| College Admission Profile2017–18

Windsor, Connecticut 06095 Head of School Sheila Culbert, Ph.D. Telephone 860 687 6351 Director of College Guidance Amy E. Thompson Facsimile 860 687 6356 Associate Directors of College Guidance Frederique C. Dupré, Ethan W. Percy, [email protected] W. Jed Stuart, Kathleen O. Wiggenhauser CEEB Code: 070945 Administrative Assistant Lori W. Johnson

School Description

The Loomis Chaffee School is a four-year, coeducational, independent boarding school located on a 300-acre campus in Windsor, Connecticut. Chartered in 1874 by five siblings whose children all died tragically and who then selflessly founded a school as a gift to the children of others, Loomis provides a superb education for motivated and talented students, inspiring in them a commitment to the best self and the common good. Academically rigorous, the school promotes the pursuit of excellence “in spirit, mind, and body” within a community where it is easy to be “good and friendly” and where the diversity of person and idea are not only respected but championed. All 675 Loomis students, who currently represent 30 U.S. states and 47 countries, plan to attend four-year colleges and universities. The school is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and is a founding member of the Association of College Counselors of Independent Schools.

Key Facts for College Admission Officers

• Loomis Chaffee has renamed our highest level course offerings. As of the 2016-17 school year, our highest level courses (including, but not limited to, AP courses) have the designation of “CL” (for “College Level”) on the transcript. • Courses that move at an accelerated pace, go beyond normal curricular requirements and require longer homework assignments are designated as “Advanced.” • The following courses that may have been taken prior to 2016-2017 are considered “CL” courses that go beyond the AP curriculum: -- Advanced French V and IV; Advanced Spanish V Literature -- Advanced Biology II courses (Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Anatomy, Cell Biology, Genetics) -- Multivariable Calculus; Linear Algebra • Loomis Chaffee runs on a trimester system.Fall term grades are available the week of Thanksgiving; winter term grades are available in early March. • The grading system, A-F, also includes a pass/fail option in one course in spring term for seniors taking five courses. • Loomis Chaffee does not rank its students nor provide a GPA. • The average course load is five courses with the exception of sophomores who typically take four courses along with graduation requirements Writers Workshop and Fitness & Wellness. • Approximately 15% of the senior class earns a Global and Environmental Studies Certificate, which recognizes academic, extracurricular, and experiential studies focused on these areas. • Loomis Chaffee offers 47 CL courses and 19 Advanced courses. All other courses in the curriculum are college preparatory. • There are 675 students in grades 9 through 12 and postgraduate study, and 198 students in the Class of 2018. Curriculum Notes

SUBJECT REQUIREMENT NOTES English * 4 years No advanced or CL coursework offered until grade 11 Foreign Language 3 year proficiency in one language No advanced or CL coursework offered in Arabic History and Social Science * 2 years (world history, U.S. history) Instructional Assistant serves as a teaching assistant in underclass World History courses; for extremely able history students Philosophy/Psychology/Religion 2 courses, at least one in grades 11 or 12 No advanced or CL coursework offered Mathematics 3 years (2 algebra, one geometry) CL AP Statistics Accelerated course covers the AP Statistics curriculum while meeting only twice a week; for extremely able mathematics students Science * 2 years (1 life and 1 physical science) Arts 3 courses for 4 year students; 2 for others Independent Study Offered in rare cases for students who have gone above above and beyond our curricular offerings in a discipline

STATEMENT ON DISCIPLINE * Guided Research Projects in Humanities and Molecular Biology allow students to participate in mentored independent research; for extremely able students.

Junior Year Unweighted Cumulative Grade Point Average Distribution for Class of 2018

3.71 & above 57

3.31 to 3.70 78

3.01 to 3.30 39

2.71 to 3.00 15

2.31 to 2 .70 3

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 (indicates number of students)

Testing Information

Testing The middle 50 percent of the students in the Class of SAT Subject Test Mean 2017 scored in the following ranges: Class of 2017 SAT ACT Biology - Ecology 634 Biology - Molecular 688 EBRW 610-700* English 27-35 Math 600-700 Math 26-33 Chemistry 699 Reading 28-34 French 608 Science 25-33 Literature 643 Composite 27-33 Math Level I 636 *includes TOEFL-eligible students Math Level II 713 Physics 685 In the past five years, Loomis Chaffee has graduated Spanish 588 16 National Merit Semifinalists and 102 National Merit U.S. History 672 Commended Scholars. Class of 2017 College Matriculation

Amherst College Fordham University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Connecticut Babson College Franklin & Marshall College Saint Joseph’s University University of Edinburgh Barnard College George Mason University School of the Art Institute of University of Illinois Urbana- Bates College George Washington University Chicago Champaign Boston College Georgetown University Sewanee: University of the South University of Maine Boston University Grove City College Skidmore College University of Massachusetts, Brandeis University Hamilton College Southern Methodist University Amherst Brown University Harvard University Southern New Hampshire University of Miami Bryant University Hong Kong University Science & University University of New England Bucknell University Technology Stanford University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carnegie Mellon University Kenyon College Stony Brook University University of Notre Dame Case Western Reserve University Lafayette College Syracuse University University of Pennsylvania Chapman University Lehigh University Trine University University of Rochester Claremont McKenna College McGill University Tufts University University of Southern California Colby College Miami Dade College Tulane University University of Toronto College of the Holy Cross Middlebury College Union College (New York) University of Virginia Colorado College New York University United States Coast Guard Academy University of Wisconsin, Madison Columbia University North Carolina Central University United States Naval Academy Vassar College Connecticut College Northeastern University Université de Montréal Villanova University Cornell University Northwestern University University of Alabama Wellesley College Dartmouth College Pennsylvania State University University of California, Los Wesleyan University Davidson College Pomona College Angeles Williams College Dickinson College Princeton University University of Chicago Worcester Polytechnic Institute Duke University Providence College University of Colorado Boulder Yale University Elon University Purdue University Emory University Reed College

Five-Year College Matriculation Over the past five years, four or more Loomis Chaffee students have matriculated to the following institutions: American University Dickinson College Princeton University University of New Hampshire at Amherst College Duke University Providence College Durham Babson College Elon University Purdue University University of Pennsylvania Bates College Fordham University Rochester Institute of Technology University of Richmond Boston College Franklin & Marshall College Skidmore College University of Rochester Boston University George Washington University Southern Methodist University University of Southern California Bowdoin College Georgetown University Stanford University University of St Andrews Brandeis University Gettysburg College Syracuse University University of Toronto Brown University Hamilton College Trinity College University of Vermont Bucknell University Harvard University Tufts University University of Virginia Carnegie Mellon University Johns Hopkins University Tulane University University of Wisconsin, Madison Claremont McKenna College Lafayette College Union College (New York) Vanderbilt University Colby College Lehigh University University of Chicago Vassar College Colgate University Massachusetts Institute of University of Colorado at Boulder Villanova University College of the Holy Cross Technology University of Connecticut Washington University in St. Colorado College McGill University University of Edinburgh Louis Columbia University Middlebury College University of Illinois at Wellesley College Connecticut College New York University Urbana-Champaign Wesleyan University Cornell University Northeastern University University of Miami Williams College Dartmouth College Northwestern University University of Michigan Yale University