SEVEN HILLS HIGHLIGHTS• All students take an advanced college preparatory curriculum• Financial Aid awarded to 31% of Upper School students• Students come from 68 ZIP codes• Student body includes 32% students of color• Flexible Credit – Alternative ways of earning credit through online, college or self-designed and mentored projects• Study Abroad – Exchange/home-stay experiences in China, France, Spain, and Greece and Italy• Athletics: 85% of students play a team sport• Arts: 80% of the Class of 2018 took arts courses beyond our requirements

ACADEMIC RIGOR• Admission to Honors and AP courses is selective and depends on past performance and departmental approval. Due to the rigor of those courses, students are counseled to limit the number they take. • All AP students are expected to take the AP exam.• Post-AP electives – Multivariable Calculus, Modern Political Theory.

The Seven Hills School - Class of 2019

FACULTY 52 members45 with advanced degrees4 college counselors9:1 student/faculty ratio CLASS SIZES FALL 2018 Grade 9 – 87Grade 10 – 82Grade 11 – 97Grade 12 – 87

CALENDARTwo 18-week semesters, each divided into two 9-week quarters. Block schedule: 80-minute classes in two-day rotation

GRADING INFORMATION

“Pass” is given no weight but is computed in credits earned.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Academic Curriculum: • English – 4 credits• Math – 4 credits• History – 3 credits• Science – 3 credits• World Language – 3 credits• Fine and Performing Arts –

1.5 credits• Health and PE – 1 credit

Personal Challenge: Self-designed, self-conducted project defended before faculty committee and presented to school community

Community Service: Individual volunteer project culminating in written reflection

NATIONAL MERIT RECOGNITION

Class of 2019 – 22%

Class of 2018 – 20%

Class of 2017 – 25%

Class of 2016 – 29%

Class of 2015 – 27%

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING This program helps students develop self-awareness of where their interests lie, facilitates exploration of those interests, and provides students with pertinent real-world experiences through job shadows, internships, community service, college course work, and other relevant activities. Students may elect to earn concentrations in such fields as Community Engagement, Environmental Stewardship, Global Citizenship, Political Engagement, The Arts, Technology and Innovation, Engineering and Design, Integrated Wellness, or Social Justice.

2019 SAT & ACT SCORES

1-15 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36

28-35 EnglishMath

ReadingScience

25-33 28-34

25-34 27-34

avg. 31avg. 28

avg. 31avg. 29avg. 30

2019 MIDDLE 50% OF ACT SCORES:

ACT AVERAGES - 2018:

Math

Science

Composite

1-15 16-19 20-23 24-27 28-32 33-36

2019: 27.9

2019: 29

2019: 29.7

21NationalOhio

NationalOhio

English2019: 31

NationalOhioSeven HillsNationalOhioSeven Hills

20.720.4

28.8

20.219.3

30.620.5

21.228.4

Reading2019: 30.5

NationalOhio

21.320.8

30.3

20.320.8

29.6

SAT Subject Tests AVG

Math 1Math 2ChemistryMolecular Biology Environmental BiologyPhysicsU.S. HistoryFrenchSpanishLatinLiteratureAvg Subject Test Score

Composite

200 300 400 500 600 700 800

2019 MIDDLE 50% OF SAT SCORES:

Combined: 1290-1500; average 1387

Verbal Math

660-740 avg. 687 630-770 avg. 700

Seven Hills

Seven Hills

Seven Hills

200 300 400 500 600 700 800

SAT AVERAGES - 2018:

Verbal

Math

536Ohio 552

Ohio 547531

National

681 2019: 687Seven Hills

National

689 2019: 700Seven Hills

694

752

755

680

680

730

658

585

710

650

710

710

Introductory College Prep:

College Prep with pre-req:

Honors Courses:

AP and Post-AP Courses:

Full course list by weight is available at: 7hills.org/weighting

WEIGHTED GRADES ON 4.0 SCALE

no weight

additional +.25 weight

additional +.5 weight

additional +1.0 weight

American University - 2American University of Paris - 1Amherst College - 1Babson College - 1Barnard College - 1Bates College - 1Belmont University - 3Beloit College - 1Bentley University - 1Boston College - 1Boston University - 3Bowdoin College - 2Brandeis University - 1Bryn Mawr College - 1Bucknell University - 1Butler University - 1California Institute of Technology - 1California Institute of the Arts - 1Carleton College - 2Carnegie Mellon University - 2Case Western Reserve University - 5Catholic University of America - 1College of Charleston - 1The Citadel - 1Clemson University - 1Colby College - 3Colgate University - 1College of Wooster - 3Colorado College - 2Colorado State University - 2Columbia College Chicago - 2Columbia University - 6Cornell University - 8Dartmouth College - 1Davidson College - 2

University of Dayton - 3Denison University - 2DePaul University - 4Dickinson College - 1Drexel University - 1Duke University - 4Earlham College - 2Eckerd College - 1Elon University - 3Emerson College - 1Emory University - 3Florida Gulf Coast University - 1Florida State University - 1Franciscan University - 1Franklin & Marshall College - 1George Washington University - 6Georgetown College - 1Gettysburg College - 1Hamilton College - 1Hampshire College - 1Harvard University - 3Haverford College - 2Indiana University - 7Johns Hopkins University - 2Kalamazoo College - 1Kenyon College - 5Lafayette College - 1Lake Forest College - 1Loyola University Chicago - 4Lynn University - 1Marquette University - 2Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 1Miami University - 16Michigan State University - 1Michigan Technological University - 1

Middlebury College - 1Muskingum University - 2New York University - 4Northeastern University - 2Northern Kentucky University - 2Northwestern University - 4Ohio Northern University - 1Ohio University - 3Ohio State University - 25Ohio Wesleyan University - 1

Otterbein University - 1Pratt Institute - 2Princeton University - 3Purdue University - 5Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - 1Rhode Island School of Design - 1Rhodes College - 1Rice University - 3Roanoke College - 1Rochester Institute of Technology - 5Saint Louis University - 1Sarah Lawrence College - 1Savannah College of Art and Design - 2School of Visual Arts - 1Sewanee: The University of the South - 1

Skidmore College - 1Southern Methodist University - 3Spelman College - 1St. Lawrence University - 1Syracuse University - 5The New School - 1Thomas More College - 4Tufts University - 4Tulane University - 3Tuskegee University - 2

Union College - 1University of Akron - 2University of Arizona - 3University of British Columbia (Canada) - 1University of California, Berkeley - 2University of Chicago - 7University of Cincinnati - 35University of Colorado - 2University of Dayton - 3University of Denver - 1University of Illinois - 3University of Kentucky - 8University of Miami - 2University of Michigan - 7University of Missouri - 1 University of Notre Dame - 1University of Pennsylvania - 3University of Pittsburgh - 4

University of Richmond - 2University of Rochester - 3University of South Carolina - 8University of Southern California - 1University of Texas, Austin - 2University of Texas, Dallas - 1University of Toledo - 1University of Adelaide (Australia) - 1University of St. Andrews

(Scotland) - 2University of Vermont - 1University of Virginia - 1Vanderbilt University - 7Virginia Commonwealth University - 1Wake Forest University - 2Washington College - 1Washington University in St. Louis - 13Wellesley College - 2Williams College - 1Wilmington College - 1Wittenberg University - 1Worcester Polytechnic Institute - 1Xavier University - 1Yale University - 3Yeshiva University - 2

FIVE-YEAR MATRICULATION LIST (2014-2018)

ADVANCED PLACEMENT TESTS (as of June 2018)155 students took a total of 323 AP tests; 96% scored 3 or higher; 78% scored 4’s and 5’s

TEST %3 and higher AVG score 5 4 3 2 1 Total

STAFF

Susan Marrs 513.728.2463Director of College Counseling

Alex Catalan 513.728.2461Assistant Director of College Counseling

Julie DiRoma 513.728.2479College Counselor

Beth Driehaus 513.728.2467College Counselor

Christopher GartenHead of School

Matthew Bolton, Ph.D.Head of Upper School

Nick Francis 513.728.2465Director of Experiential Learning

EnglishEnglish 9English 10; English 10 Honors English 11; English 11 HonorsEnglish 12; AP English LiteratureSpeechJournalismCreative Writing

MathematicsAlgebra IGeometry; Geometry HonorsAlgebra II; Algebra II HonorsProbability and Statistics; Probability and Statistics HonorsPre-Calculus; Pre-Calculus HonorsCalculus; AP Calculus AB; AP Calculus BCMultivariable Calculus (Post AP)

Computer ScienceProgramming IProgramming II

Computer EngineeringAP Computer Science A

HistoryWorld History IWorld History IIAP European HistoryU.S. History and Government; AP U.S. History Global Issues Since 1945 HonorsEnvironmental Studies Modern Political Theory (Post AP)

One-semester Electives:Intro to ArchaeologyEconomicsGlobal Issues: AsiaGlobal Issues: The Non- Asian WorldPostmodern America Since 1968Environmental History

ScienceBiology; Biology HonorsChemistry; Chemistry Honors

Physics; Physics HonorsAnatomy and PhysiologyEnvironmental ScienceEnvironmental StudiesPsychologyEngineering A; Engineering BMacro Engineering Micro Engineering BiotechnologyAP BiologyAP ChemistryAP Physics C

ChineseChinese I HonorsChinese II HonorsChinese III Honors Chinese IV Honors

FrenchFrench IFrench II; French II HonorsFrench III; French III HonorsFrench IVAP French Lang and Culture French V Honors

LatinLatin II HonorsLatin III HonorsLatin IV HonorsAP Latin

SpanishSpanish I A & BSpanish ISpanish CSpanish II; Spanish II HonorsSpanish III; Spanish III HonorsSpanish IVSpanish V Honors AP Spanish Language and Culture AP Spanish Literature and Culture

Choral MusicConcert ChorusChamber Ensemble

Instrumental MusicContemporary EnsembleSymphonic Ensemble

TheaterTheater ITheater IIImprovisation Technical TheaterTheater Directing

Visual ArtsGeneral ArtDrawingPainting SculptureGraphic DesignDigital ImagingFilm and AnimationCeramicsArt History

PE & HealthPhysical EducationHealth

Interdisciplinary Experiential Learning Seminar in Entrepreneurship

2018 CURRICULUM

MEAN ADVANCED PLACEMENT SCORES

0 1 2 3 4 5

2.84

4.07

3.03

National

Ohio

Seven Hills

Biology Calculus ABCalculus BC(AB subscore)ChemistryChineseComp Sci AEnglish LangEnglish LitEuropean HistFrench Lang Latin Physics C (E&M) Physics C (Mech) Spanish Lang Spanish LitUS History Total # Total %

95%88%96%95%

100%100%90%100%93%

100%100%100%46%85%

100%100%97%

96%

3.53.94.44.64.754

4.33.74.24.24.23.14

4.75

4.3

55161813181791312544217

138 41%

14787506

24171132072012

125 37%

1532100431460110004

54 18%

52010020300052000

20 5%

001000000000200014 1%

39172727181

2044433045131362

34

ADVANCED PLACEMENT SCHOLARS: 17 AP Scholars: average score 3.83

15 AP Scholars with Honor: average score 4.15

38 AP Scholars with Distinction: average score 4.38

8 National AP Scholars: average score 4.59

Public - 41%Private - 59%

59%

41%In state-24%

Out of state - 76%

24%

76%

HILLSDALE CAMPUS

5400 Red Bank RoadCincinnati, Ohio 45227

Midwest - 46%East - 30%South - 18%West - 5%International - 1%

AccreditationNational Association of Independent SchoolsIndependent Schools Association of the Central StatesOhio Association of Independent SchoolsState of Ohio

CEEB/ACT 361-005

Disclosure PolicyThe Seven Hills College Counseling Office will answer questions posed by colleges regarding major disciplinary action in secondary school reports, midyear reports, and final school reports. Students are expected to disclose such information to the colleges as well.

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HILLSDALE CAMPUS

5400 Red Bank RoadCincinnati, Ohio 45227