2014-2015 Upper School Profile for College and Universities
Estrada da Gavea 132 Gavea, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 22451-263 www.earj.com.br CEEB # 910450 College Counselor: Sarah Romanelli sromanelli@earj.com.br +55 (21) 2125-9093 Upper School Principal: Alex Partos, apartos@earj.com.br Headmaster: Andrew Sherman, asherman@earj.com.br HISTORY: Established 1937 Independent, non-proft, day school Additonal campuses in Barra and Macae, Upper School on Gavea Campus only
ACCREDITATION: Southern Associaton of College and Schools (SACS) Internatonal Baccalaureate Organizaton State Board of Educaton of Rio de Janeiro
DEMOGRAPHICS: 1,275 students enrolled pre-k through 12th grade 237 students in Upper School. Approximately: 20% American citzens 50% Brazilian citzens 30% Other natonalites and dual citzens 67 students in the Class of 2015 In Upper School 24 full tme teachers, 14 part tme and/or shared division teachers 40% faculty and staf from the U.S. or Europe Average Class size: 14 COLLEGE PLACEMENT: Approximate % of students pursuing the following paths afer graduaton for the classes of 2012, 2013, and 2014:
3 % take a gap year 62% enroll in universites in the 15% enroll in universites in Europe, Canada, Latn United States America and Asia
20% enroll in universites in Brazil ACADEMIC PROGRAM: AMERICAN DIPLOMAAll students follow a traditonal American college-preparatory curriculum and must com- plete at least 24 hours of community service. 24 Carnegie Unit credit hours are required for graduaton:
English 4 credits History 3 credits Creatve Arts 1 credit Math 3 credits Foreign Language 2 credits Physical Educaton 2 credits Science 3 credits Health 0.5 credit Electves 5.5 credits BRAZILIAN DIPLOMAIn additon to the American Diploma, all Brazilian citzens must meet Brazilian Diploma requirements. Lngua Ptria, Brazilian Social Studies and Sociologia/Filosofa are taught in Portuguese.
IB PROGRAMThe IB Diploma or IB Certfcates are open to all students. Due to scheduling restrictons, all SL courses are condensed to 1 year except Math SL and Art SL which are two years. Courses ofered: 3 credits Lngua Ptria (Portuguese Language and Literature) 2 credit Brazilian Social Studies 0.5 credit Sociologia/Filosofa (Sociology and Philosophy) 1 credit in each Biology, Chemistry, and Physics English A HL Portuguese A HL & SL Spanish A HL & SL Art HL & SL Math HL & SL Math Studies SL Economics SL History HL & SL Brazilian Studies SL Biology HL & SL Chemistry HL & SL Physics SL French B HL & SL Portuguese B HL & SL Spanish B HL & SL TOK GPA DISTRIBUTION: Weighed Cumulatve GPA distributon for the Class of 2015 at the end of 11th grade: 93.07100.36 89.2692.88 85.8788.86 79.6285.71 69.9079.43 Only courses taken at EARJ count in GPA, grades 911 or transfer11 Only numeric grades from core classes compute in GPA. Leter grades from Physical Educaton, Arts, Health, and Computer classes are not factored into GPA. A = 90-100, B = 80-89, C = 70-79, D = 65-69, F = 64 or below Weight is for only IB courses and is 5% (all IB courses except Math Studies) EARJ does not rank students Q u i n t l e s
SAT RESULTS: Approximately 80% of each class takes the SAT. Highest score is used for calculatons. Scores from all students are included. CLASS OF 2014 CLASS OF 2013 CLASS OF 2012 50% Range Mean 50% Range Mean 50% Range Mean Critcal Reading 520600 563 520660 585 510670 583 Math 560690 613 550680 614 520690 600 Writng 520630 570 540620 582 540660 596 Total 15901920 1746 16601980 1781 15902010 1779 Class of 2014 Class of 2013 Class of 2012 % of Diploma candidates in Class 63% 55% 52% % of candidates who obtained Diploma 86% 89% 100% Average Diploma Score 32 30 32 Highest Diploma Score 42 40 39 IB DIPLOMA RESULTS: The IB Diploma is open to all students. UNITED STATES Austn Community College Bard College Barnard College Bates College Bentley University (3) Boston College Boston University (3) Brown University CSU Fullerton CSU Monterey Bay Chapman University CUNY Baruch College Colorado School of Mines Columbia University Duke University Emory University (2) Flagler College Florida Inst of Tech (3) George Washington U (4) Georgetown University (2) Georgia Inst of Tech Hofstra University Loyola University Chicago UNIVERSITY MATRICULATION FOR THE CLASSES OF 2014, 2013, and 2012 Lynn University (3) MIT New York University (8) Northeastern University (5) Oberlin College Parsons (3) Pitzer College (2) Purdue University Rennselaer Polytech Inst (2) San Jose State University SCAD (2) School of Visual Arts St. Edwards University (2) SUNY Potsdam Sufolk University (2) Syracuse University UC Berkeley (2) UC Riverside UC San Diego U of ColoradoBoulder (2) University of Evansville University of Houston U of Il Urbana Champaign University of Miami (8) University of Notre Dame (4) U of Pennsylvania (3) U of Southern California (2) University of Tampa U of Texas San Antonio University of Vermont Washington U St. Louis Yale University
CANADA University of Alberta U of Britsh Columbia University of Toronto
EUROPE Erasmus University (2) Glion Inst of Higher Ed Les RochesMarbella (2) Les RochesSwitzerland INSA Lyon Lund University Regents American College St. Louis UniversityMadrid Tilburg University Universidad CEU San Pablo University of the Arts London University of Notngham University of Shefeld University of York
BRAZIL ESPM IBMEC IBMR PUC
WORLD Hebrew University of Jerusalem Sookmyung Womens University (Korea) Universidad de Las Americas (Mexico) Waseda University (Japan)