Espoo International Upper Secondary School

ETELÄ-TAPIOLA LUKIO IB

APPLICATION FORM Please complete and return (page 1 only) before 15.3.2018

Family Name First Name Date

Date of Birth/Soc. Security No Nationality Signature

Address Tel. Parental/Guardian's signature

Email address: Choice on joint application form: Average school grade in academic Please circle. subjects*: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th School currently attending:

*Applicants from outside of Finland will need to provide an interim and final school report. All applicants must register with www.opintopolku.fi before the required deadline in March.

THE IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME (DP)

Please underline your chosen subjects below. One subject must be selected from each group 1 - 5 and either Visual Arts in group 6 or another choice from groups 1 - 4. Three IB subjects must be taken at Higher Level (HL) and three at Standard Level (SL). In addition candidates undertake an Extended Essay, undergo a Creativity, Activity and Service component, and study the Theory of Knowledge. IB content will be taught in the second and third years of study, upon completion of the pre-IB year.

IB SUBJECTS Please underline choice of six subjects* and level, and encircle SL/HL as appropriate. It isn´t a binding commitment at this stage!

Group 1: Language Group 2: Language Acquisition Group 3: Individuals and Societies Finnish Literature SL HL French B SL English Language +Literature Finnish B SL History SL HL SL HL Business Management SL HL School-supported language# SL Or a second choice from Group 1

Group 4: Experimental Sciences Group 5 Mathematics Group 6: Arts

Physics SL HL Mathematics SL HL Visual Arts SL Biology SL HL Mathematical Studies SL Chemistry SL * Availability of a given subject is always dependent on sufficient numbers (7+) choosing it. All subjects/levels may not be available in any given year. # School-supported languages are an option for native speakers of other (major) languages, providing written proficiency is demonstrated prior to commencement of the DP. Please discuss this possibility with the coordinator at the time of application.

PRE-DP SUBJECTS

Students are expected to complete 28+ courses during the pre-DP year, based upon the following course tray (with numbers of courses available in each subject shown in brackets). Compulsory subjects are shown in bold. There is no need to mark anything here - this is for information only.

Äidinkieli/S2 Finnish (3-4) English (4) Swedish (3) Beginner French (3) Mathematics (5) Chemistry (2) Physics (3) Biology (1) Geography (1) History (3) Economics (1) Art (2) Study skills (third of a course) PE (1) Science (1) Music (1)

Entrance Test

All applicants in Finland must attend an entrance test on Tuesday 24.04.2018. This test will comprise three sections: i) English proficiency ii) Mathematics and iii) Äidinkieli/Finnish* or a second English test for immigrants with limited Finnish skills.

*All students of äidinkieli in lower secondary school and/or mother tongue Finnish speakers must take this test. Students of Finnish as a Second Language (S2) have a separate test.

Applicants outside the country should apply to the coordinator to discuss administration of the test in a Finnish consulate/embassy in week 17. Candidates are responsible for making the necessary arrangements and fee payment.

Student selection

Students will be selected for admission on the basis of their performance in the entrance test (50%) and upon the average school grade from lower school (50%). A maximum of 35 students will be invited to join the programme.

Please submit this application form to:

Etelä-Tapiola lukio IB Street address: Etelä-Tapiolan lukio IB PL 3234 Ahertajantie 5 02070 Espoo 02100 Espoo Finland Finland

Fax +358 9 8163 9108

Information session: Wednesday 24th January 2018 at 18.30. Welcome! Enquiries should be made to the IB Coordinator David Crawford +358 9 816 39109 [email protected]