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School Profile 2020-21 CEEB CODE : 724736 | UCAS CODE : 16088 | IB CODE : 2261 Our School Accreditation TASIS England was founded by Mrs. Mary Crist Fleming in 1976 as an American Council of International Schools (CIS) school located in Surrey, England, for students ages 3-18. We are a private, UK Department for Education URN: 125423 independent, co-educational, boarding and day school with students from 58 New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) countries, situated on 46 acres of beautiful Surrey land. The campus comprises International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) buildings dating back to the 18th century with modern science, technology, art, theater, and athletic facilities. Examination Boards International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) TASIS England believes in supporting an expertise beyond the curriculum and College Board Advanced Placement Program developing a pure passion for learning in our students. Membership Our Students and Faculty Educational Collaborative for International Schools (ECIS) • Upper school: 345 students Independent Schools Association (ISA) • Class of 2021: 102 students International Schools Athletic Association (ISAA) • Class of 2020: 107 students British Association of Independent Schools with International Students (BAISIS) • Student to faculty ratio is 6:1 Boarding Schools’ Association (BSA) • 70% of our teachers hold master’s and/or doctoral degrees • Median class size of 9.4 Extra-curricular and Sports Program TASIS England is a firm believer in combining curricular with extra-curricular Our Curriculum education to create a well-rounded student. All TASIS students must complete TASIS England offers only the most demanding academic program to its Upper the IB CAS requirements or our Community Service Program. School students. Our curriculum is challenging, meaningful, and progressive, by which students at TASIS can be assured of receiving an education that will An extensive afternoon activity program schedule extends the school day prepare them for further studies at universities worldwide. In Grades 9 and until 5:15 p.m. TASIS athletics boasts 16 JV and Varsity competitive sports 10 students follow the American high school diploma, and in Grades 11 and teams from Lacrosse to Basketball to Baseball, that compete in European 12 students work towards either the IB Diploma Programme or continue the championship leagues. TASIS also offers recreational sports in Conditioning, American diploma with Advanced Placement classes. TASIS is proud to be the Golf, Yoga, Badminton, Horseback Riding and Running Club, to name a few. only school in Surrey to offer Linear Algebra, a mathematics course containing There are currently over 15 different after-school clubs and 21 student- advanced college-level linear algebra and multivariable calculus. In order to run clubs for students to take part in throughout the week, ranging from graduate from TASIS England, students must fulfill the following high school Global Issues Network to Business Club, and Giving for Good to our own TASIS equivalency requirements towards a graduation certification: Leadership Academy. We encourage all aspects of the Arts which form a large • 4 years of English part of our extra-curricular experience with concerts, orchestras, choirs, band • 3 years of Mathematics nights, A Cappella group, art festivals, whole-school performances, minor • 3 years of History productions, art exhibitions, and more. Our active student leadership team • 1 year of Humanities is responsible for coordinating an extensive and varied program of events • 3 years of Science on campus, and also in the greater London area, such as Open Mic Night, • 2 years of additional language, with a 3rd level proficiency in 1 language Dodgeball Tournament, and field trips to plays, museums, and cultural events. • 2 years of Art (drama, music, art or computer graphic design) • Physical Education in Grades 9 and 10 University/College Upper School TASIS England’s International Section and EAL Program cater to a proportion of Counseling Team Administration the Upper School student body. Students who are placed in the International Erika A. Toren, Bryan Nixon, Head of School Sections and EAL Program are non-native speakers of English from multiple Director of College Counseling [email protected] grade levels with varying degrees of language proficiency. They receive and Student Services specialized instruction in their History, Science, and English courses with [email protected] Sue Petrone, Head of Upper School [email protected] teachers who are sensitive to their English language needs. Elizabeth Mohr, Stephanie Feo-Hughes, Academic IB Snapshot Assistant Director of College Counseling Dean and IB Coordinator • 61 IB candidates, 52 of these IB Diploma candidates, took 414 exams [email protected] • 11 Bilingual Diplomas [email protected] • 31% achieved over 38 IB points Jonathan Werkmeister, College Amy Maurer, Academic Dean and AP Counselor Coordinator • Highest score = 43 points [email protected] • Average IB score for Class of 2020 = 35, 5 points above the world average [email protected] • 98% IB Diploma pass rate Natalie Smith, College Counselor [email protected] AP Snapshot • 138 students took 337 AP exams, with an average score of 4.0 • 90% pass rate • 50% of students qualify as AP Scholars Grading Scale • 9 AP Scholars • 24 AP Scholars with Honors The school uses a 100 point grading scale in Grades 9-12 and a 4.00 CGPA for reporting. • 31 AP Scholars with Distinction IB GRADE US Letter GPA Value IB GRADE US Letter GPA Value • 2 AP Scholar International Diploma Grade Grade • Approval required by Academic Dean to take more than 3 AP classes 7 A+ 4.33 3+ C+ 2.33 7-/6+ A 4.00 3 C 2.00 MISSION 6/6- A- 3.67 3- C- 1.67 TASIS England nurtures intellectual curiosity 5+/5 B+ 3.33 2+ D+ 1.33 and emboldens each learner to flourish as a 5-/4+/4 B 3.00 2 D 1.00 principled, open-minded, and compassionate 4- B- 2.67 2- D- .67 member of a global community. 1 F 0 GPA is not weighted. We do not rank. 2020 School Statistics College and University Acceptances

Grade The Class of 2020 attended universities in the U.S.A. (39%), the U.K. (42%), and other countries IB Subject (Number of students) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 (19%). 98% of the Class of 2020 attended colleges/universities immediately upon graduation. English A Lang and Lit HL (25) 2 12 11 0 0 0 0 Over 60 scholarships were awarded. Following is a partial list of colleges and universities who English A Lang and Lit SL (19) 1 12 6 0 0 0 0 have accepted our students since 2016: English A Literature HL (3) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Durham University The University of Arizona University of Edinburgh English A Literature SL (5) 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 Bard College University of Exeter German A Literature HL & SL (3) 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Barnard College University of Glasgow Italian A Literature HL & SL (3) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Bates College Imperial College London Baylor University University of Kent Spanish A Literatrure HL & SL (4) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Bentley University King’s College London Russian A Literature SL (1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Boston College University of Leeds French B HL & SL (9) 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 Boston University The London School of Economics Brigham Young University Loughborough University German B SL (6) 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 Bucknell University University of Manchester Spanish B HL & SL (6) 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 University of California, Berkeley University of Oxford French and Spanish Ab Initio SL (27) 10 11 6 0 0 0 0 University of California, Davis Queen Mary University of London University of California, Los Angeles Queens University, Belfast Economics HL & SL (34) 4 18 11 1 0 0 0 University of California, San Diego Regent’s University London Env. and Soc. SL (8) 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 University of California, Santa Barbara Royal Holloway, University of London History HL (8) 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 California Institute of Technology University of St Andrews California Institute of the Arts St George’s, University of London History SL (2) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona SOAS, University of London ITGS HL & SL (5) 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 and San Luis Obispo Ulster University Psychology HL (13) 3 5 2 3 0 0 0 Carnegie Mellon University University College London Chapman University University of the Arts London Psychology SL (4) 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 University of Chicago The University of Warwick Biology HL (21) 1 5 11 3 1 0 0 Claremont McKenna College University of Westminster Biology SL (10) 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 Colgate University University of York College of William & Mary Chemistry HL & SL (20) 0 4 9 3 3 1 0 University of Colorado at Boulder Physics HL & SL (11) 1 4 5 1 0 0 0 Columbia University Queensland University of Technology Mathematics HL (9) 0 2 5 2 0 0 0 University of Connecticut The Cooper Union Austria Mathematics SL (36) 1 9 8 11 6 1 0 Cornell University TU Wien University of Technology Math Studies SL (6) 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 Culinary Institute of America Vienna University of Economics Film, Music, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts HL & SL (15) 3 7 4 1 0 0 0 Davidson College Webster University Vienna University of Delaware Total 44 123 102 31 11 2 0 Denison University Drexel University University of Alberta Total AP Students Number of Exams AP Student with % with scores of 3+ Duke University University of British Columbia Scores of 3+ Elon University McGill University Emerson College University of Ottawa 138 337 287 90% Emory University Queen’s University Florida State University Ryerson University TASIS Students Who Scored 3 or Higher (At Least 5 Students Tested) Fordham University University of Toronto AP Subjects TASIS TASIS % Global % Franklin & Marshall College University of Victoria Art History 11 100 68 The George Washington University Georgia Institute of Technology France Biology 9 64 69 Harvard University American University of Paris Calculus AB 21 100 61 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign EICAR, International Film and TV School Calculus BC 8 100 82 Indiana University at Bloomington Instituto Marangoni, Paris Johns Hopkins University Chemistry 12 63 56 Lafayette College Germany Computer Science Principles 25 93 71 Lehigh University WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management English Language and Composition 25 100 62 Loyola University Loyola Marymount University Holland English Literature and Composition 9 100 60 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Erasmus University, Rotterdam Environmental Science 8 89 53 University of Massachusetts, Amherst Delft University of Technology European History 21 100 60 University of Miami University of Leiden Michigan State University University of Maastricht Human Geography 14 88 59 University of Michigan Univeriteit van Amsterdam Macroeconomics 16 89 63 Middlebury College Microeconomics 15 94 68 New York Film Academy New York University The University of Hong Kong Physics 1 9 75 52 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism 5 71 74 Northeastern University Northwestern University Università Bocconi Physics C: Mechanics 13 93 84 University of Notre Dame Istituto Marangoni Psychology 24 86 71 Pace University Spanish Language and Culture 10 100 90 Parsons School of Design, The New School Japan University of Pennsylvania Keio University Statistics 9 82 59 Pennsylvania State University Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University U.S. History 17 95 59 Pomona College Waseda University Princeton University Purdue University Lebanon Rhode Island School of Design American University of Beruit Standardized Testing Results Rhodes College Lebanon American University Rice University Rutgers University English is not the first language for 42% of the Class of 2020. University of San Diego TEC de Monterrey Santa Clara University SAT Reasoning: Class of 2020 EBRW Math Savannah College of Art and Design Russia Middle 50% Range: 69 students tested 590-680 580-710 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Saint Petersburg State University Skidmore College SAT Subject Tests: Class of 2020 Subject Middle 50% Range Smith College At least 3 students tested Literature 590-670 University of Southern California Yale-NUS College Southern Methodist University Math II 645-800 Stanford University Spain Physics 590-770 Syracuse University ESADE Texas A&M University ICADE Madrid ACT Tests: Class of 2020 Subject Middle 50% Range University of Texas, Austin IE University 17 students tested English 25-32 Tufts University Institut Quimic de Sarria Tulane University Les Roches, Marbella Math 23-33 United States Air Force Academy Saint Louis University, Madrid Reading 23-34 United States Coast Guard Academy Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio Universidad Science 23-34 United States Naval Academy Universidad Francisco de Vitoria Composite Score 27-33 University of Virginia Pontificia Comillas de Madrid University of Wisconsin, Madison Vanderbilt University Vassar College École Hôtelière de Lausanne Virginia Tech Glion Institute of Higher Education Class of 2020 Unweighted CGPA Distribution Wake Forest University Hotel Institute Montreux Washington University Wellesley College Williams College Bilkent University Koc University United Kingdom & Ireland University of Bath University of Bristol American University of Sharjah University of Cambridge Cardiff University West Indies City University London St. George’s University Integrity Statement The College Counseling Team, as members of NACAC and IACAC, firmly believe in the authenticity of our students’ applications. TASIS England promotes personal integrity and moral development in an environment of trust and support. We are proud of each student’s journey and their efforts in the originality of written pieces and a genuine application. Our students are set a maximum of ten applications to ensure a careful selection of final university applications and well-researched potential destinations.

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