2021-22 Baylor School #leadlike Profile+ Admission Guide High academic standards, talented teachers, and the development of leadership skills in a co-ed environment Baylor are the hallmarks of a Baylor School education.

THE HONOR CODE is a guiding principle instilled in students the moment they enter the Baylor gates. Essentially, the code is a pledge not to lie, cheat or steal, and it serves as the foundation for our respect for the school and each other. The code is enforced by a panel of students OUR MISSION is to foster who are selected by their peers, and a CORE VALUES in our students both the ability and seat on the Honor Council is considered frame Baylor’s daily life: Academics, the desire to make a positive the most important leadership position a Character, Honesty, Individuality, difference in the world. Baylor student can hold. Leadership, Respect, and Spirituality.

TYPICAL STUDENT BODY THE TEACHING FACULTY Baylor’s faculty are leaders in their field and are devoted to their craft. They also serve as 325 725 advisers, regularly interacting M.S. (GRADES 6-8) U.S. (GRADES 9-12) with students, and they are known for being demanding yet 125 deeply supportive of our students 91 HOLD ADVANCED 200+ 1,050 DEGREES + 8 HOLD in and out of the classroom. 38 DOCTORATES BOARDING STUDENTS GRADES 6-12 TOTAL faculty members live on campus, FROM ACROSS THE U.S. AND forming a strong adult support AROUND THE WORLD system for the boarding students.

Baylor School admits students of any race, sex, color, religion, national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. Baylor does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, financial aid programs, athletic programs, and other school-administered programs. ACADEMICS GLOBAL + CIVIC SCHOLARS BAYLOR RESEARCH Baylor constantly challenges students to look beyond The Baylor Research Program allows students with a passion the gates of the school to consider the impact they can for the sciences to move beyond the traditional study have on the community and world around them. The of chemistry, biology, and engineering to an independent Global and Civic Scholars programs utilize internation- study track. Students are guided by Ph.D. faculty mentors al exchanges, advanced world language studies, and who are conducting university-level research in biomedical workshops in civic engagement to help students create test organisms, aquatic biology, virtual reality, and more. digital portfolios for college admission. The program is supported with a $15 million endowment.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT The Class of 2021 enrolled in The Class of 2021 (187 students) received CLASS OF 2021 more than COLLEGE COUNSELING As a college preparatory school, Baylor 90colleges and universities+ is very focused on outcomes. Four full- including Cornell, UGA, 250 time college counselors advise students acceptances to different on their post-secondary options. Their Georgia Tech, Harvard, UNC, had a median colleges and universities work is reflected in the number of Baylor Northwestern, Oxford, GPA of 3.7 Penn, Princeton, UVA, around the globe. acceptances to highly selective schools Wake Forest, and Yale. around the world.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS STANDARDIZED TESTING CLASS OF 2021 The number of Baylor students taking the FOR CLASS OF 2021 GRADE DISTRIBUTION CUMULATIVE WEIGHTED GPAS Advanced Placement exams has increased MEDIAN ACT: 26 20% in three years. In 2020, 355 Baylor (82nd percentile) GPA STUDENTS PERCENTAGE students sat for a total of 766 AP exams, with 11 MEDIAN SAT: 1370 95-100 5% 86% earning passing scores, and over 72% of 90-95 69 36% (96th percentile) seniors participating. 85-90 47 25% 80-85 37 19% Below 80 23 15% Baylor offers 24 advanced placement courses. TOTAL 187 100% THE CURRICULUM 9th ENGLISH SOCIAL STUDIES SCIENCE MATH APPLIED HUMANITIES Grade Eng I or World History I Biology or Algebra I Digital Narratives Audio Journalism Eng I Honors Biology Honors Geometry or Geometry Honors Film Production Chemistry or Algebra II 10th Eng II or World History II or Chemistry Honors Algebra II w/Trig or Alg II w/Trig Honors FINE ARTS Grade AP Language AP World History Physics or Physics Honors Precalculus or Precalculus Honors *Theater 100: Intro to Acting AP Biology Trigonometry and Analysis *Calculus I *Theater 200: Acting AP Chemistry for Production 11th English III or US History or *Calculus II Grade AP Physics I (added *Theater 300: Adv. AP Literature AP US History Statistics Acting and 2020-21) AP European History; AP Calculus AB Directing AP Art History (added AP Physics C AP Calculus BC 12th 2020-21) AP Enviro. Science Concert Choir Seniors are required to AP Statistics Concert Band Grade African American History choose two semester-long AP Psychology (added Honors Abstract Math: Advanced Algebra† Orchestra English courses: History of Global Affairs 2021-22) Honors Abstract Math: Advanced Calculus† *2D/3D Art and Modern Anatomy and Physiology *Contemporary Popular Lit Contemporary Issues *Digital Design Topics in Global Health *Identity and Society in Lit History of the Middle East WORLD LANGUAGES *Photography *Pottery I and II *African American Lit Global History of Ethnicity *Engineering Design Chinese: 200, 300, 400, AP, Post-AP Chinese† *Environmental Science *Drawing *Literary Classics and Ethnic Conflict French: 100, 200, 300, 400, AP *Drawing Media *Literature of Medicine Global History of Women, *Forensic Science German: 200, 300, 400, AP, Post-AP German† *Design: Form and *Modernism in American Lit Gender and Society *Molecular Methods Latin: 100, 200, 300, 400, AP, Function *Travel Literature AP Human Geography *Research: *Intermediate Drawing Spanish: 100, 200, 300, 350, 400, and Painting *Wilderness Lit *American Government Biomedical AP Lang, AP Lit *Painting *Women’s Lit *Economics Engineering *Visual Literacy *Ethics Environmental AP Studio Art Additional English electives: *History of Hinduism & COMPUTER SCIENCE Advanced Research AP 3D Art *Digital Narratives Buddhism *Computer Sci I: Intro to Computer Sci Biomedical *Choreography and *Film Studies *History of the Modern US *AP Computer Science Principles *Western Religions Engineering Dance Studies *World War II Environmental † indicates course offered beyond AP level *one-semester course

MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS NEED-BASED FINANCIAL AID The Cartter Scholars Program provides multiple boarding Baylor awards more than $6 million each year to families awards annually, from partial to full tuition. Finalists par- for whom a private school education is beyond financial ticipate in Cartter Scholars Weekend March 4-5, 2022. reach. Approximately one-third of Baylor families qualify The Jo Conn Guild Awards honor outstanding day stu- for assistance, and Baylor is able to meet, on average, dents. All scholarships are for new Baylor students and 75% of their demonstrated need. are provided throughout their Baylor careers. ➡ Find more information at www.baylorschool.org/admission/tuition-financial-aid ➡ Find more information at www.baylorschool.org/admission/merit-scholarships COLLEGE CHOICES Ninety-nine percent of Baylor graduates attend four-year colleges and universities. In the last five years Baylor graduates have matriculated at220+ institutions around the world. Agnes Scott College Gettysburg College United States Military Academy Amherst College Goucher College University of Alabama Appalachian State University Grinnell College University of Alabama at Birmingham Auburn University Hamilton College University of California at Berkeley Barnard College Hampton University University of California at Davis Baylor University Harvard College University of California at Irvine Belmont University Hendrix College University of California at Los Angeles Berry College Howard University University of California at San Diego Birmingham-Southern College Indiana University University of Chicago Boston College Johns Hopkins University University of Colorado at Boulder Boston University Kenyon College University of Denver Bowdoin College Lake Forest College University of Florida Brandeis University Lewis and Clark College University of Georgia Brown University Louisiana State University Bryn Mawr College Loyola University Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Carleton College McGill University University of Kentucky Carnegie Mellon University Mercer University University of Miami Case Western Reserve University Merchant Marine Academy University of Michigan Centre College Middlebury College University of Mississippi Chapman University Middle Tennessee State University University of Montana, Missoula Claremont McKenna College Millsaps College University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Clemson University Mississippi State University University of Pennsylvania Colby College New York University University of Richmond Colgate University Northeastern University University of Rochester College of Charleston Northwestern University University of Seattle College of William & Mary University of Oxford University of South Carolina Colorado College Pennsylvania State University University of Tampa Colorado State University Pepperdine University University of Tennessee Cornell University Pratt Institute University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Dartmouth College Princeton University University of Utah Davidson College Purdue University University of Virginia Denison University Rhodes College University of Wisconsin, Madison DePaul University Samford University Vanderbilt University Drexel University Savannah College of Art and Design Vassar University Duke University Scripps College Virginia Tech East Tennessee State University Sewanee: The University of the South Eckerd College Southern Methodist University Wake Forest University Elon University Stanford University Warren Wilson College Emory University and Oxford College Stevens Institute of Technology Washington & Lee University Florida State University Syracuse University Washington University in St. Louis Fordham University Texas Christian University Wesleyan University Furman University Trinity College Wofford College George Washington University Tufts University Worcester Polytechnic Institute Georgetown University Tulane University Xavier University Georgia Institute of Technology United States Air Force Academy Yale University ATHLETICS FINE ARTS Athletics, whether playing or cheering for them – Baylor presents are intrinsic to the Baylor experience. MaxPreps more than selected Baylor as one of the top three athletic programs in the country, and our performance proves it.

While the Class of 2021 was in the Upper School, Baylor won the following State Championships: performances,40 festival BOYS GIRLS + programs, and touring BASEBALL: ’18, ’19, ’21 SOFTBALL: ’18, ’19, ’21 20fine arts courses appearances each year GOLF: ’18, ’20 SWIMMING & DIVING: ’19, ’20, ’21 SOCCER: ’18 TENNIS: ’18, ’19 The Arts pervade the Baylor campus. Theater, SWIMMING & DIVING: ’18, ’20, ’21 GOLF: ’21 music and dance, painting, drawing, sculpture, WRESTLING DUALS: ’19, ’20, ’21 ROWING: ’21 pottery, and photography are all available. We put on WRESTLING TRAD.: ’19, ’20, ’21 COMBINED a variety of staged productions – indoors and out: ROWING: ’21 SWIMMING & DIVING: plays and musicals, choir concerts, orchestra and 18, ’19 ’20, ’21 dance performances, skit nights, and talent shows. Baylor has competed in the Tenn. Secondary School Athletic Assoc. since the fall of 1970 and has amassed 160 state championships in TSSAA sports, 114 since entering Division II in the fall of 1997. Counting non-TSSAA sports (swimming, lacrosse, COMMUNITY SERVICE fencing, and rowing), Baylor has won 259 state titles.

Baylor has more than STUDENTS200 SERVE AS AFTERSCHOOL TUTORS In the last 20 years Baylor FOR KIDS AT COMMUNITY CENTERS IN teams have won UNDER-RESOURCED NEIGHBORHOODS

Community Service is the largest 100graduates playing at the colle- extracurricular activity on campus. Though led by giate level (37 from an adult director, a leadership board composed of 160State Championship Titles the Class of 2021!) veteran student volunteers organizes and implements the program, assisted by other student site leaders at each community center. The program culminates Baylor has FIVE alums who are currently playing at the with a leadership trip to Jamaica to work with senior professional level - four on the PGA tour and one in the MLB. citizens, orphans, and homeless populations. 171 Baylor School Road Chattanooga, TN 37405 t: 423.267.5902 f: 423.757.2525

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Campus Visits

DAY STUDENTS BOARDING STUDENTS Campus tours are provided both in-person or virtually Students interested in the Baylor boarding experience for prospective students throughout the year. To arrange are encouraged to visit during one of our open houses, your visit, please call the admission office at which provide unique perspectives on Baylor life in (423) 267-5902 or email us at [email protected]. and out of the classroom and in the dorm. To arrange your visit, please call (423) 267-5902. Please note that these dates are subject to change. Oct. 15 | Nov. 5 | Dec. 3 | Jan. 21