Chadwick School26800 South Academy DrivePalos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274-3997310.377.1543 FAX: 310.377.0380www.chadwickschool.orgCEEB CODE: 052680

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Carol I. BernsteinDirector, College Guidancecbernstein@chadwickschool.org

Marian G. HershDirector of College Counselingmhersh@chadwickschool.org

Bruce J. PochDirector of College Counselingbpoch@chadwickschool.org

Frederick T. Hill, Headmaster

Deborah Dowling, Assistant Head for Academic Affairs

Mark Wiedenmann, Director, Upper School

Chadwick School26800 South Academy DrivePalos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274-3997310.377.1543 FAX: 310.377.0380www.chadwickschool.orgCEEB CODE: 052680

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COLLEGE ADMISSIONListed below are the colleges to which Chadwick graduates from the classes of 2010 – 2012 gained admission. Colleges where Chadwick graduates matriculated are highlighted in bold.

Agnes Scott College 2Alabama A&M University 1University of Alabama 1American University 10Amherst College 6Appalachian State University 1Arizona State University 3University of Arizona 20The Art Center College of Design 1Azusa Pacific University 1Babson University 3Bard College 3Barnard College 4Bates College 2Bennington College 1Bentley University 2Berklee College of Music 2Boston College 17Boston Conservatory of Music 1Boston University 21Bowdoin College 2Brandeis University 3Brigham Young University 1University of British Columbia 2Brown University 4Bryant College 1Bryn Mawr College 5Bucknell University 14University of California

Berkeley 34Davis 21Irvine 20Los Angeles 28Merced 3Riverside 11San Diego 32Santa Barbara 31Santa Cruz 17

California Lutheran University 4California State University

Chico 2East Bay 1Fullerton 2Humboldt 1Long Beach 3Monterey Bay 3Northridge 4Pomona 5Sacramento 1San Diego 1San Francisco 3San Jose 2San Luis Obispo 6Sonoma 12Stanislaus 2

Carleton College 2Carnegie Mellon University 11Case Western Reserve University 4Chapman University 25Chatham University 1University of Chicago 4Claremont McKenna College 4Clark University 1Clarkson University 1

Colby College 6Colgate University 10Colorado College 3University of Colorado at Boulder 24University of Colorado, Colorado

Springs 1University of Colorado, Denver 1Colorado State University 2Columbia University 5Connecticut College 9Cornell College 1Cornell University 3Dartmouth College 2Davidson College 2University of Dayton 1Delaware Valley College 1Denison University 1University of Denver 10DePaul University 1DePauw University 1Dickinson University 4Dillard University 1Dominican University 1Drew University 7Drexel University 4Duke University 7Duquesne University 1Earlham College 1Elon University 3Emerson College 6Emory University 13Eugene Lang College 1Evergreen State University 1Florida A&M University 1Fordham University 5Franklin College (Switzerland) 1Franklin and Marshall College 3The George Washington

University 9Georgetown University 8University of Georgia 1Georgia Institute of Technology 1Gettysburg College 5Gonzaga College 1Goucher College 3Grinnell College 2Hamilton College 6Hampshire College 4Hampton University 2Harvard University 4Haverford College 1Hawaii Pacific University 2Hofstra University 3College of the Holy Cross 1Howard University 3Hunter College of the CUNY 1University of Illinois at Chicago 1University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign 3Indiana University at Bloomington 8University of Iowa 1Ithaca College 2The Jewish Theological Seminary

of America 1

Kalamazoo College 1University of Kansas 1Kenyon College 1King’s College 1John Cabot University (Rome) 1Johns Hopkins University 8University of Kentucky 1Lafayette College 9Lake Forest College 1La Salle University 1Lawrence University 3Lehigh University 2Lewis and Clark College 6Lincoln University 1University of Louisville 2Loyola Marymount University 22Loyola University of Maryland 1Lycoming College 1Lynchburg College 1Macalester College 1Malone University 1Marquette University 2Marymount College 3University of Massachusetts at

Amherst 3McDaniel College 1Miami University (OH) 2University of Michigan 7Saint Michael’s College 1Middlebury College 9University of Montana, Missoula 1Morehouse College 1Mount Holyoke College 2Muhlenberg College 5University of New Hampshire 3University of Nevada Reno 1New York University 21New York University Abu Dhabi 1University of North Carolina at

Chapel Hill 8North Carolina State University 1Northeastern University 8Northern Arizona Universtiy 3Northwestern University 4University of Notre Dame 6Occidental College 8Oberlin College 5Ohio Wesleyan University 4Oregon State University 8Oxford College of Emory University 1University of Oregon 14Pace University 1University of the Pacific 15University of Pennsylvania 5Pennsylvania State 2Pepperdine University 3University of Pittsburgh 1Pitzer College 5Point Loma Nazarene University 2Point Park University 1Pomona College 5University of Portland 1Princeton University 5University of Puget Sound 11Purdue University 5Purchase College 1Quinnipiac University 4University of Redlands 13Reed College 4Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 4

Rhodes College 1Rice University 2University of Richmond 2Rider University 1University of Rochester 9Roger Williams University 1Saint John’s University (NY) 1Saint Joseph’s University 1Saint Louis University 1Saint Mary’s College of Moraga 7University of St. Andrews 1University of San Diego 8University of San Francisco 12Santa Clara University 20Sarah Lawrence College 6Seattle University 5Seton Hall University 1Skidmore College 7University of Southern California 47Southern Methodist University 13Southern University and A&M

College 1Smith College 1Spelman College 1Stanford University 14Stevens Institute of Technology 1Swarthmore College 1Sweet Briar College 1Syracuse University 5Temple University 1The American University of Paris 1University Texas, Austin 2Texas A&M (Corpus Christi) 1Texas Christian University 4Trinity University 1Trinity College 17Tufts University 15Tulane University 26Union College 2United States Naval Academy 2Vanderbilt University 4Vassar College 5University of Vermont 7Villanova University 8University of Virginia 7Wagner College 1Wake Forest University 3Washington and Lee 1Washington University in

Saint Louis 9University of Washington 5Wellesley College 2Wesleyan University 12Westmont College 1West Virginia University 1Western New England College 1Western Washington University 1Wheaton College (MA) 3Wichita State University 1Whitman College 7Whittier College 8Widener College 1Willamette University 3College of William and Mary 4Williams College 3University of Wisconsin 1Wittenberg University 1College of Wooster 1Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1Xavier University 1Yale University 9

Grading and Grading Distribution – Class of 2013Chadwick operates on a semester calendar with an A – F traditional

grading system. Chadwick School does not compute rank or name a

valedictorian. GPAs are calculated on a 4 point system based on all

Chadwick courses reported on the transcript. These grades reflect a

weighted scale and do not include pluses or minuses.

GPA and SAT DataListed at right are the mean weighted

GPA and SAT Reasoning scores for the

last three years.

*Class of 2010 is non-weighted

**Environmental/Molecular

GPA RANGE # STUDENTS

4.65 - 4.20 23

4.19 - 3.80 23

3.79 - 3.40 20

GPA RANGE # STUDENTS

3.39 - 3.00 20

2.99 - 2.60 6

2.59 - 2.20 2

SAT SUBJECT EXAMSSAT REASONING

CLASS # GPA SAT V/CR SAT M WR M2 BY** USH

2012 95 3.82 653 681 680 685 690 663

2011 95 3.76 664 684 692 672 649 659

2010 82 3.8 681 702 712 695 679 678

School Description Chadwick School is a nonprofit, nondenominational, coeducational dayschool serving a culturally and economically diverse student body livingin the South Bay of Los Angeles County. Core values and competenciesunderlie all aspects of our program.

Mission StatementChadwick*, a K-12 school founded in 1935, is dedicated to the development of academic excellence, exemplary character, and self-discovery through experience. We live in accordance with our core valuesof respect, responsibility, honesty, fairness, and compassion.

Through active participation in a diverse school community, students prepare to contribute meaningfully to their local, national, and globalcommunities. Talented and caring faculty and staff cultivate in each student the joy of learning, self-confidence, well being, and the individualgifts that each possesses. By living and learning in an atmosphere ofintegrity and trust, students come to expect the best of themselves and others.

EnrollmentK-12: 8309-12: 360Class of 2012: 94

Upper School FacultyOf the 49 faculty members, 80% hold advanced degrees.

Outdoor EducationChadwick’s Outdoor Education program is one of only nine secondaryschool programs to be certified by the Association of ExperientialEducation. The focus of the Outdoor Education program is onencouraging personal development of the students by placing themin new and challenging outdoor situations. Chadwick students thereforeparticipate in one wilderness course yearly, culminating in a three-weeksenior year trip, which includes a three-day survival solo.

Community ServiceChadwick’s community service program is predicated on our commitmentto the development of individuals of exemplary character. Recognized asone of the outstanding student community service programs in Americaby U.S. News and World Report, our program provides students the opportunity to serve at one of thirteen off-campus sites during the schoolday. Although there are no requirements for service at Chadwick, over75% of the Upper School chooses to add this weekly commitment as anelective, and 90% of our student body voluntarily participates in somepart of the program each year. Our fundamental assumption is that service leads to empathy, empathy to understanding, and understanding to a shared responsibility for a better world.

Round Square ProgramIn October 2008, Chadwick School was elected to membership inRound Square, thereby joining more than 70 other schools from 18countries on five continents. Round Square schools all share a commitmentto the “six pillars” of Round Square: Internationalism, Democracy,Environment, Adventure, Leadership and Service, commonly referred to as the IDEALS. Our membership in Round Square is central to our commitment to developing global citizens. Through this organization students participate in exchanges and engage in international service projects with students from other member schools from around the world. Other U.S. schools include Athenian (CA), Deerfield (MA), and Hotchkiss (CT).

Financial AidIn 2012-2013, Chadwick awarded $3.2 million in need-based aid to 18percent of its students. In 2003, the Malone Family Foundation awarded toChadwick a grant of $2 million for need-based merit scholarships, followed by a donation in 2008 of $1 million from the MacFarlane familyfor need-based leadership scholarships.

CURRICULUM

Graduation RequirementsChadwick students are required to complete four years of English, threeyears of history and science (two years of which must be a lab science),through Algebra 2 in math, through level 3 in a global language, and one and a half years of visual and/or performing arts. They must also participate every year in physical education and outdoor education.

Advanced Placement ExamsIn May of 2012, 141 students took 283 exams in 18 subjects and earnedscores of 3 or better on 90% of the tests and scores of 4 or better on68% of the tests.

Advanced Placement CoursesStudents must receive departmental approval to take an Advanced or A.P. course. Approval is earned, in most cases, by achieving an “A” in the prerequisite course. Advanced Placement courses are offered in the following subjects:

ENGLISH HISTORY LANGUAGE/LITERATUREEnglish Language U.S. History Chinese LanguageEnglish Literature Art History French Language

Government and Spanish Language/LiteraturePolitics

SCIENCE MATH OTHERBiology Calculus AB Computer Science AChemistry Calculus BC Music TheoryEnvironmental Statistics Studio ArtScience

Physics

Honors CoursesChadwick School offers honors courses in the following subjects:geometry, algebra II, pre-calculus, Spanish, Chinese, French, andphysics/chemistry/biology 3.

All A.P., Advanced, and Honors courses are awarded a full extra point (on a 4 point scale) in determining weighted GPAs.

Stanford/Malone Consortium CoursesOf the roughly 2,500 private schools in the United States, in 2003Chadwick became one of only 38 independent schools to receive aMalone Family Foundation Grant. Schools are selected for the grantsthrough a rigorous research process, resulting in the addition of an averageof three top-level high schools to the Malone network each spring.

This past spring, school heads of a number of Malone FoundationSchools, including Chadwick, met with the leadership of the StanfordOnline High School, and decided to make available to students in Malone Schools some of the Stanford Online High School courses. Thesecourses will differ from the usual Stanford Online High School courses in that they will connect the Stanford online teachers only with participating students in the various Malone schools. This coming year,Chadwick students may enroll in two Stanford Online High Schoolcourses: “Democracy, Freedom, and the Rule of Law” and “MultivariableDifferential Calculus / Multivariable Integral Calculus.” The latter is apost-AP course. Students may take either of these courses for credit; theirwork will be graded by the Stanford teachers and the grades will beshown on students’ Chadwick transcripts.

STATISTICS

National Merit RecognitionClass of 2012 5 finalists, 18 commended studentsClass of 2011 10 finalists, 17 commended studentsClass of 2010 14 finalists, 18 commended students,

2 NASP students

* The Roessler-Chadwick Foundation operates two campuses. One, located on the Palos VerdesPeninsula in California, was founded in 1935 and offers a K-12 education. The other, located inSongdo, South Korea and opened in 2010, offers a Pre-K-12 education.