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College Matriculation 2014-2018 GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT & American University Johns Hopkins University Spelman College University of North Georgia COLLEGE/CAREER PLANNING Arizona State University* Johnson & Wales University St. Catherine University - St. Paul* University of Northern Iowa Auburn University (Providence) St. Cloud State University* University of Northwestern Augsburg College* Lake Forest College* St. Edward’s University University of Notre Dame* Augustana College Lawrence University St. Norbert College* University of Oregon* Barnard College Lehigh University St. Olaf College* University of Pennsylvania* Baylor University* Loras College St. Petersburg College University of Phoenix Belmont University* Louisiana State University Swarthmore College University of Pittsburgh Preparing for success starts as soon Bemidji State University* Loyola Marymount University* Syracuse University* University of Portland* as you walk through our doors. Bethel University-MN* Loyola University Chicago* Taylor University University of Puget Sound* Boston College* Loyola University Maryland Texas Christian University* University of Richmond Boston Conservatory at Berklee Luther College* The College of the Ozarks University of Rochester Boston University* Marietta College The Culinary Institute of America- NY University of San Diego* Bradley University Marist College* (Main Campus) University of Southern California* Brandeis University Marquette University* The Evergreen State College University of St. Thomas* Brown University Marymount California University The George Washington University* University of Utah Butler University* McGill University* The Ohio State University* University of Vermont* California Lutheran University McNally Smith College of Music* The University of Alabama* University of Washington* Carleton College* Miami University, Oxford* The University of Arizona* University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire* GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT Central Michigan University Michigan Technological University* The University of Georgia University of Wisconsin, La Crosse* Benilde-St. Margaret’s offers a comprehensive guidance program Chapman University Millikin University The University of Iowa* University of Wisconsin, Madison* Chatham University Milwaukee School of Engineering The University of Montana, Missoula* University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee that includes personal and academic counseling, with emphasis Coastal Carolina University Minneapolis College of Art and Design* The University of North Carolina University of Wisconsin, Platteville placed on helping students plan for their future. The Guidance Colby College* Minnesota State University, Mankato* at Chapel Hill University of Wisconsin, River Falls* College of Saint Benedict* Minnesota State University, Moorhead* The University of Oklahoma* University of Wisconsin, Department provides assistance beyond our Red Knights’ high College of St. Scholastica* Montana State University, Bozeman* The University of Tampa Stevens Point school careers. BSM offers an extensive selection of college- College of the Holy Cross* Mount Holyoke College The University of Texas, Austin University of Wisconsin, Stout * preparatory courses, and each student is assigned a counselor that College of William and Mary Mount Marty College Thomas College University of Wisconsin, Superior Colorado College New York University* Trinity University University of Wisconsin, Whitewater* stays with them from their very first day at BSM until they graduate. Colorado State University* North Central University* Tufts University* Vanderbilt Columbia College Chicago* North Dakota State University* Union College (New York) University Concordia College - Moorhead* Northeastern University* United States Air Force Academy Villanova University* COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER Cornell College* Northern Michigan University* United States Military Academy - Army Virginia Tech The BSM College and Career Center is a resource center for both BSM’s Guidance and College Counselors individually assist all Creighton University* Northwestern University* United States Naval Academy* Wake Forest University Red Knights in setting and reaching goals for successful futures. Dalhousie University Occidental College* Unity College Washington and Lee University* students and parents. The counselors and trained parent volunteers, Dartmouth College Ohio University University of Advancing Technology Washington State University staff the College and Career Center and are available to assist Denison University Pacific Lutheran University University of British Columbia Washington University in St. Louis our Red Knight families. There are approximately 200 college DePaul University* Pennsylvania State University University of California, Davis Wellesley College* DePauw University* Pepperdine University* University of California, Irvine Wheaton College IL* representatives who visit with interested students each year in the Drake University* Point Loma Nazarene University University of California, Los Angeles Whitman College* College and Career Center. Drexel University Pomona College University of California, San Diego* Winona State University* Elon University Providence College* University of California, Santa Barbara Xavier University* Emerson College Purdue University* University of Chicago Yale University* Emory University* Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Colorado at Boulder* Florida A&M University* Ripon College University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Fordham University* Rochester Institute of Technology University of Connecticut* * indicates more than one Franklin University Switzerland Rollins College University of Dayton student attending Furman University Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology University of Denver* Georgetown University* Rutgers University-New Brunswick University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign* Gonzaga University* Saint John’s University (MN)* University of Kansas* Grand Canyon University Saint Louis University University of Manitoba* Grinnell College Saint Mary’s College University of Maryland, College Park Gustavus Adolphus College* Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota* University of Michigan* Hamilton College - NY* San Diego State University University of Minnesota, Duluth* Hamline University* Santa Clara University* University of Minnesota, Morris* Harvard University Seattle Pacific University University of Minnesota, Twin Cities* High Point University Seattle University University of Missouri Columbia* Hobart and William Smith Colleges Siena College University of Nebraska at Lincoln* Hosei Simpson College University of Nebraska at Omaha* University Smith College University of New Hampshire at Durham* Howard University South Dakota School of Mines and University of New Mexico Indiana University at Bloomington* Technology* University of North Carolina at Wilmington Educating servant leaders – in Body, Spirit, and Mind. Iowa State University* South Dakota State University* University of North Dakota* BSMschool.org | 2501 Highway 100 South, St. Louis Park, MN 55416 | [email protected] | 952-915-4345 Advanced Placement ACT BSM offers 21 Advanced Placement courses. In 2018, there – 209 students from the Class of 2018 took the ACT were 37 AP Scholars with an average score of 3.33, 17 AP (beginning Dec ‘16); that represents 93% of the class. Scholars with Honors with an average score of 3.69, 22 AP Scholars with Distinction with an average score of 4.24 and – The average score of the highest ACT for those students one National AP Scholar with an average score of 5. was 27, compared to the Minnesota average of 21.1 and the national average of 21.0. AP Five-Year Score Summary – In the Class of 2018, the average ACT score for the top 25 percent was 32.2, while the top 10 percent was 33.9. 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Students 209 249 260 240 225 Class of 2018 ACT Summary Number of Exams 350 459 457 485 466 Percent with 76.1 75.5 85.8 69 79 Section Middle 50% Mean scores 3+ English 25-33 28.3 Math 23-29 26.2 Matriculation Reading 24-32 28.1 BSM’s class of 2018 went on to post-secondary education at a rate of 95% (92% to four-year programs and 3% to Science 24-30 27 two-year programs). Another 1% went on to a post-secondary athletic program, 1% went to active military duty and 1% took Composition 24-30 26.9 a gap year of service. SAT - Number of seniors taking the SAT: 30 - Percent of the Class of 2017 taking the test: 13% COMPREHENSIVE 4-YEAR PLAN • COMPREHENSIVE 4-YEAR PLAN • COMPREHENSIVE 4-YEAR PLAN • COMPREHENSIVE 4-YEAR PLAN • COMPREHENSIVE 4-YEAR PLAN Freshman Year Freshmen also hear from a panel BSM College Fair (April): PSAT (October): All BSM juniors Students will also receive a BSM College Fair (April): Senior Year This questionnaire is used by the Freshmen Individual of our seniors who will pass Representatives from take the PSAT/NMSQT. Results college/career portfolio that is Representatives from Senior Small Group Meetings counselors when writing letters Meetings (Fall): Counselors along advice and tips about how approximately 120 colleges and are mailed home in December. worth .5 credits and a Pass/No approximately 120 colleges and (end of August): Counselors of recommendation. meet individually with students to make the most out of their universities in the United States PSAT is the National Merit Pass grade, and is a graduation universities in the United States meet with all seniors in small and parents (optional) to discuss years at BSM. are invited to BSM. Sophomores Scholarship qualifying test. requirement. Part