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4. Welcome Today’s Program Overview of the Woodbridge Academy
Application Process
Questions

5. What is an Academy? Small learning community Focused on a narrow topic
Challenging academic experience

6. Small Learning Community
Currently 270 students
Average class size of 24
Ability to know students

7. Focused on a narrow topic
Allied Health
Biomedical Science

8. Challenging Academic Experience
All Honors curriculum
Opportunity for 4 Advanced Placement Courses
AP United States History – all Juniors
AP Literature & Composition – all Seniors
AP Calculus & AP Spanish - eligible Senior students

9. Challenging Academic Experience
Taking Rutgers School of Health Professions Classes in high school
Classes are aligned with and follow Rutgers University curriculum
Students can earn up to 20 credits
Students must maintain grades and scores in certain classes and on end of year tests

10. Project Lead the Way National Curriculum Hands – on Group work
Real life experiences

11. College Credit
Dual Credit Courses with Rutgers School of Health Professions & courses for PLTW
Students can earn up to 24 credits
Students must maintain grades in certain classes and scores on end of year tests
Attendance expectations
With Rutgers there are fees for examinations and transcripts
With PLTW, a registration fee

12. Traditional High School
Comparison
Academy Experience
Traditional High School
Small population
Focused
High Academic Expectations
Limited extra-curricular opportunities
Students share similar academic interests
Larger population
Comprehensive
Varied academic Levels
Wide variety of extra-curricular
Diverse set of student academic interests

13. Busing All students are bused to the Academy*
Parts of Perth Amboy do not receive bus service
Busing is responsibility of local district
There are NO late buses

14. Day Homeroom starts at 8:45 AM Day ends 3:30 PM
Block scheduling – 4 periods every day
All periods are 90 minutes
Periods Alternate each day
Lunch is 30 minutes in addition to day

15. Application Process Available on Web site – www.mcvts.net
Due to Academy on Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Mandatory Information Session for applicants and parents on Wednesday, December 7 & Thursday, December 8
You will be notified of the session you are scheduled for

16. Application Process
Mandatory Application Test on Saturday, December 10 from 8:30 AM to noon. MANDATORY (Snow date – January 7th)
Student interviews will be scheduled throughout the month of January
Students not scheduled for interview will receive a letter of thanks for applying
Successful candidates will be notified the first week of February
ALL OF THIS IS DEPENDENT UPON WEATHER

17. Decision Process Applicant’s Application Test from December, 2016
Applicant’s grades in middle school
Interview

18. College Acceptances Seton Hall University of Virginia
University of Chicago
University of Rochester
George Washington
College of New Jersey
University of Kansas
UCLA
York College
Brown
Dartmouth
Villanova
Cornell
University of North Carolina
University of Virginia
Georgetown
Kent State
Saint Peters
York College
Bloomsburg
St. Johns
UMass
Drew University
Ursinus
Wake Forest
NYU

19. Colleges Attending Drexel University La Salle University
Montclair State College
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Penn State University
Rutgers University
Slippery Rock University
University of Connecticut
Widener University
American University
Boston University
Cooper Union
Lehigh University
Seton Hall
Temple University
University of Delaware
University of Pittsburgh
University of the Sciences

20. Class of 2015 Colleges Attending
Drexel University
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Northeastern University
Penn State University
Rutgers University
Seton Hall
Temple University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Widener University

21. Class of 2016 Colleges Attending
New York University
Boston University
University of Michigan
University of Miami
Drexel University
Marywood University
Johns Hopkins University
University of Pittsburgh
Uticia College
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Seton Hall University
Temple University
Boston College
Rutgers University
Ramapo College
Fordham University
University of Maryland
Stony Brook

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