Baylor School2017-18 Profile

Baylor School, founded in 1893, is an independent, coeducational boarding and day school located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, enrolling 1,056 students in grades six through twelve.

171 Baylor School Road The Honor Code is a core value instilled in students from the moment they enter the Baylor gates. A Chattanooga, TN 37405 seat on the Honor Council is considered the most important position of leadership within the student body. (423) 267-8505 www.baylorschool.org The Academic Calendar is organized on a Advanced Placement Offerings CEEB# 430275 semester system; students in grades 9-12 take six cours- Recommended students normally take up to three AP es each semester. In addition to their academic schedule, courses in 11th grade and up to four in 12th grade. All AP Administration students are required to participate in either athletics or students must complete the AP exam. The following AP another afternoon activity including community service, Scott A. Wilson ’75 courses are offered each year: drama, dance, or Walkabout (Baylor’s outdoor education President & Headmaster 3-D Art French Language program). Biology German Shaw Wilson ’84 Calculus AB Human Geography Assistant Headmaster Grade Point Averages Advanced Placement (AP) Courses receive an addition- Calculus BC Latin Vergil al boost to the course grade (+4 points) as do Honors Chemistry Physics C College Counseling courses (+2 points). These weighted grades are shown on Chinese Statistics Stephen R. Jackson, Director the transcript and are used for determining GPA. Baylor Computer Science Principles Spanish Language (423) 757-2540 uses number grades (with letter equivalents) on the tran- English Language Spanish Literature [email protected] script. The conversion is as follows: English Literature Studio Art Michael Richardson A: 90-100 D: 65-69 Environmental Science United States History Associate Director B: 80-89 F: 64 or below European History World History (423) 757-2845 C: 70-79 [email protected] In cases where students complete the most advanced Curriculum AP-level course in a subject in 11th grade, a course may Ann Katherine Taylor Baylor expects students to enroll in a minimum of 20 be offered beyond the AP level for seniors. Baylor cur- Associate Director units, including 16 academic courses. rently offers two such courses: Chinese 500 and Honors (423) 757-2847 English: 4 units Abstract Math. [email protected] Mathematics: 4 units Laboratory Sciences: 3 units Elizabeth Young The Teaching Faculty consists of 51 men Social Sciences: 3 units Associate Director and 59 women, 85 of whom hold advanced degrees, of Foreign Language: 2 units Standardized Testing which 15 are on the doctoral level. As part of Baylor’s Fine Arts: 1 unit Coordinator important advisory program, teachers also serve students (423) 757-2842 Additional requirements include three years of Physical as advisers, regularly interacting closely with students in [email protected] Education and Wellness. all aspects of their school life. Elizabeth Roemer ’05 Programming & Logistics (423) 267-8505, ext. 241 [email protected] Class of 2018 Numerical Average Class of 2018 Grade Distribution by Department Cumulative weighted GPAs for junior year. Fax: (423) 757-2891 Numerical average by academic department for GPA STUDENTS PERCENTAGE junior year. 4.00+ 27 15% English: 88.52 Enrollment 3.75-3.99 47 27% Fine Arts: 95.44 Total Enrollment: 1,056 3.5-3.74 50 28% Language: 91.27 3.0-3.49 40 23% Upper School (9-12): 732 Math: 87.58 2.5-2.99 8 5% Science: 88.37 • 48% male/52% female 2.0-2.49 1 1% • We have 200 boarders, Social Studies: 87.33 31% of those are international. TOTAL 177 100% • Our students represent 23 Standardized Testing for Class of 2018 states and 12 foreign countries. MIDDLE 50% Middle School (6-8): 324 ACT Composite: 23-29 || SAT: EBRW: 600-690 | M: 550-690 | TOTAL: 1160-1370 Curriculum

Grade 9 ENGLISH SOCIAL STUDIES SCIENCE MATH FINE ARTS Eng I World History I Biology or Algebra I *Theater 100: Intro to Acting Eng I Honors Biology Honors Geometry or Geometry Honors *Theater 200: Acting for Algebra II Production Grade 10 Eng II World History II or Chemistry or Algebra II w/Trig or Alg II w/Trig Honors *Theater 300: Advanced AP Language AP World History Chemistry Honors Precalculus or Precalculus Honors Acting and Directing Trigonometry and Analysis Concert Choir Grade 11 English III or AP Literature US History or Physics or Physics Honors *Calculus I Concert Band AP US History AP Biology *Calculus II Orchestra AP Chemistry Statistics *Digital Design I and II *Photography AP Calculus AB *Studio Art 100 AP Calculus BC *Studio Art 200 Grade 12 Seniors choose two AP European History; AP Physics C AP Statistics *Pottery I and II AP Biology English electives: AP Human Geography Honors Abstract Math† *Drawing *American Government AP Chemistry *Contemporary Popular Lit *Design: Form and *Classical Mythology AP Environmental WORLD LANGUAGES *Identity and Society in Lit Function *Eastern Religions Science Chinese: 300, 400, AP, Post AP Chinese† *Literary Classics *Intermediate Drawing *Economics *Astronomy French: 100, 200, 300, 400, AP *Literature of Medicine and Painting *Ethics *Engineering Design German: 300, 400, AP *Travel Literature *Painting *History of American Law *Environmental Science Latin: 100, 200, 300, 400, AP *Wilderness Lit *Visual Literacy *History of the Modern US *Forensic Science Spanish: 100, 200, 300, 350, 400, AP Studio Art *one-semester course *History of Rome *Fundamentals of AP Lang, AP Lit AP 3D Art *The Media in the Scientific Research Making of Modern *Independent Scientific COMPUTER SCIENCE History Research I *Computer Sci I: Intro to Computer Sci *Western Religions *Independent Scientific *AP Computer Science Principles *World War II Research II *one-semester course *one-semester course *one-semester course † indicates course offered beyond AP level

College Choices Ninety-nine percent of Baylor graduates attend four-year colleges and universities. In the last five years Baylor graduates have matriculated at 228 institutions around the world; below is a sampling of representative matriculations by region. Southeast University of Virginia University of Chicago Middlebury College Agnes Scott College Vanderbilt University University of Illinois at New York University Auburn University Virginia Tech Urbana-Champaign Northeastern University Berry College Wake Forest University University of Michigan Pennsylvania State University Centre College Washington & Lee University University of Wisconsin, Madison Princeton University Clemson University Wofford College Washington University in St. Louis Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute College of Charleston Wittenberg University Stevens Institute of Technology West/Southwest College of William & Mary Xavier University Tufts University Davidson College Baylor University International Union College Elon University Colorado College The American University of Paris University of Pennsylvania Emory University and Oxford College Colorado State University Ecole Polytechnique Federale University of Rochester at Emory Lewis and Clark College de Lausanne Wesleyan University Furman University Pepperdine University Jacobs University Williams College Georgia Institute of Technology Pomona College McGill University Worcester Polytechnic Institute Millsaps College Southern Methodist University University of British Columbia Yale University Rhodes College Stanford University Samford University Texas Christian University New England Mid-Atlantic Savannah College of Art and Design Trinity University Bard College George Washington University Sewanee: The University of the South University of California at Berkeley Barnard College Georgetown University Tennessee Technological University University of California at Irvine Bates College Gettysburg College Tulane University University of California at Los Angeles Boston College Hampton University University of Alabama University of California at San Diego Boston University Haverford College University of Florida University of Colorado at Boulder Bowdoin College Howard University University of Montana, Missoula University of Georgia Brandeis University James Madison University University of Puget Sound University of Kentucky Brown University Johns Hopkins University University of Mississippi Bryn Mawr College Lehigh University University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Midwest Cornell University University of Richmond Case Western Reserve University Dartmouth College Service Academies University of South Carolina DePaul University Fordham University United States Air Force Academy University of Tennessee Loyola University Chicago Hamilton College United States Military Academy University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Northwestern University Harvard University United States Naval Academy