College Profile 2020–2021
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COLLEGE PROFILE 2020–2021 COVID-19 UPDATE The spring term of the 2019-2020 Academic Year was interrupted by a shift to distance learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Students were given the option of choosing Pass/Fail or our traditional A through F grading system either for individual classes, or for their entire schedule. For fall 2020, students had the option to choose remote learning or a hybrid in-person (every other week) schedule. 1 U.S. S 2 TA M T O E WHO WE ARE R S Peddie is committed to the intellectual, social and moral growth F of each of its students. The school welcomes individuals with diverse talents and backgrounds whose excitement, curiosity 518 STUDENTS and character create an educational community where passion A 18% N S 41% for learning grows. D IE HOLD CITIZENSHIP 2 TR U.S. STUDENTS OUTSIDE THE U.S. 8 COUN OF COLOR With enthusiasm, humor and patience, Peddie challenges its students to reach beyond their expectations and to define success by the progress they make. In this boarding school environment, 58% 90% BOARDING STUDENTS students are prepared for the rigors and rewards of college and OF FACULTY LIVE ON CAMPUS are inspired to strive for the highest quality of citizenship. A COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS 140 SENIORS In 1993 Walter Annenberg ’27 awarded Peddie the largest INCLUDING FIVE POSTGRADUATES financial gift ever given to an independent boarding school, in large part to endow substantial financial aid for deserving students. Peddie disperses funds with the philosophical intent to reach students with diverse talents STATEMENT OF INCLUSION The Peddie School embraces the sustained and ongoing work and backgrounds. of making our community inclusive, safe and welcoming for $344 MILLION 35% all of our students and adults. To achieve this mission, Peddie ONE OF THE LARGEST OF STUDENTS RECEIVE seeks to remove every barrier to access, equity and safety for BOARDING SCHOOL FINANCIAL AID, AWARDED every member of our school. Each day, we work toward a more ENDOWMENTS BY NEED AND MERIT inclusive, antiracist and open community. PEDDIE SIGNATURE PROGRAMS CURRICULUM HIGHLIGHTS The Signature Experience program affords select students Peddie has built its reputation on academic rigor, a friendly the opportunity to complement classroom learning with culture and a focus on the whole student. Our curriculum fuses in-depth, independently-driven explorations of an academic the hallmarks of a traditional college preparatory experience or co-curricular passion. There are offerings in Art, Creative with opportunities for innovative co-curricular synthesis and Writing, Language (Asian Studies, French, Latin or Spanish) personal balance. and Robotics or Research Science (STEM-EXP). Signature Peddie’s Signature Experience program connects students’ Experiences become a sustained and integral part of a student’s academic coursework with hands-on learning outside the academic and life experiences and are noted on participating classroom. More than seventy percent of Peddie’s graduating students’ transcripts. seniors participate in some form of experiential learning. EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES INCREDIBLE CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES NEARBY Students are required to participate in three afternoon activities PRINCETON, NJ NYC AND PHILLY per year. Peddie’s classroom extends to 47 interscholastic teams 8 MILES 50 MILES in 15 sports, 17 arts ensembles and a robotics team. ACADEMIC AND MATRICULATION TO GRADING CONTEXT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Peddie runs on a trimester calendar and uses a seven block Listed below are the colleges and universities at which three or schedule. Classes meet Monday through Saturday. Select students more Peddie graduates have matriculated over the past five years. take six academic courses, and a rare few take a full seven. New York University . 49 Hamilton College............ 5 Peddie uses a letter-based (A-F) grading system. We do not rank University of Pennsylvania ..22 Indiana University Villanova University ........22 Bloomington ............. 5 our students or report GPA. For more information on the available Cornell University .......... 16 Northwestern University ..... 5 paths of study for our students visit peddie.org/curriculum Lafayette College ........... 16 Washington and Lee Boston University .......... 15 University ............... 5 Princeton University........ 15 American University......... 4 150 6:1 Babson College.............. 4 ACADEMIC STUDENT TO George Washington COURSES FACULTY RATIO University .............. 14 Brown University............ 4 Boston College ............. 13 University of California, Duke University............ 13 San Diego................ 4 AP COURSES Lehigh University .......... 13 Colby College . 4 A total of 18 Advanced Placement courses are offered in English, Washington University Davidson College............ 4 history, math, world language, visual and performing arts, and the in St Louis .............. 13 Georgetown University....... 4 sciences. With rare exceptions, students are limited to a maximum Columbia University ........ 12 Haverford College ........... 4 of three AP classes in each academic year. There are honors and/ University of Southern McGill University ........... 4 or advanced coursework in all disciplines, including visual and California................11 University of Michigan ....... 4 performing arts. Peddie also offers post-AP courses in math. Dickinson College .......... 10 Rhodes College ............. 4 Franklin & Marshall College . 10 Rice University ............. 4 University of Richmond ..... 10 University of Rochester ...... 4 2020 AP SCHOLARS Tufts University ............ 10 Union College............... 4 United States Naval Academy 10 Vanderbilt University ........ 4 127 4.45 Carnegie Mellon University ... 9 Williams College ............ 4 TOTAL SCHOLARS AVERAGE SCORE University of Chicago ........ 9 Yale University.............. 4 Colgate University ........... 9 Bates College ............... 3 University of Miami ......... 9 Fairfield University .......... 3 32 31 Syracuse University ......... 9 University of Illinois at AP SCHOLARS Urbana-Champaign ....... 3 AP SCHOLARS Case Western Reserve WITH HONOR University ...............8 James Madison University.... 3 Drexel University............8 Kenyon College ............. 3 64 15 Bucknell University.......... 7 Massachusetts Institute of AP SCHOLARS NATIONAL Elon University ............. 7 Technology............... 3 WITH DISTINCTION AP SCHOLARS Emory University ........... 7 Middlebury College.......... 3 Fordham University ......... 7 The College of New Jersey . 3 80% Northeastern University...... 7 University of Notre Dame . 3 95% Rutgers University- Pennsylvania State University. 3 OF STUDENT AP EXAMS OF STUDENT AP EXAMS SCORED A 3 OR BETTER SCORED A 4 OR 5 New Brunswick........... 7 Pitzer College ............... 3 University of Virginia ........ 7 Purdue University ........... 3 Wake Forest University ...... 7 Sacred Heart University...... 3 Barnard College............. 6 Smith College............... 3 * Johns Hopkins University .... 6 Stanford University.......... 3 STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES Ursinus College ............. 6 Stevens Institute of ACT AVERAGE SAT AVERAGE Wellesley College ............ 6 Technology............... 3 English 30 Reading 680 William and Mary ........... 6 The University of Texas Math 30 Math 700 Bryn Mawr College .......... 5 at Dallas................. 3 Reading 30 Denison University .......... 5 Trinity College .............. 3 Science 29 *three-year average Georgia Institute of United States Military Composite 30 Technology............... 5 Academy................. 3 The Peddie School 201 South Main Street, Hightstown, NJ 08520-3349 Peddie is an independent, co-educational, college-preparatory boarding and peddie.org Phone: (609) 944-7515 Fax: (609) 944-7906 CEEB/ACT Code: 310-535 day school founded in 1864 for students in grades 9-12 and post-graduate. Joseph M. Rulewich Lisa D. McClellan Anne Weissenberger Peter A. Quinn Director, College Counseling Associate Director, College Counseling Office Manager Head of School [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Catherine Rodrigue Grant Edwards Everett Nelor Associate Head of School Assistant Director, College Counseling Assistant Director, College Counseling [email protected] [email protected].