2021-22 School Profile About Columbus Academy

Accredited by the Independent School Association of the Central States (ISACS), the Ohio Department of Education (ODE), and the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) 2021-22 School Profile About Columbus Academy

Founded in 1911, Columbus Academy is a coeducational school enrolling 1,171 students from our Explorers Program to Grade 12. Academy offers a challenging liberal arts, college preparatory program. Located on a 231-acre campus nine miles northeast of Columbus, the school draws a diverse student body of 434 students in grades 9 through 12, from a 30-mile radius in central Ohio. Approximately 25% of the student body receives financial assistance to help with the cost of tuition.

Class of 2022 GPA Distribution (112 students) Students are Columbus Academy does not rank its students. graded on the 30 GPAs are calculated using all graded courses earned at Academy. 30 following scale: • No additional weight added for standard college-prepatory courses 27 25 A+ 97-100 • 10% additional weight added for “Advanced” cources A 93-96 • 15% additional weight added for “Honors” courses 6/26/2018 A- 90-92 Columbus Academy - Google Maps 20 21 B+ 87-89 19 B 83-86 Prerequisite criteria must be met for entry to Advanced and Honors courses. B- 80-82 • Advanced courses typically are accelerated versions of the 15 C+ 77-79 15 C 73-76Columbus Academy college-preparatory courses. 10 C- 70-72 • Honors courses are those in which the syllabus is designed predominantly D+ 67-69 to prepare students for a college-level, external examination. D 63-66 5 D- 60-62 Below 60 is not a Weighted grade-point averages (WGPA) are reported on transcripts and passing mark. documents sent to colleges and scholarship agencies. 0 Our traditional grading scale < 3.39 3.4 3.7 4.0 4.3 allows for a 10-point differential -3.69 -3.99 - 4.29 - 4.55 within each letter grade. Columbus Academy • 4300 Cherry Bottom Road • Gahanna, OH 43230 | More information at: columbusacademy.org

Melissa Soderberg Darnell Heywood Head of School Director of College Counseling [email protected] [email protected]

Cory Izokaitis Jen FitzPatrick Head of Upper School Associate Director of College Counseling [email protected] [email protected]

College Counseling Office Jon Wagshul [email protected] Assistant Director of College Counseling [email protected]

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Columbus+Academy/@39.9370325,-82.7944599,10z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x88386052c59c35bf:0xc949036408cb2f7d!8m2!3d40.049078!4d-82.873982 1/1 Class of 2021 College Enrollments & Acceptances Class of 2021 Standardized Test Scores Typically 100% of Columbus Academy graduates enroll at four-year colleges and SAT® Mid ACT® Mid universities. One or more members of the Class of 2021 will attend colleges Reasoning 50% Mean Average 50% Mean and universities in bold italics. EBRW 610-720 669 Composite 26-33 29 University of Akron University of Miami Allegheny College University of Michigan Mathematics 580-723 651 American University Michigan State University The American University of Paris University of Minnesota Amherst College Mount St. Mary’s University SAT® 1200-1443 1320 University of Arizona United States Naval Academy Arizona State University Nazareth College Auburn University University of New Hamshire Babson College University of New Mexico Barnard College New York Institute of Technology National Merit Scholarship Results Bates College New York University Bellarmine University Northwestern University From our Class of 2021, 20 students (19.2%) were recognized by the National Merit Belmont University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Bentley University University of North Carolina Wilmington Scholarship Corporation: Commended Students and Semifinalists, eight of whom Berea College Northern Kentucky University Bluefield State College Ohio Dominican University became Finalists. Boston College The Ohio State University Boston University The Ohio State University-Marion Campus The University of British Columbia The Ohio State University at Newark Brown University Ohio University Bucknell University University of Oregon Butler University Oregon State University Class University of California-Davis Otterbein University University of California-Irvine Pace University 50 University of California-Los Angeles University of Pennsylvania 18% Univeristy of California-San Diego Pennsylvania State University Capital University University of Pennsylvania Community service hours of Planned to compete Carleton College University of Pittsburgh Carnegie Mellon University Pitzer University logged by 100% in intercollegiate Case Western Reserve University University of Puget Sound of the senior class athletics Catholic University of America Purdue University 2021 Central State University Quinnipiac University Centre College University of Redlands College of Charleston Rhode Island School of Design Chatham University University of Richmond University of Chicago Roanoke College University of Cincinnati University of Rochester Clark University Rochester Institute of Technology Gave a Junior Speech to an Clemson University Rollins College audience of 400+ people Cleveland State University Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 100% Colorado College Rutgers University-New Brunswick University of Colorado Boulder Saint Anselm College Colorado School of Mines Santa Clara University Columbia University University of San Francisco HONORS COURSES/AP PREPARATION Connecticut College School of the Art Institute of Chicago Cornell University Smith College Please note: Columbus Academy does not offer Advanced Placement (AP®) courses. CUNY City College Seattle University CUNY Hunter College Seton Hall University However, AP® examination preparation is offered in all Honors and many Advanced Dartmouth College Shawnee State University University of Dayton Skidmore College courses. The designation “AP®” is not included on the transcript for those University of Delaware Smith College Denison University Southern Methodist University University of Denver University of Southern California respective courses. See columbusacademy.org/courses for additional details. DePaul University University of South Carolina DePauw University University of South Florida Dickinson College The University of the South Drexel University Spelman College 2021 AP® Examination Results Emory University St. Catherine University Emory University-Oxford College St. Francis College Florida Gulf Coast University St. John’s University-New York Total Exams 500 Florida Institute of Technology St. Lawrence University Florida International University St. Olaf College Florida State University Stanford University Students taking exams 226 Fordham University Stevens Institute of Technology Furman University SUNY College at Geneseo Students with scores of 3 Georage Mason University Susquehanna University 198 George Washington University Swarthmore College or above Georgetown University The University of Tampa Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Temple University Number of AP® Scholars Gettysburg College The University of Tennessee 107 Harvard University The University of Texas at Austin University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Toronto High Point University Tufts University Hiram College Tulane University Hobart William Smith Colleges University of Utah Students typically take AP® exams in the following subject areas: Hofstra University Valparaiso University Houghton College Vanderbilt University University of Illinois University of Vermont Biology English Language & Comp Physics 1 Indiana University Villanova University James Madison University University of Virginia John Carroll University Virginia Tech Calculus AB & BC English Literature & Comp Physics C: E&M and Mechanics University of Kansas Wake Forest University Kansas State University Washington University in St. Louis Chemistry European History Spanish Language & Culture Kent State University at Kent University of Washington, Seattle University of Kentucky West Virginia University Kenyon College West Virginia Wesleyan College Chinese Language & Culture Latin Statistics Kettering University Westmont College Lafayette College Western Michigan University Lehigh University Whitman College Comparative Gov & Politics Macro & Micro Economics U.S. Government Lewis & Clark College Willamette University Loyola University Chicago Williams College Marshall University College of William and Mary Computer Science Music Theory U.S. & World History University of Maryland University of Wisconsin Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wofford College Univeristy of Massachusetts-Amherst The College of Wooster University of Massachusetts-Lowell Xavier University Merrrimack College Yale University Graduation Requirements Instruction during spring 2020 and the Miami University (Minimum Credits) onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: English ...... 4 credits Mathematics ...... 3 credits • Classes continued online, each (through Algebra 2) class consisting of synchronous, Science ...... 3 credits interactive sessions as well as Fine Arts, Music, ...... 1 credit asynchronous learning. Performing Arts Language of 1 language . . . . 3 credits • Our emphasis on rigorous curriculum (OR 2 of 2 languages)...... (4 credits) History ...... 3 credits remained unchanged, and learning Physical Education . . . . 3 semesters goals were largely unchanged. Health ...... 0.5 credits Ethics & Character ...... 0.5 credits • We maintained our traditional grading scale. Additional Requirements Public Speaking ...... 0.25 credits (Junior Speech) Community Service...... 50 hours Website: columbusacademy.org • Phone: 614.509.2311 Senior Project...... 75 hours CEEB/ACT Code: 361525 (completed May of Grade 12)