AMERICAN SCHOOL OF 2019 - 2020 HIGH SCHOOL PROFILE

MISSION The American School of Doha is committed to the intellectual and personal development of our students, inspiring and empowering them to become positive, active global citizens.

COUNSELORS ABOUT US • Independent U.S. accredited, college preparatory co- Ms. Emilee Tollefson educational day school Head of Counseling and College Placement [email protected] • Founded in 1988 • Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 Ms. LizNoel Duncan [email protected] • 86% expatriate and 14% Qatari citizens • Two semesters, beginning mid-August and mid-January Ms. Jackie Feldstein • Primary language of instruction is English [email protected] SCHOOL COMMUNITY Dr. Aaron Jones • Admissions from embassies, oil, medical, education and airline [email protected] sectors Mr. Izzet Sengel • Well supported by volunteer parent groups including [email protected] Parent Teacher Association, Booster Club, Creative Arts Support Team, Junior/Senior Parents, and the Arab Mothers ADMINISTRATION Association Dr. Thomas Hawkins Director of the American School of Doha HS STUDENT BODY HS FACULTY [email protected] 2019 - 2020 2019 - 2020 Mr. Michael Roberts • 710 High School students • 73 faculty members High School Principal [email protected] • 170 Seniors • 71% hold advanced • 60 Nationalities degrees Mrs. Jan Farmer • 71% North American High School Associate Principal • 44% U.S. citizens [email protected] • 10% Qatari citizens • 12 countries represented Mr. Paul Kasky ACCREDITATION High School Associate Principal ACADEMICS [email protected] • Authorized as an International 2019 - 2020 Baccalaureate World School Ms. Heather Saur • 128 course options AP and High School Curriculum Coordinator • Accredited by the New [email protected] England Association of • 17 AP courses Schools and Colleges • 44 IBDP courses Ms. Katrina Charles • Member of the International IBDP Coordinator Association for College [email protected] Admission Counseling

ASD CEEB no. 632000 The American School of Doha • +974 4459 1500 • www.asd.sch.qa ASD IB no. 4603 PO Box 22090 • Al Bustan Street/E Ring Road, , SW Quadrant, Doha, State of ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) GRADING 2019 Results Global Score ASD Score No. of Exams Honors/ % Core AP/IBHL Biology 2.93 3.31 35 TOK II Calculus AB 2.97 4.63 30 A+ 97-100 4.3 4.6 4.8 3.80 3.86 7 Calculus BC A 93-96 4.0 4.3 4.5 Chemistry 2.74 2.77 47 Comparative Government 3.20 4.38 13 A- 90-92 3.7 4.0 4.2 Computer Science A 3.26 3.92 13 B+ 87-89 3.3 3.6 3.8 English Language and Comp 2.78 3.38 29 B 83-86 3.0 3.3 3.5 English Literature and Comp 2.62 3.09 22 B- 80-82 2.7 3.0 3.2 Environmental Science 2.68 3.18 17 Physics 1 2.51 3.19 37 C+ 77-79 2.3 2.6 2.8 Physics 2 3.06 3.23 13 C 73-76 2.0 2.3 2.5 Research 3.15 4.11 9 C- 70-72 1.7 2.0 2.2 Seminar 3.08 4.03 40 D+ 67-69 1.3 1.6 1.8 Statistics 2.87 3.73 26 U.S. Government and Politics 2.73 4.50 14 D 63-66 1.0 1.3 1.5 U.S. History 2.71 3.79 19 D- 60-62 0.7 1.0 1.2 World History 2.75 3.93 70 F 0-59 0.0 0.0 0.0 IBDP AVERAGE SCORE 2019 Results Global Score ASD Score No. of Exams Arabic A: Language and Literature SL 5.34 5.45 11 Arabic ab initio SL 4.53 6.00 2 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Arabic B HL 5.77 5.50 2 Arabic B SL 5.63 4.86 7 Required Courses Credits Biology HL 4.33 5.63 27 English 4.0 Biology SL 4.17 5.31 16 Mathematics 3.0 Chemistry HL 4.50 5.07 15 Science 3.0 Chemistry SL 4.00 4.92 12 Social Science 3.0 Computer Science HL 4.19 4.20 5 Economics HL 5.08 5.26 39 World Language 2.0 Economics SL 4.65 5.80 5 Fine Arts 1.0 English A: Language and Literature HL 4.96 5.67 21 Physical Education/Health 2.0 English A: Language and Literature SL 5.07 5.29 45 Senior Seminar/TOK II/AP 0.5 4.66 5.00 2 English A: Literature HL Seminar English A: Literature SL 4.98 5.86 7 Speech/TOK I/AP Seminar 0.5 Film HL 4.39 4.00 1 Film SL 4.08 6.00 1 Electives 6.0 French ab initio SL 4.89 4.14 14 Minimum total credits 25.0 French B HL 5.14 6.14 7 Learning Service 10 hours/year at ASD French B SL 5.03 5.62 13 Global Politics HL 5.06 5.67 21 Global Politics SL 4.75 5.00 4 History of African and Middle East HL 4.44 5.40 10 History SL 4.44 4.50 4 GPA DISTRIBUTION/QUINTILES Math Studies SL 4.16 4.38 13 The American School of Doha does not report Mathematics HL 4.68 5.15 13 specific academic rank. A cumulative GPA is Mathematics SL 4.18 4.59 41 maintained for Grades 9 - 12 based on semester Physics HL 4.64 4.75 8 grades. Only grades earned at ASD are used to Physics SL 4.03 3.33 3 determine the cumulative GPA. Psychology HL 4.68 5.29 24 Psychology SL 4.37 5.67 9 Quintile Cumulative GPA Spanish A: Language and Literature HL 4.86 5.00 5 Spanish A: Language and Literature SL 4.74 5.00 2 First 4.329 - 3.698 Spanish ab initio SL 4.96 4.62 13 Second 3.690 - 3.460 Spanish B HL 5.32 6.00 4 Third 3.450 - 3.190 Spanish B SL 5.03 5.80 15 Fourth 3.189 - 2.886 Theater HL 4.87 5.71 7 Visual Arts HL 4.26 5.00 9 Fifth 2.881 - 1.808

AMERICAN SCHOOL OF DOHA WWW.ASD.SCH.QA AP RECOGNITIONS IB DIPLOMA

Class of 2019 Class of 2018 2019 AP Scholars 32 IB Diploma Candidates 54 50 AP Scholars with Honors 10 IB Diplomas Awarded 44 49 AP Scholars with Distinction 40 Average Diploma Total 31 35 AP Capstone Diplomas 6 35+ Points 11 28 ASD highly suggests students take no more than 2 AP Highest Score 42 43 courses in Grade 10 and no more than 4 combined AP/ HL courses in Grades 11 and 12. ASD limits IB Diploma candidates to 3 HL courses. SAT ACT The SAT was administered to 153 students. The ACT was administered to 49 students.

Mean Mean English 25 Evidence Based Reading and Writing 605 Math 25 Math 614 Reading 26 Total 1219 Science 25 STEM 25 Composite 25

UNIVERSITY MATRICULATION FOR THE CLASS OF 2019

20% 11%

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50% 1%

United States - 50% United Kingdom - 11% Canada - 20% Europe - 5%

Qatar - 1% World - 3%

ASD limits students from applying to more than 10 college/university systems. ASD reports disciplinary action in the case of out-of-school suspension when requested by universities.

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United States Middle Tennessee State University University of Georgia University of Huddersfield Adelphi University Milwaukee School of Engineering University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Kent Agnes Scott College Mississippi State University University of Houston University of Leeds American University New College of Florida University of Illinois at Chicago University of Leicester Arizona State University New York Film Academy University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Liverpool Arkansas Tech University Newcastle University University of Kentucky University of Salford Auburn University North Carolina State University University of Maryland, College Park University of St Andrews Barry University Northeastern University University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Surrey Bates College Northern Arizona University University of Massachusetts, Boston University of Sussex Baylor University Northern Illinois University University of Michigan University of the Arts London Belmont University Northern Virginia Community College University of Michigan, Dearborn Canada Bentley University Northwestern University University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Brock University Berklee College of Music Norwich University University of Missouri Columbia Carleton University Binghamton University Nova Southeastern University University of Missouri Kansas City Concordia University - Montreal Blinn College Oakland University University of New Hampshire Dalhousie University Boston College Occidental College University of North Carolina at Charlotte Fanshawe College Boston University Oklahoma State University University of North Texas Laurentian University Brandeis University Old Dominion University University of Northern Colorado McGill University Otis College of Art and Design University of South Carolina McMaster University Butler University Pace University, New York City University of South Florida, Tampa Ontario Tech University California Institute of Technology Pace University, Westchester Campus University of St. Thomas Queen’s University California Institute of the Arts Pennsylvania State University University of Vermont Ryerson University California State University, Northridge Prairie View A&M University University of Washington Universite de Montreal California State University, Stanislaus Pratt Institute University of Wisconsin Colleges- University of Alberta Carnegie Mellon University Purchase College SUNY International Admissions University of British Columbia Central Oregon Community College Purdue University University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Calgary Chapman University Radford University Utah State University University of King’s College City College of New York CUNY Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Virginia Commonwealth University University of Ontario Institute of Tech- Clark Atlanta University Richland College Virginia Tech nology Clark University Roanoke College Wake Forest University University of Ottawa Clemson University Rochester Institute of Technology Washington and Jefferson College Colorado Christian University Rollins College Washington State University University of Waterloo Colorado State University Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Watkins College of Art University of Windsor Columbia College Chicago Rutgers University-New Brunswick Wayne State University Western University Cornell University San Francisco State University Wellesley College Wilfrid Laurier University Daemen College San Jacinto College Western Oregon University York University DePaul University Savannah College of Art and Design Western Washington University Drexel University Smith College Wheaton College IL Europe Duquesne University Southern Oregon University Whittier College CEU Cardenal Herrera University Elon University Southern Virginia University Woodbury University ESADE Business School Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University St. Edward’s University EU Business School Barcelona Emerson College Stetson University Geneva Business School Emory University Stevens Institute of Technology United Kingdom IE University - Madrid Campus Endicott College Suffolk University Cardiff University IE University - Segovia Flagler College Swansea University City of London College Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Florida A&M University Syracuse University City University of London Paris College of Art Florida Institute of Technology Temple University Goldsmiths, University of London Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Florida State University Texas A&M University Heriot-Watt University Universiteit Maastricht Fordham University The College of Saint Rose Imperial College London Universiteit Twente George Mason University The George Washington University King’s College London Universiteit van Amsterdam Georgetown University The New School Lancaster University Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Georgia Institute of Technology The Ohio State University Leeds Beckett University The Hague University of Applied Georgia State University The University of Alabama Loughborough University Sciences Gustavus Adolphus College The University of Arizona Middlesex University University of Groningen Hamilton College The University of Oklahoma Newcastle University Nottingham Trent University Qatar Hamline University The University of Texas, Arlington Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar Oxford Brookes University Hardin-Simmons University The University of Texas, Austin Georgetown University School of Foreign Queen Mary University of London Hofstra University The University of Texas, Dallas Service Regent’s University London Hunter College CUNY The University of Texas, Tyler Northwestern University in Qatar Robert Gordon University Illinois Institute of Technology Truman State University Texas A&M University at Qatar Royal Veterinary College Indiana University at Bloomington Union College (New York) Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar St Mary’s University Indiana University-Purdue University University at Buffalo SUNY Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar Indianapolis University of Alaska Anchorage The University of Edinburgh Ithaca College University of Alaska Fairbanks The University of Manchester World Jacksonville University University of California, Berkeley The University of Nottingham American University of Beirut James Madison University University of California, Davis University College London American University of Sharjah University of California, Los Angeles University of Bath Lebanese American University Kenyon College University of California, Riverside University of Birmingham Rochester Institute of Technology - Dubai Lake Forest College University of California, San Diego University of Bradford Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Lawrence University University of California, Santa Barbara University of Bristol Medical University of Bahrain Lone Star College University of California, Santa Cruz University of Derby The American University in Cairo Long Island University, Brooklyn University of Central Florida University of Essex University of Jordan Loyola Marymount University University of Colorado at Boulder University of Exeter Institute of Technology at Bandung Loyola University Chicago University of Colorado Colorado Springs University of Glasgow Stellenbosch University Loyola University New Orleans University of Connecticut University of Greenwich University of Sydney Macalester College University of Evansville University of Hertfordshire University of Wollongong Michigan State University University of Florida Yale-NUS College

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