Profile for College Admission 2016-2017

Latin School of Chicago, founded Activities in 1888, is an independent, coeducational, Students participate in more than 20 different college preparatory school for students in junior competitive varsity and junior varsity sports teams kindergarten through grade twelve. The school and nearly 50 different clubs, organizations and is an urban campus located on the near-North affinity groups. Several theatrical performances Side of Chicago adjacent to the 1,212-acre are staged throughout the year, and our students Lincoln Park. The upper school is located on enter a variety of local and national arts and the southeast corner of Clark Street and North academic competitions. Latin hosts a championship Avenue. Chicago’s rich cultural and intellectual Scholastic Bowl team and a variety of nationally resources are integrated throughout Latin’s recognized publications and service organizations. curriculum, giving faculty and students numerous opportunities to take advantage of the school’s Service Learning Our Mission: urban location. Latin students are required to perform at least Latin School of Chicago 30 hours of service work before the start of Student Body junior year. Most continue to engage in service provides its students Latin enrolls a diverse community of more than locally and regionally after completing the 1,160 students from 75 Chicago neighborhoods requirement. Through Latin’s Uptown Partnership, with a rigorous and and 18 surrounding suburbs. Our students are our students connect with a variety of agencies innovative educational ambitious and talented; they think critically and and organizations in an urban neighborhood are engaged in their learning. Latin’s upper school and weave service to others into their curricular program in a community currently enrolls 430 students who come from and Project Week experiences. (Please see that embraces diversity different ethnic, cultural and socio-economic “Requirements” and “Curricular Highlights”) backgrounds and are nurtured in an environment of people, cultures and that embraces their diversity. Latin awards more Accreditation and Affiliation ideas. Latin inspires its than $3.9 million annually in financial assistance A member of College Board and the National to families with demonstrated need but provides Association of College Admission Counselors, students to pursue their no merit scholarships. Latin complies with the NACAC Statement of Principles of Good Practice. Latin School is also passions and lead lives Faculty a founding member of the Association of College of purpose and excellence. Approximately 100 dedicated members comprise Counselors in Independent Schools. Latin is the Latin middle and upper school faculty. Our accredited by the Illinois State Board of Education, student/faculty ratio is 8:1, and 79 percent of the Independent School Association of the Central our classroom teachers have earned master’s States and is a member in good standing of the degrees or higher. National Association of Independent Schools.

At Latin 100 percent of students are admitted to and choose to attend 4-year colleges and universities. Several students each year choose to defer enrollment to explore non-academic opportunities.

CEEB/ACT Code # 140935 College Counseling Office Elizabeth R. Pleshette Director | [email protected] 59 W. North Blvd. Jennifer Taylor Associate Director | [email protected] Chicago, IL 60610-1492 Mariana Ramirez Assistant Director | [email protected] Veronica Vela Assistant | [email protected] p 312.582.6025 f 312.582.6401 Randall Dunn Head of School www.latinschool.org Monica Pickett Rodriguez Upper School Director Grading Policy and Curricular Highlights: Latin School does not rank its students nor does it Latin is a member of the Cum Laude Society (students The majority of discipline-specific awards are granted at provide a cumulative GPA. At the conclusion of each are eligible at the end of eleventh and twelfth grade); the end of the senior year. school year, internal non-college GPAs are calculated students may also be selected to the school’s unique NOTE: Latin students are generally limited to for the purpose of faculty-selected honors societies and Erasmus Society beginning their sophomore year, * no more than three AP/honors courses in a given school year. awards. In this calculation, all AP and honors courses which rewards intellectual curiosity and a love of Students must petition for approval to exceed this limit. are weighted more than college preparatory classes. learning beyond a concern for achieving high grades.

Subject & Requirements Courses honors and AP courses are highlighted *Classes offered in previous years but not in 2016-2017 ENGLISH American Civilization English 11: Modern American Literature English 12: LGBTQ+ Literature English 12: A Novel’s Place Four credits including English 9 English 11: Shackled to Shadows in the Modern World (or Novel Places) English 9-12 *English 10 English 12: Creative Writing English 12: The Literature of Nihilism English 12: Poetry & Flash Fiction English 12: Mexican American Literature English 12: Punching the Clock There are no honors courses English 11: American Seeker English 12: Disenchantment in English *English 11: Banned America and Fantasy Lit English 12: English 12: Shakespeare Modern and Contemporary Poetry *English 11: Color of America English 12: Great Novellas English 12: The Writer’s Workshop HISTORY & Africa: Culture and Conflict Honors Comparative and Honors United States History Russian Revolutions Alexander the Great Global Politics and Historiography The Construction of Race SOCIAL STUDIES Economics: Macro Honors American Politics in the United States Three credits including one full-credit American Civilization: in Global Cities, the remaining Honors US History Economics: Micro International Human Rights U.S. Social History credits must include at least one Honors European History Global Art and Culture Latin American Revolutions World Religions year of U.S. History, and at least one AP Psychology Global Cities: Power and Creativity Middle East *AP Art History credit of a global studies elective Chicago: City on the Make Global Ethics Modern China Classical Civilization Nazi Mind

MATHEMATICS Algebra 1 Chicago Social Justice Action Advanced Geometry Precalculus Three or three and a half credits, Algebra 2 Finance and Math 1 Honors Geometry Statistics: Graphical Display of Data dependent on track, must include Honors Algebra 2 Finance and Math 2 Honors Multivariable Calculus AP Statistics Algebra 2 and Geometry AP Calculus AB Functions Honors Precalculus Trigonometry AP Calculus BC Geometry Honors Accelerated Precalculus and Diff Calculus

SCIENCE Biology Cosmology Organic Chemistry COMPUTER SCIENCE Three credits including one year of Honors Biology AP Environmental Science Physics *AP Computer Science (offered online) Physics, Biology and Chemistry Honors Advanced Biology Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 Honors Physics Intro to Web Development Chemistry Human Anatomy and Physiology 2 AP Physics C: M & EM Computer Science Principles I: Foundations Honors Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry 1 Stellar Astronomy Computer Science Principles II: Applications AP Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry 2 Honors Advanced Programming Web Application Development

LANGUAGES CHINESE FRENCH LATIN SPANISH Beginning in 2016-2017, all Intermediate Low *French 1-5 Beginning Latin *Spanish 1-5 Conversation in Spanish languages subscribe to the Novice High Intermediate Mid 3 *Latin 2-4 Honors Intermediate High AP Spanish Language ACTFL assessment and Intermediate Low 2 Conversation in French Honors Latin: Lyric Poetry Intermediate Low/Mid curriculum; students are now Novice Honors French Literature AP Latin: Vergil Intermediate Mid (11-12) tracked by mastery and Honors Intermediate Mid AP French Language Honors Latin: Novice High proficiency versus grades. Honors Intermediate Mid 2 Poetry of Transformation Honors Spanish Literature: Honors Latin: The Art of Revolution Vergil and Caesar

ARTS VISUAL ARTS PERFORMING ARTS Two credits including a half credit Courses offered in the following areas: CAD, AP Studio Art Courses offered in the following areas: Acting, from the required ninth grade Global Computer Graphic Design, Drawing, Fashion Design, Global Cities: Visual Arts Chorus, Dance, Improvisation, Music, Speech Cities program. The half credit must Painting, Photography, *Printmaking and Sculpture and Stagecraft be in Performing Arts. Many of these classes are offered at multiple skill levels, including company-level execution

Also Required: Additional Opportunities: • Physical Education – six semesters required, two Independent Study Projects Senior Projects of which must be in ninth grade. Team athletes are exempt Juniors and seniors can work independently with a This optional program encourages seniors to explore from PE only during the course of their sports seasons. teacher to advance their interest and study in a variety interests in and out of the classroom for several weeks • Project Week – successful completion of a project of disciplines. These courses do not substitute for at the end of the school year. At their culmination, all required each year. required classes. senior projects are publicly presented. • Service Learning – 30 hours during freshman and Interdisciplinary Courses Global Online Academy (GOA) sophomore years (10 hours freshman year, 20 hours American Civilization and Chicago Social Justice Action Latin is a member of the Global Online Academy, a sophomore year) are classes that qualify as credit in two disciplines. Art consortium of the world’s leading independent schools History or Dance can count as either an Art credit or whose mission is to translate into online classrooms the Project Week History/PE respectively but not both. intellectually rigorous programs and excellent teaching During March, all upper school students participate that are hallmarks of its member schools. Courses and in hands-on learning experiences around the globe, Capstone descriptions can be found at: globalonlineacademy.org. throughout the U.S. and in Chicago. Students are Designed for seniors who wish to engage in educational “GOA” classes will have this designation on their transcripts required to participate each year and expenses are experiences that extend beyond the classroom. and an accompanying profile will be sent to colleges. subsidized for those who qualify. Multifaceted and often interdisciplinary, Capstones involve self-directed learning in non-traditional settings; the bulk of this work is completed in the spring. College Acceptances 2012-2016 Schools in bold have a Latin student in attendance; a number indicates multiple attendees.

Albion College Fordham University Queen’s University University of Massachusetts, University of Texas, Austin Allegheny College Franciscan University Quinnipiac University Dartmouth University of the Arts London American University 2 of Steubenville Reed College University of Miami 5 University of the Pacific American University of Beirut Franklin & Marshall College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Michigan 16 University of Toronto American University of Paris Furman University Rhodes College University of Minnesota, University of Vermont American University of Rome George Washington University 16 Rice University Twin Cities University of Virginia 3 Amherst College 4 Georgetown University 10 Rice University University of Mississippi University of Wisconsin, Madison 15 Arizona State University Georgia Institute of Technology Richmond The American International University of Missouri, Valparaiso University Columbia Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale Georgia Southern University College in London Vanderbilt University 7 University of Nebraska at Lincoln Augustana College Gettysburg College Rochester Institute of Technology Vassar College 3 University of New Hampshire Babson College Goucher College Roger Williams University Villanova University University of North Carolina Bard College Grinnell College 3 Rollins College 2 Virginia Commonwealth University of North Carolina Hamilton College Roosevelt University University Barnard College 8 at Wilmington Hampshire College Rose-Hulman Institute 2 Wake Forest University 2 Bates College 4 University of North Carolina Bellarmine University Harvard University 7 Royal Holloway, School of the Arts Washington and Lee University University of London Belmont University Harvey Mudd College University of Notre Dame Washington University in St. Louis 17 Saint Louis University Beloit College Haverford College University of Oregon Webster University Saint Mary’s College Bennington College Hobart and William Smith University of Oxford Wellesley College 3 Colleges of California Berklee College of Music 2 University of Pennsylvania 9 Wesleyan University 6 Hofstra University Saint Xavier University Boston College 5 University of Pittsburgh Western University Hollins University Santa Clara University Boston University 9 University of Puget Sound Wheaton College MA Howard University Sarah Lawrence College Bowdoin College University of Redlands Whitman College Illinois Institute of Technology Savannah College of Bradley University 2 University of Richmond Whittier College 2 Illinois State University Art and Design Brandeis University University of Rochester Willamette University Illinois Wesleyan University School of the Art Institute Brown University 10 of Chicago University of San Diego Williams College 2 Indiana University at Bloomington 9 Bryn Mawr College School of Visual Arts University of San Francisco Wittenberg University Institute of Culinary Education Bucknell University 3 Scripps College University of South Carolina Wofford College Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Butler University 6 University of South Florida Worcester Polytechnic Institute Herzliya Seattle Pacific University California Institute Xavier University Iowa State University Sewanee: The University University of Southern California 5 of Technology of the South Yale University 11 Ithaca College University of St. Andrews 3 Carleton College 4 Skidmore College 3 John Cabot University University of Tampa Carnegie Mellon University Smith College Johns Hopkins University Carroll University Southern Methodist University 2 Johnson & Wales University Carthage College Southwestern University Kalamazoo College Catholic University of America Spelman College *At Latin 100 percent of students are Kenyon College Chapman University 4 St. Edward’s University Knox College 2 admitted to and choose to attend 4-year Claremont McKenna College 2 St. John’s College Lafayette College 2 Clark University St. Lawrence University colleges and universities. Several students Lake Forest College Cleveland Institute of Music St. Olaf College 2 Lawrence University 6 each year choose to defer enrollment to Coe College Stanford University 3 Lehigh University 3 Colburn School Stetson University explore non-academic opportunities. Lewis & Clark College Colby College Suffolk University Louisiana State University Colgate University 7 Swarthmore College 4 Loyola Marymount University College of Charleston Syracuse University 5 Loyola University Chicago 3 College of the Holy Cross Temple University Loyola University Maryland College of William and Mary 2 Texas Christian University 2 Luther College College of Wooster The New School - Parsons Lynn University Colorado College 6 Trinity College Macalester College 2 Colorado State University Trinity University 2 Marquette University 3 Columbia College Chicago Tufts University 9 Maryland Institute College of Art Columbia University 8 Tulane University 11 Connecticut College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Union College Cornell College McGill University United States Coast Guard Cornell University 5 Academy Miami University, Oxford 5 Dartmouth College 11 University of Arizona 2 Michigan State University Davidson College University of Bristol Middlebury College 5 Denison University 5 University of California, Davis Mills College DePaul University 8 University of California, Los Angeles 2 Milwaukee School DePauw University 3 of Engineering University of California, San Diego Dickinson College Monmouth College University of California, Santa Barbara DigiPen Institute of Technology Morehouse College Drake University University of California, Mount Holyoke College 5 Santa Cruz Drew University Muhlenberg College Drexel University University of Chicago 12 New England Conservatory University of Cincinnati Duke University 2 of Music University of Colorado at Boulder 3 Durham University New York University 17 University of Connecticut Earlham College Northeastern University University of Dayton Eastman School of Music Northern Illinois University University of Delaware Eckerd College Northwestern University 27 University of Denver 2 Elon University Oberlin College 2 University of Edinburgh Embry-Riddle Occidental College University of Florida Aeronautical University Ohio University University of Illinois at Chicago Emerson College Ohio Wesleyan University University of Illinois at Springfield Emory University 7 Pennsylvania State University University of Illinois at Evergreen State College Pitzer College Fairfield University Urbana-Champaign 18 Pomona College 6 University of Iowa Fashion Institute of Technology Princeton University 7 Florida A&M University University of Kansas Providence College University of Kentucky Florida State University Purdue University University of Maryland