OUR MISSION Shanghai American School inspires in all students: A lifelong passion for learning A commitment to act with integrity and compassion The courage to live their dreams ABOUT SAS PUDONG ABOUT SAS Founded in 1912, Shanghai American School is the oldest international school FIRST GRADUATING CLASS TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS PK-12 in China. It is a private, not-for-profit, coeducational, nondenominational school offering a comprehensive college preparatory experience to a widely international population. Today, our mission-driven school brings innovative pedagogy to distinct campuses in Pudong and Puxi, enrolling more than 2800 students PK-12. 2008HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT 1096CLASS OF 2018 CURRICULUM Nearly all students who attend SAS hold non Chinese passports, and come from a wide variety of previous school environments. To accommodate and prepare our wide ranging students, 510FACULTY NATIONS OF ORIGIN 138STUDENT NATIONS OF ORIGIN we offer core college preparatory curriculum through both the Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs, including AP Capstone and IB Diplomas. Enrollment in both programs is open to all students. THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 17STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO 44FACULTY WITH ADVANCED DEGREES Students can earn SAS credit for completing approved internships and related written work. 120 hours for 1 credit and 60 hours for .5 credit. Site locations are secured by the students and can be anywhere around the world. 8 1 70 SINCE WE THINK WE CAN, WE CAN OUR MOTTO SINCE 1917 AP RESULTS 2017 IB RESULTS 2017 EXAMS: 514 SCORES AT NUMBER OF DIPLOMA PERCENTAGE OF 40+ 3 OR ABOVE: 93% CANDIDATES: 24 SCORES: 25% STUDENTS: 221 DIPLOMA PASS RATE: 92% VARIANCE BETWEEN DIPLOMA CANDIDATES’ PUDONG AVERAGE ACTUAL AND PROJECTED SCORE: 37 SAT MIDDLE 50 RANGE 2018 SCORES: WORLD AVERAGE .2 of one IB grade level SCORE: 30 MATH: 650-710 TOTAL: 1270-1490 READING & WRITING: 670-730 GPA DISTRIBUTION 2018 ACT MIDDLE 50 RANGE 2018 MIDDLE 50% GPA DISTRIBUTION FOR CLASS OF 2018: 3.27 – 3.82 ENGLISH: 27-34 SCIENCE Letter-based 4.0 grading scale is outlined on transcript. We REASONING: 26-34 do not weight grades or rank students. Reported GPA only MATH: 27-34 reflects courses taken at SAS; previous school or semester COMPOSITE: 25-32 READING: 27-32 away transcripts will be provided. ACCREDITATION & MEMBERSHIPS COURSE RIGOR SAS is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and SAS advises a maximum of 3 IB HL or 3 AP courses in grades Colleges (WASC) and is an IB World School. SAS is a member 11 and 12. Students may apply to take more. Curriculum has of CIS, EARCOS, and NACAC. been rated by the sum of AP and IB HL credits with 7+ being most rigorous. NOTE: SAS limits students’ applications to ten colleges/ university systems. SAS Pudong reports disciplinary action in the case of suspensions or separations from school. COLLEGE COUNSELING TEAM ADMINISTRATION & COORDINATORS MINDY H. ROSE MICHELLE BARINI DR. BENJAMIN LEE JEN VAN NESS Director of College Counselor High School Principal AP Coordinator College Counseling [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] JOHN MCCRACKING ROBYN PETTIGREW INKYUNG LEE College Counselor IB Coordinator College Counseling [email protected] [email protected] Office Assistant [email protected] ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 1923-1949 Most advanced courses in each discipline HIGHEST LEVEL COURSES: ENGLISH HIGHEST LEVEL COURSES: HIGHEST LEVEL COURSES: SCIENCE SOCIAL STUDIES IB English A: Literature SL YI-Y2 IB Biology SL Y1-Y2 IB English A: Literature HL YI-Y2 IB Economics SL Y1-Y2 IB Biology HL Y1-Y2 IB English A: Language & Literature IB Economics HL Y1-Y2 IB Chemistry SL Y1-Y2 SL YI-Y2 IB Environmental Systems & IB Chemistry HL Y1-Y2 IB English A: Language & Literature Societies SL YI-Y2 IB Environmental Systems & HL YI-Y2 IB Global Politics SL YI-Y2 Societies SL Y1-Y2 AP English Language & Composition IB Global Politics HL Y1-Y2 IB Physics SL YI-Y2 AP English Literature & Composition IB History SL YI-Y2 IB Physics HL Y1-Y2 IB Psychology SL Y1-Y2 AP Biology HIGHEST LEVEL COURSES: IB Psychology Y1-Y2 AP Chemistry GLOBAL LANGUAGES AP US History AP Environmental Science AP Psychology AP Physics C IB Manadarin B SL Y1-Y2 AP Economics IB Manadarin A HL Y1-Y2 AP Human Geography HIGHEST LEVEL COURSES: IB Chinese A: Language & Literature AP World History VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS SL Y1-Y2 AP Seminar IB Chinese A: Language & Literature IB Visual Arts SL Y1-Y2 HL Y1-Y2 IB Visual Arts Y1-Y2 HIGHEST LEVEL COURSES: MATH IB Chinese A: Literature SL Y1-Y2 IB Dance SL/HL Y1-Y2 IB Chinese A: Literature HL Y1-Y2 IB Math Studies Y1-Y2 IB Theatre Arts SL Y1-Y2 IB Mandrin ab initio Y1-Y2 IB Math SL Y1-Y2 IB Theatre Arts HL Y1-Y2 IB Self Taught Language A SL Y1-Y2 IB Math HL Y1-Y2 AP 2-D Studio Design: Photography IB French B SL Y1-Y2 AP Calculus AB IB French B HL Y1-Y2 AP Calculus BC IB French ab initio YI-Y2 AP Statistics IB Spanish B SL Y1-Y2 AP Computer Science IB Spanish HL Y1-Y2 AP Computer Science Principles IB Spanish ab initio Y1-Y2 VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS, ATHLETICS, & CO-CURRICULARS FACILITIES SAS Pudong presents students with outstanding facilities and invested mentorship We support our rigorous academic outside the classroom. The school supports about 100 different clubs and program with state-of- the-art facilities organizations, and is a leader in building new interscholastic academic and athletic that include maker spaces, robotics leagues across Asia, including FIRST Robotics. Our students include several and digital design centers, science “Master Champions” who have represented SAS and China at the FIRST Lego World labs, dance studios, recording studios, Championships, the only international school to hold that honor. SAS Pudong also music and art rooms, playing fields, an hosts SHASMUN, a three-day international MUN conference. SAS is a founding outdoor track, a performing arts center, member of the Asia Pacific Athletic Conference (APAC), fielding strong athletic, black box theaters, and an aquatic forensics, dance, theater, and instrumental ensembles. Additionally, our students center. Our combined libraries contain host and travel to perform as part of the Association of Music in International Schools the largest English-language collection (AMIS) as well as the International Schools Theatre Association (ISTA). of books in China. VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOL & PAMOJA Students in grades 11 and 12 may request to take online courses through the Virtual High School Global Online Consortium or the Pamoja IB network for SAS credit. Courses are marked with an asterisk on the student’s transcript. IAN CHAU APAC HIGH JUMP RECORD HOLDER University Matriculation 2015-2017 King’s College London (2) Emerson College The University of Georgia ASIA/PACIFIC Loughborough University Emory University (5) The University of Iowa & MIDDLE EAST Oxford Brookes University Fashion Institute of Technology The University of Texas, El Paso Ryerson University Fordham University (4) Tufts University (2) Chung-Ang University Tech Music School – London Francis Marion University University of California, Ewha Woman’s University The London School of Economics Georgetown University (4) Berkeley (12) Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Political Science (3) Georgia Institute of Technology (4) University of California, Davis (3) The (2) Universiteit Maastricht Grand Valley State University University of California, Irvine (8) Hong Kong University of Science & Universiteit van Amsterdam (2) Harvey Mudd College (2) University of California, Technology, The (5) University College London (4) Hofstra University Los Angeles (11) KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of University of Aberdeen Ithaca College University of California, Science & Technology (5) University of Bath Johns Hopkins University (5) Riverside (2) Korea University (9) University of Cambridge Lee University University of California, RMIT University University of Edinburgh Lehigh University (3) San Diego (7) Sungkyunkwan University University of Exeter Louisiana State University University of California, (SKKU) (2) University of Nottingham Loyola Marymount University Santa Cruz (4) Technion Israel Institute of University of Sussex Loyola University Chicago (2) University of Chicago (2) Technology Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Marquette University (2) University of Colorado at Boulder University of Hong Kong, The (5) University of Warwick, The Massachusetts Institute of University of Illinois at University of Queensland Technology (2) Urbana-Champaign (4) UNSW Australia Michigan State University (8) University of Massachusetts, Muhlenberg College Amherst (2) Waseda University U.S.A. Yonsei University New York University (19) University of Michigan (6) Northeastern University (7) University of Minnesota, Duluth Yonsei University-Underwood Aquinas College Northern Illinois University University of Mississippi (2) Asia/Pacific & Middle East Arizona State University (2) Northwestern University (11) University of New Haven Art Center College of Design Oakland University University of North Texas Asbury University Oberlin College of Arts and University of Notre Dame (2) CANADA Babson College Sciences University of Pennsylvania (8) Barnard College Occidental College (2) University of Pittsburgh (2) Carleton University Baylor University (3) Ohio Wesleyan University University of Portland George Brown College Berklee College of Music (2) Pace University, New York City University of Puget Sound McGill University