Lake Forest Academy is an independent, co-ed, 9th to 12th grade college-preparatory school for boarding and day students located in the Chicago suburb of Lake Forest.
COLLEGE COUNSELING STAFF
Chris Tennyson | Head of School ctennyson@lfanet.org | 847-615-3236
Andrew Poska | Dean of College Counseling aposka@lfanet.org | 847-615-3279
Keily Pacheco | Asst. Dean of College Counseling keily.pacheco@lfanet.org | 847-615-3274
Ben Wetherbee | Assoc. Dean of College Counseling bwetherbee@lfanet.org | 847-615-4884
Carolyn Gorowski | Dean of Admission, College Counselor cgorowski@lfanet.org | 847-615-3288
Shannon Bradac | Registrar, College Counseling Office Manager sbradac@lfanet.org | 847-625-3241
ACCREDITATION
LFA complies with the Guide to Ethical Practice in College Admission.
LFA is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and recognized by the State of lllinois.
DEMOGRAPHICS
STATISTICAL PROFILE
24 ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES
English Language | English Literature | Biology | Chemistry
Environmental Science | Psychology | Physics C: Mechanics
Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism | Computer Science A
Computer Science Principles | Economics | Precalculus
Calculus AB | Calculus BC | Statistics | Art History | U.S.
History | World History | U.S. Government & Comparative
Politics Chinese Language | French Language | Spanish
Language Spanish Literature | Music Theory
CLASS OF 2024 JUNIOR GRADE DISTRIBUTION
LFA’S GRADING SYSTEM + CURRICULUM
n After March 2020, students were remote but still received standard grades as long as they completed their coursework to their instructor’s satisfaction. For the last three years, LFA has held in-person instruction.
n Due to the small class size of each graduating class, Lake Forest Academy does not rank its students.
n LFA uses letter grades from A - F on an unweighted 4.0 scale. Grades A - D may have pluses and minuses.
n Admission to advanced level and AP courses is decided by the appropriate department based on a student’s ability and success in previous coursework.
n After exhausting current course offerings, upperclassmen may elect to pursue independent studies. Some of our favorites this year are: Biofuels from Plants, Horseshoe Theory, and The History of Dai Folk Dance. One semester of Independent Study equals a 1/4 credit.
n Psychology is considered a science elective.
LFA’S NATIONAL MERIT RECIPIENTS
n Five seniors were selected as National Merit Semi-Finalists from the Class of 2024.
COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES 2020 - 2023
This selection demonstrates the myriad institutions our students are admitted to and institutions in bold indicate that at least one student currently attends.
Most Popular Matriculated Destinations:
Domestic
Adelphi University
Alma College
American University
Amherst College
Arizona State University
Auburn University
Augustana College
Babson College
Bard College
Barnard College
Bates College
Baylor University
Belmont University
Beloit College
Bentley University
Binghamton University
Boston College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Bradley University
Brandeis University
Brown University
Bucknell University
Butler University
California Institute of Technology
California Polytech State
(San Luis Obispo)
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University
Carroll College
Case Western Reserve University
Central Michigan University
Centre College
Chapman University
Claremont McKenna College
Clemson University
Coe College
Colby College
Colgate University
College of Charleston
College of the Holy Cross
Colorado College
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado State University
(Fort Collins)
Columbia University
Connecticut College
Cornell University
Creighton University
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Denison University
DePaul University
DePauw University
Dickinson College
Drake University
Drexel University
Duke University
Eckerd College
Elon University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Emerson College
Emory University
Florida State University
Fordham University
Furman University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Gettysburg College
Goucher College
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Hampton University
Harvard University
Harvey Mudd College
Haverford College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Howard University
Illinois State University
Illinois Wesleyan University
Indiana University (Bloomington)
Iowa State University
Ithaca College
Johns Hopkins University
Kalamazoo College
Kenyon College
Knox College
Lafayette College
Lake Forest College
Lawrence University
Lehigh University
Lewis & Clark College
Lewis University
Louisiana State University
Loyola Marymount University
Aberystwyth University (Wales)
Bocconi University (Italy)
Duke Kunshan University (China)
Durham University (England)
John Cabot University (Italy)
King’s College London (England)
McGill University (Canada)
Monash University (Australia)
Mount Allison University (Canada)
NYU Shanghai (China)
Loyola University Chicago
Macalester College
Marquette University
Marshall University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Miami University (Oxford)
Michigan State University
Middlebury College
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Mount Holyoke College
New York University
Northeastern University
Northern Michigan University
Northwestern University
Notre Dame College
Oberlin College
Occidental College
Olin College of Engineering
Oregon State University
Otterbein University
Parsons School of Design/The New School
Penn State University (University Park)
Pepperdine University
Pitzer College
Pomona College
Pratt Institute
Providence College
Purdue University
Reed College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rhodes College
Rice University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rollins College
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Sacred Heart University
Saint Louis University
San Diego State University
Santa Clara University
Sarah Lawrence College
Savannah College of Art and Design
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Scripps College
Sewanee: The University of the South
International
Queen’s University (Canada)
Sciences Po Paris (France)
Skidmore College
Smith College
South Plains College
Southern Methodist University
Spelman College
St. Lawrence University
St. Norbert College
St. Olaf College
Stanford University
Suffolk University
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
Texas Christian University
The College of William and Mary
The New School
The Ohio State University
The University of Alabama
The University of Tampa
The University of Tennessee
(Knoxville)
The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Dallas
The University of West Florida
Trinity College
Tufts University
Tulane University of Louisiana
Union College
United States Military Academy at West Point
United States Naval Academy
University of Alaska Anchorage
University of California
(Berkeley)
University of California (Davis)
University of California (Irvine)
University of California
(Los Angeles)
University of California
(Riverside)
University of California
(San Diego)
University of California
(Santa Barbara)
University of California
(Santa Cruz)
University of Chicago
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Dayton
University of Delaware
University of Denver
University of Florida
University of Houston
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
The American University of Paris (France)
The University of Edinburgh (Scotland)
The University of Manchester (England)
The University of Warwick (England)
Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)
University College Dublin (Ireland)
University College London (England)
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Maryland (College Park)
University of Massachusetts (Boston)
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)
University of Missouri
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Redlands
University of Rhode Island
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
University of San Diego
University of San Francisco
University of South Carolina
University of Southern California
University of Vermont
University of Virginia
University of Washington (Seattle Campus)
University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Villanova University
Virginia Military Institute
Wagner College
Wake Forest University
Washington and Lee University
Washington University in St. Louis
Wellesley College
Wells College
Wesleyan University
Western Kentucky University
Wheaton College - MA
Williams College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Yale University
University of British Columbia (Canada)
University of Exeter (England)
University of Galway (Ireland)
University of Melbourne (Australia)
University of St Andrews (Scotland)
University of Sydney (Australia)
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Victoria (Canada)
Uniwersytet Wroclawski (Poland)