WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL PROFILE 2019-2020 Philip A. Hooper Byron C. Hulsey Director of College Counseling Headmaster David F. Mabe Scott G. Schamberger Assoc. Director of College Counseling Assistant Headmaster for Jacob C. Bonnell Admissions and College Counseling Asst. Director of College Counseling Holly Baker Director of Admissions and College 148 Woodberry Station Counseling Operations Woodberry Forest, VA 22989 www.woodberry.org Phone 540.672.6050 Fax 540.661.4150 CEEB School Code: 472455 OVERVIEW Woodberry Forest School is a highly-selective independent boarding school for boys in grades 9-12. Centered around a century- old, student-run honor system, a Woodberry education emphasizes intellectual thoroughness and moral integrity. All students live on campus and participate in athletics, the arts, and a wide range of leadership opportunities. The school is located in scenic Madison County, Virginia, and is 75 miles southwest of Washington, DC, and 35 miles northeast of Charlottesville, VA. SELECTED FEATURES • 2019-2020 enrollment: 402 students (103 in senior class). • Woodberry admission statistics: 51% of applicants accepted for admission – 63% enrolled. • Students from 25 different states and 25 countries. • 62 teaching faculty – 68% hold advanced degrees, including 10 doctorates. • Average class size is 11, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 6:1. • 100% of graduates attend four-year colleges. • $315 million endowment and managed funds; annual fund gifts of $3.74 million; alumni giving rate of 66% • Abroad programs in Central America, Central Asia, China, the Galapagos, South Africa, Spain, and the UK. • 1200-acre campus includes state-of-the-art facilities for academics, athletics, and the arts. • Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Virginia Association of Independent Schools. Member: College Board, NACAC, NAIS, SAIS. Founding member of the International Boys School Coalition and the Association of Boarding Schools (TABS). GRADES Woodberry Forest calculates an annual grade point average using grades earned in all courses that year. A cumulative weighted GPA is also reported. Students are normally enrolled in five core academic courses each meeting 3 ¾ hours per week. GPA SCALE WEIGHTING SYSTEM MEAN WEIGHTED GPAs (CUM) A = 4.0 C = 2.0 Class of 2019 Class of 2020 A- = 3.7 C- = 1.7 Honors Courses +0.5 11th: 3.49 11th: 3.47 B+ = 3.3 D+ = 1.3 12th: 3.52 B = 3.0 D = 1.0 B- = 2.7 NC = 0.0 C+ = 2.3 Academic Honors 3.4 and above Woodberry is on a trimester system; therefore, first trimester senior grades are considered mid-year grades. CLASS RANK Woodberry Forest School does not rank its students; however, we do include a grade distribution chart with this Profile. Only courses taken at Woodberry appear on our transcript; therefore, the weighted cumulative GPA is calculated using only grades earned while attending Woodberry. Transcripts from previous secondary schools attended are also provided. Woodberry Forest admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, and national or ethnic origin to all of the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic or other school-administered programs. The school is authorized under federal law to enroll nonimmigrant students. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS CLASS OF 2019 TESTING RESULTS A minimum of 20 credits is required for graduation, including the following: Middle 50% • 4 credits in English SAT EBRW 600 - 710 • 4 credits in Math (one course beyond Algebra 2) SAT MATH 590 - 750 • 3 credits in Foreign Language (through 3rd level) ACT COMP. 24 - 31 • 3 credits in History and another 3 in Science • 1 credit in Fine Arts • 1/3 credit in Religion Average SAT Subject Tests 60 hours of community service required, 30 of which must LITERATURE 655 BIOLOGY E 650 come in direct contact with the individual or group served. US HISTORY 638 BIOLOGY M 640 Advanced Placement MATH LEVEL 1 720 CHEMISTRY 690 Woodberry does not offer AP courses. Students may sit for AP exams, but they prepare on their own. Woodberry MATH LEVEL 2 728 PHYSICS 703 students take hundreds of AP exams annually, with roughly 80% scoring 3 or higher. WEIGHTED ANNUAL GRADE DISTRIBUTIONS (2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR) 25th Percentile Median 75th Percentile Third Form (9th Only) 2.95 3.41 3.73 Fourth Form (10th Only) 3.01 3.38 3.79 Fifth Form (11th Only) 3.23 3.61 3.98 Sixth Form (12th Only) 3.36 3.78 4.05 CURRICULUM English History Foreign Language English 300, 400, 500, 600 Stories and Histories: Intro to Historical Analysis Chinese 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Ind. Study Honors English 400, 500 US History; Honors Honors Chinese 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 English 600 Sections: Honors American Government & Politics French 1, 2, 3 Crime in Literature Elective History Sections: Honors French 4, 5 Mystery and Literature Ancient Empires; Honors Latin 1, 2, 3 Mythology and Modern Literature Caliphs & Kings; Honors Honors Latin 3, Advanced Latin Lit. Philosophy China and the World; Honors Spanish 1, 2, 3, 4 Honors Nature Modern European History; Honors Honors Spanish 3, 4, 5, Ind. Study (with companion Honors Science course) Trade, Technology, and Terror; Honors Russian Ind. Study Honors Uprising World Wars I & II & the 20th Century; Honors Fine Arts Math & Computer Science Science Intro. to Arts – Drama, Music, Visual Arts Algebra 1 Conceptual Physics Art – Intermediate Studio Geometry; Honors Physics; Honors Honors Art History Algebra 2; Honors Honors Research Physics Honors Studio Art Functions, Statistics & Trig Chemistry; Honors Music – Choir, Concert Band, Dozen, PreCalculus Biology: A Cellular Approach Electronic, Jazz, Pipe and Drum, Strings, Honors Intro. to Calculus Biology: An Ecological Approach Wind Ensemble Statistics; Honors Marine Biology Honors Music Theory Applied Calculus Honors Biology Honors Drama: Adv. Acting & Directing Honors Calculus A Honors Research Biology * Autocad Honors Calculus B Environmental Science: Woodberry Environment Design & Editing for Lit. Pubs.; Honors Seminar in Advanced Math Honors Environmental Science: Nature * Digital Filmmaking Personal Finance and Economics (with companion Honors English course) Individual Instruction - Instrumental, Voice Independent Study: Advanced Math Engineering Design Journalism - Introduction, Intermediate Math Lab * Music Theory - Intermediate *Application Development Religion * Photography - Introduction, Advanced *Computational Problem Solving *Introduction to the Bible * Woodworking, Advanced Woodworking *Honors JAVA Coding 1, 2 Yearbook *Seminar in Advanced Computing College/AP-level courses in bold * Elective Trimester Courses Woodberry Forest School 2019-2020 Profile 2 COLLEGES ADMITTING WOODBERRY FOREST GRADUATES 2017-2019 Members of the Class of 2019 enrolled at institutions listed in bold. Adelphi University Guilford College Regis College University of Georgia Allegheny College Gustavus Adolphus College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Univ. of Illinois at American University Hamilton College Rhodes College Urbana-Champaign Appalachian State University Hampden-Sydney College Rice University University of Iowa Assumption College Harvard University Ringling College of Art and Design University of Kentucky Auburn University Harvey Mudd College Roanoke College University of Louisville Austin College High Point University Rochester Institute of Technology University of Lynchburg Bates College Hillsdale College Rollins College University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Baylor University Hood College Rutgers University University of Mary Washington Belmont University Illinois Wesleyan University Salisbury University Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County Berry College Indiana University, Bloomington Santa Clara University Univ. of Maryland, College Park Birmingham-Southern College James Madison University Savannah College of Art and Des. Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst Boston College Johns Hopkins University Sciences Po / Columbia Univ. University of Miami Boston University Kent State University Seton Hall University University of Michigan Campbell University Kenyon College Sewanee: The University of the Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities Carleton College King’s College (PA) South University of Mississippi Carleton University (Canada) King's College London (UK) Siena College University of Missouri, Columbia Carnegie Mellon University Lafayette College Southern Methodist University University of New Hampshire Case Western Reserve University Lake Forest College Southwestern University University of New Haven Centre College Lawrence University St. John's College (MD) Univ. of No. Carolina, Chapel Hill Chapman University Le Moyne College St. John’s University (NY) Univ. of No. Carolina, Charlotte Christopher Newport University Lehigh University St. Lawrence University Univ. of No. Carolina, Greensboro The Citadel Lewis & Clark College St. Mary's College of Maryland Univ. of No. Carolina, Wilmington Clemson University Longwood University Stanford University University of Notre Dame Colby College Louisiana State University Stetson University University of Oregon College of Charleston Loyola University Chicago Stevens Institute of Technology University of the Pacific College of William and Mary Loyola University Maryland SUNY at Albany University