 students) New York University University of Pennsylvania (4 students) Wesleyan University Pennsylvania State University (2 students) Williams College

Following is a sampling of the many colleges that accepted our IB students, though they chose to attend elsewhere:

Arcadia University McGill University U. of California--Berkley Bryn Mawr College Northeastern College University of Chicago Oberlin College University of Connecticut Dickinson College Reed College University of Maryland Goucher College Trinity College University of Michigan

The following colleges accepted multiple IB students:

Boston University (2) New York University (2) U. of Pennsylvania (5) Brandeis University (2) Oberlin College (2) U. of Pittsburgh (2) Carleton College (2) Penn State University (7) Vassar College (2) Drexel University (2) Skidmore College (2) Mt. Holyoke College (2) George Washington University Smith College (2) Tufts University (4) (2)

Class of 2003

The graduating seniors of the IB class of 2003 chose to attend the following colleges:

American University University of Pennsylvania Barnard College (of Columbia University) Pennsylvania State University Bates College Princeton University (2 students) Bowdoin College Queens University (Canada) Brandeis University (2 students) Smith College Bryn Mawr College Tufts University (2 students) Carnegie Mellon University Tulane University Davidson College University of Maryland—Eastern Shore Emory University (2 students) University of South Carolina (2 students) Georgetown University Wesleyan University

Following is a sampling of the many colleges that accepted our IB students, though they chose to attend elsewhere:

Arcadia College George Washington University Skidmore College Boston University SUNY Binghamton College of William and Mary Johns Hopkins University Swarthmore College Cornell University McGill University Syracuse University Dartmouth College Mt. Allison University University of Michigan Dickinson College Muhlenberg College University of Pittsburgh Queens University University of Virginia Drexel University Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute Vanderbilt University Earlham College Sarah Lawrence College Washington University Franklin and Marshall College

The following colleges accepted multiple IB students:

Boston University (2) Johns Hopkins University (2) University of Chicago (3) Brandeis University (4) Penn State University (5) University of Delaware (2) Cornell University (2) Princeton University (2) University of Pennsylvania (2) Dartmouth College (2) Syracuse University (2) University of South Carolina (2) Emory University (5) Trinity College (3) Vassar College (2) George Washington University (2) University of Arizona (2) Washington University (3)