Lake Forest Academy Academics/College Profile 2022-2023

ACADEMICS

2022 – 2023

Our curriculum is individualized, tailored to each of our students as they learn and grow during their time at LFA. In personalized learning, choice is key. To discover all of the choices offered, please visit lfanet.org/academics/curriculum.

12

Average Class Size

23

7:1

Student to Faculty Ratio

Advanced Placement Courses

Art History Biology Calculus AB Calculus BC Chemistry Chinese Language Computer Science A Computer Science Principles Economics English Language English Literature Environmental Science French Language Music Theory Physics C: Mechanics Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism Psychology Spanish Language Spanish Literature Statistics U.S. Government and Comparative Politics U.S. History World History

62%

of Faculty Live on Campus

Recent Travel Opportunities Curricular Trips

• Cuba • Haiti • Navajo Nation, Arizona • New York City • Olympic National Park, Washington • Washington D.C.

Co-Curricular Trips

• Brazil • Ghana • Guatemala • India • Ireland • Japan • Kenya • Peru • Switzerland

32

Median ACT Score

7 National Merit Semifinalists

Independent Studies Independent studies provide students opportunities to work with LFA faculty to pursue more advanced level course work, seek additional in-depth subject matter, or explore a subject not offered.

Recent independent studies courses include Musical Theater, Baroque Architecture, History of French Film, Mobile App Development, Kinesiology, Advanced Directing, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Advanced Musician Studies.

22 students currently enrolled in an independent study

Global Concentration Program Students in the Global Concentration Program begin as a cohort as juniors and continue researching a topic of their choosing until the final capstone project at the end of senior year. Examples of past capstone projects have included Education in Response to Crises, Tech and Teenage Sleep Quality, The Plastic Problem, and Integration of Refugees.

Information about the Global Concentration can be found at lfanet.org/academics/global-education.

MATRICULATION Top 10 places for Classes of 2019-22: Boston University, Duke University, Indiana University (Bloomington), Miami University (Oxford), Northwestern University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan, University of California (Berkeley), Southern Methodist University, Wake Forest University

This selection lists the institutions that students have attended over the past four years, and the bolded names are those where there are currently multiple LFA alumni.

Adelphi University American University Arizona State University Babson College Bard College Bates College Baylor University Bentley University Black Hawk College Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Bradley University Brandeis University Brown University Bryn Mawr College Butler University California Institute of Technology Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Carroll College Case Western Reserve University Catawba College Chapman University Claremont McKenna College Colby College Colgate University College of Lake County College of Saint Benedict College of the Holy Cross Colorado College Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University Columbia University Cornell University Creighton University Davidson College Denison University DePaul University DePauw University Drake University Duke University Elon University

Emerson College Emory University Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas (Spain)

Flagler College Furman University George Washington University Georgia Institute of Technology Hamilton College (N.Y.) Hampton University Harvard University Harvey Mudd College Haverford College Howard University Illinois Wesleyan University Indiana University, Bloomington Iowa Western Community College Ithaca College Knox College Lafayette College Lake Forest College Lawrence University Lehigh University Lewis University Loyola Marymount University Loyola University, Chicago Marquette University Marshall University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Miami University, Oxford Michigan State University New York University Northeastern University Northern Michigan University Northwestern University Notre Dame College NYU Shanghai, China Oberlin College Occidental College Oregon State University Otterbein University Pennsylvania State University Pepperdine University Pitzer College Pomona College Providence College Purdue University Queen's University, Canada Reed College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhodes College Rice University

Robert Morris University University of Houston Rochester Institute of University of Illinois, Technology Chicago Rollins College University of Illinois at Rose-Hulman Institute Urbana-Champaign of Technology University of Iowa Saint Ambrose University University of Massachusetts, Santa Clara University Boston Shanghai Jiao Tong University University of Miami South Plains College University of Michigan Southern Methodist University University of Missouri, Columbia St. Lawrence University University of Notre Dame St. Louis University University of Pennsylvania St. Norbert College University of Redlands Stanford University University of Richmond Syracuse University University of Rochester Tennessee Technological University of San Diego University University of San Francisco Texas Christian University University of Southern The American University California of Paris, France University of St Andrews, The New School Scotland The University of Edinburgh, University of Sydney, Australia Scotland University of Toronto, Canada The University of Tampa University of Vermont The University of West Florida University of Washington, Seattle Trinity College, Conn.

University of Wisconsin, Trinity College Dublin Madison Tufts University Uniwersytet Wroclawski, Poland Tulane University of Louisiana Vanderbilt University Union College Vassar College United States Military Villanova University Academy at West Point Virginia Military Institute University of Auckland Wagner College University of California, Wake Forest University Berkeley Washington University University of California, in St. Louis Davis Wellesley College University of California, Wells College Los Angeles Wesleyan University University of California, Western Kentucky Riverside University University of California, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Santa Barbara Yale University University of California, Santa Cruz University of Chicago University of Colorado, For one-year college lists, Boulder visit lfanet.org/college-counseling.

University of Denver