1. The High School Profile
Grace Cheng, Wellesley College
Jim Miller, Harvard College
Gloria Mueller, formerly of Glenbrook South HS
Harvard Summer Institute on College Admissions
Thursday, June 22, 2017

2. Today’s Session Helpful Hints for your high school profile
Examples of high school profiles
Questions and Discussion

3. Demographic Information
School name, address, CEEB code, web address
Counselors’ contact information: phone, , fax
Specify number of seniors in the current graduating class
Percentage of seniors who go on to 4-year, 2-year colleges
Demographic composition of student body
If applicable, specify amount of financial aid scholarships given to students or percent of students of scholarship

4. Curriculum Minimum requirements for graduation
Number of honors, AP, IB courses offered (group by academic department or list all honors, all AP, all IB together)
Specify whether there are school rules that dictate how many H, AP, or IB courses a student can take or if they are not allowed to take them until a specific grade
Specify any specific HS extra requirements, i.e. “All seniors are required to take a fine arts course; All juniors are required to do 100 hrs of service.”
Explain any course abbreviations used
Specify whether your high school is on semesters, trimesters, quarters, block

5. Grade Point Average Grading scale, i.e. A = 90+, B = 80 to 89, etc.
Explain if the GPA is weighted or not. If weighted, how?
Explain what is included in your cumulative GPA – only academic courses, all courses, courses from 10-12?
Transcript should calculate a cumulative GPA, or at least a GPA for each school year

6. Rank in Class
A clear statement of whether you provide rank in class or not
If you provide rank, is it weighted or unweighted? If weighted, what does it include – H, AP, IB? How much weight is given?
Many schools give two ranks: a weighted rank and an unweighted rank
Do you have shared ranks?
If no rank is given, provide a grade distribution: deciles, quints, quartiles
Visual representation of distribution: graphs, bar charts, scattergrams
Grade distribution by each course taught in the 11th grade
Provide GPA range at a minimum:
The lowest GPA in the class, the highest GPA in the class, mean GPA
There are many different pieces that need to be considered when talking about children and technologies.

7. Standardized Testing
Mean or median SAT I or ACT (or both) for the junior class
Distinguish between old SAT and redesigned SAT if you have sufficient data to report
SAT subject tests if you have sufficient data to report
Score distribution or median/mean AP/IB results at the end of the junior year

8. Optional Provide website address for the high school
List colleges your students have attended for the past year or several years
Describe the community in which your high school is located
Provide other “bragging” items about your students or community
Today we are going to quickly look at the following:

9. Taipei American School Lake Forest Academy
Profile Examples:
Taipei American School
TAS_Profile_2016_2017.pdf
Lake Forest Academy
Grand Rapids Christian High School
GRCHS Old Profile 2011.pdf
School Profile GRCHS.pdf
There are many different pieces that need to be considered when talking about children and technologies.

10. Questions and Discussion
There are many different pieces that need to be considered when talking about children and technologies.