SCHOOL PROFILE – 2018-2019 L O WER C A NADA CO LLEGE

CEEB Code: 828440 Headmaster: Christopher Shannon / ext. 233 IB Coordinator: Brian Moore / ext. 260 Pre-University Coordinator / Academic Advisor: Kimberly Tulloch Wynn / ext. 230 Pre-University O ce Assistant: Janette Gentile / ext. 466

Founded in 1909, Lower College is a selective, independent Unique in Montreal, the Pre-University program enrols both LCC INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE IB GUIDE TO TRANSCRIPT day school, K through Pre-University (grade 12). For most of its graduates and graduates of other secondary schools in the history, LCC has been a boys’ school, with coeducation in Montreal area and from further afield. The enrolment in grade 11 is Group 1 Group 4 IB Final Grades Scale EE/TOK Grading Scale Pre-University since 1992. Since September 1995, LCC has been 111 students and in the Pre-University year it is 74 students. English A: Literature SL/HL Biology SL/HL 7 Excellent A Excellent coeducational at all levels. In 2018–2019 girls constitute 44% of the Chemistry SL/HL school population. 6 Very Good B Good Physics SL/HL 5 Good C Satisfactory The school has an enrolment of approximately 820 consisting of CURRICULUM the Junior School (K through grade 6), the Middle School (grades 7 4 Satisfactory D Mediocre For the Middle and Senior School students, the school year is Group 2 Group 5 and 8), the Senior School (grades 9 through 11), and the divided into three terms with all courses extending the academic 3 Mediocre E Elementary Pre-University year (grade 12). The student/teacher ratio is 11:1. French B SL/HL Mathematics SL/HL year over all terms. A normal course load consists of 10 courses in French Ab Initio (online) Math Studies SL 2 Poor grades 9, 10 and 11. Each class meets three to four times per The school seeks able students who are interested in challenging week, with greater frequency in English, French and mathematics 1 Weak themselves academically and contributing to other aspects of (core subjects). school life. The student body is diverse, representing over 39 Group 3 Group 6 nationalities (including Canada), with 25% of students speaking a Pre-University students have four terms and take their six classes Economics SL/HL Film SL/HL language other than English as their mother tongue. One hundred STANDARDIZED TESTING over each term. All courses are university preparatory and rigorous Philosophy SL/HL Visual Arts SL/HL per cent (100%) of our graduates continue their education at in nature. Students in the Pre-University program take six courses Global Politics SL/HL Standardized testing is optional for students interested in pursuing college or university. Twenty-three percent (23%) of our students that are based on the Ontario Grade 12 university-level curriculum. post-secondary education outside of Canada. We do not provide any from grades 7-12 receive financial aid. Psychology (online) SL/HL We report on student progress four times during the year and all test preparation. Business Management (online) marks are cumulative. Students are assessed in accordance with LCC has been a member of Round Square since 2007. Round Square SL/HL the Ontario Ministry of Education expectations. Those registered in is a worldwide association of more than 180 schools across six SAT SCORES - July 2017 - August 2018 SL Physics will write the IB exams, but will be responsible for continents sharing unique and ambitious goals. Students attending meeting the Ontario university level expectations as well. GRADE 12 Round Square schools make a strong commitment, beyond In addition to completing three SL and three HL subjects, IB academic excellence, to personal development and responsibility. students must complete the following three elements of the core: Total ERW Math The IB curriculum comprises a ‘core’ and six subject groups. Even Theory of Knowledge; Extended Essay; Creativity, Action, Service though these courses run over the two-year period, the IB In March 2013, LCC ocially became a recognized International (CAS). 1376 615 780 curriculum gels with the Quebec curriculum and all students will Baccalaureate World School oering the Diploma Programme (IB fulfill their high school leaving requirements after grade 11. DP) at the grade 11 & 12 levels. In 2013, its inaugural year, this 20 tests | 14 students | 34% of the Senior Class 2018 IB RESULTS two-year programme had a total enrolment of 50 students. GRADE 11 Students participating in the IB DP also fulfill the requirement of the Diplôme d’études secondaires (DES). Students not taking the IB COURSE OFFERINGS Lower Canada World Total ERW Math College (2018) (2017 Results) Diploma Programme are eligible to do IB courses over one and two 1411 675 736 years with permission from the instructor (some exceptions apply). GRADE 11 Average Diploma Points: 36 30 There are currently 50 students enrolled in Year One and 31 English * Physics/Enriched Physics 14 tests | 9 students | 9% of the Junior Class students enrolled in Year Two of the IB Diploma Programme. LCC is Mean Subject Grade: 5.7 4.8 also an IB MYP candidate school. French or Français * Biology Diploma Pass Rate: 99% 78% ACT SCORES - September 2017 - July 2018 Mathematics * Short Film GRADE 12 ACCREDITATION Physical Education and Health * Advanced Level Art Composite Math Science STEM English Reading Writing ELA The Quebec Ministry of Education (Ministère de l'Éducation , et de Ethics and Religious Culture * Philosophy l'Enseignement supérieur or MEES) and the Canadian Accredited Contemporary World * Global Issues 26 27 24 26 27 26 8 25 Independent Schools (CAIS) accredit the school. LCC is a member of does not issue letter grades on any school Arts Education * Student Leadership 13 tests | 10 students | 17% of the Senior Class CAIS, the Quebec Association of Independent Schools (QAIS), the reports, but to facilitate conversion for universities, we have included the following grade conversion scale for ease of reference. National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) in the United Chemistry/Enriched Chemistry GRADE 11 States, and is a recognized International Baccalaureate World Composite Math Science STEM English Reading Writing ELA School. PRE-UNIVERSITY GRADE CONVERSION SCALE GRADE 12 31 30 29 29 33 31 8 28 GRADE STRUCTURE Refined Numerical English * Canada & World Issues Letter Grade Scale of 36 tests | 20 students | 19% of the Junior Class Secondary V (grade 11) is the final year of secondary school in French Biology Scale Marks Advanced Chemistry Quebec, after which students may enter a two-year program at a Mathematics of Data A 90 - 100 % CEGEP (Collège d’enseignement général et professionnel) and then Management Advanced Physics ACADEMIC HONOURS B 80 - 89 % subsequently enter a three-year undergraduate university program Calculus & Vectors Economics in Quebec or Canada. Advanced Placement Calculus AB Philosophy C 70 - 79 % Overall average: 85% - 89% = High achievement The Pre-University year at Lower Canada College corresponds to Communication Technology AP Psychology (online) D 60 - 69 % Overall average: 90% - 100% = Honours Visual Art the final year of secondary school (grade 12) elsewhere in North F 0 - 59 % Honour Roll pin - 5 terms of honours grades 7-12 America and is of interest to those who wish to pursue a four-year * Compulsory undergraduate program in Canada, the United States or overseas. SCHOOL PROFILE – 2018-2019 L O WER C A NADA CO LLEGE

PRE-U CLASS OF 2018 FINAL AVERAGES UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS FOR PRE-UNIVERSITY PROGRAM GRADUATES 2005–2018

CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES Acadia University Mt. Allison University University of King’s College Bishop’s University Mt. Royal College University of New Brunswick Brock University Pacific Rim College University of Ottawa Carleton University Queen’s University University of Toronto Concordia University Ryerson University University of Toronto-Mississauga Dalhousie University Sheridan College University of Toronto-Scarborough Emily Carr University of Art & Design St. Francis Xavier University University of Victoria HEC Montreal St. Mary’s University University of Waterloo Humber College Trent University University of Windsor Huron College (UWO) University of British Columbia Western University McGill University University of Calgary Wilfrid Laurier University McMaster University University of Guelph York University

US UNIVERSITIES 95-100 (5) 80-84 (4) American University Indiana University Tufts University 90-94 (21) 75-79 (5) Appalachian State University Ithaca College US Military Academy West Point 85-89 (19) 70-74 (3) Auburn University John Carroll University University of Alabama – Huntsville Babson College Johns Hopkins University University of California-Berkeley Bentley College Loyola Marymount University University of California-Los Angeles Boston College Lynn University University of California-San Diego Boston University Middlebury College University of Chicago SECONDARY V (GR 11) CLASS OF 2018 FINAL AVERAGES Brandeis University New York University University of Colorado Boulder Brown University NYU – Tisch School of the Arts University of Georgia Carnegie Mellon University Northwestern University University of Hartford Chapman University North Carolina State University University of Hawaii – Manoa Claremont McKenna College Ohio State University University of Miami Colgate University Olin College University of Michigan Columbia University Pace University University of Pennsylvania Cornell College Parsons (NYC & Paris) University of Pittsburgh Cornell University Pennsylvania State University University of San Francisco Dartmouth College Pratt Institute University of Southern California Drexel University Princeton University University of Utah Duke University Redlands University University of Vermont Elon University Reed College University of Wisconsin - Madison Emerson College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Valencia College Emory University Rollins College Vanderbilt University Eugene Lang College – the New School St. Lawrence University Wake Forest University Florida Atlantic University St. Louis University Washington & Lee University Washington 95-100 (1) 80-84 (32) Fordham University St. Michael’s College University St. Louis Wellesley College 90-94 (19) 75-79 (10) Georgetown University San Francisco State University Wellesley College 85-89 (40) 65-70 (1) George Washington University Savannah College of Art & Design Wesleyan College Georgia Institute of Technology SUNY – Fashion Institute of Technology Yale University Harvard University Syracuse University Yeshiva University (NY)

OVERSEAS UNIVERSITIES LCC SECONDARY V (GRADE 11) CLASS OF 2018 American University of Sharjah (UAE) KU Leuven (Belgium) University of Bath (England) POST-GRADUATION DESTINATIONS (100 STUDENTS) Durham University (England) Oxford Brookes University (England) University of Bristol (England) École Hôtelière de Lausanne () Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) (Norway) University College London (England) Firenze Arti Visive (Italy) Sciences Po () University of Dundee () CEGEP - 47% US Prep School - 3% Franklin College (Switzerland) St. Andrew’s University (Scotland) University of Edinburgh (Scotland) LCC Pre-U - 19% Grade 12 - Ontario - 1% Hebrew University (Israel) Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico) University of Exeter (England) LCC IB Year 2 - 29% Overseas HS - 1% Keiko University () The Hague University of Applied Sciences University of Groningen (The Netherlands) King’s College London (UK) University of Aberdeen (Scotland) University of Otago () University of New South Wales - 4090, avenue Royal Note: Bold & italics indicate class of 2018 university destinations. Sydney () Montréal, Québec H4A 2M5 T 514 482 9916 F 514 482 0195 www.lcc.ca

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