Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School Admission Viewbook

Lead the Way

to a bold, bright future.

ACADEMICS

ENGAGE AND EXPLORE

• Classic liberal arts curriculum with real world applications • Experiential learning in laboratories, integrated technology, and cross-disciplinary projects • 15 Advanced Placement (AP) courses offered in all academic areas • Faculty hold advanced degrees • Low student teacher ratio (8:1) • Students from throughout US and 20 countries • In addition…full array of arts, athletics, and outdoor programs • Superior library with Student Resource Center, including peer tutoring, math laboratory, and learning support

Lead the Way

LEAD THE WAY

ACADEMICS

...with Engagement...with Dedication...with Inspiration... with Community...with Excellence...with Honor.

Rabun Gap teaches you time management on adrenaline. If you can handle it here, you can handle it anywhere. – Elsa ’12, North Carolina

Playing sports has given me courage and helped me develop a work ethic that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. – Ryan ’12, Georgia

AT H L E T I C S

GET IN THE GAME

• Over 30 competitive sports teams • Coaches who value academics, character, teamwork, and high level competition • Baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, wrestling • 13 acres of Bermuda grass fields • 6-lane rubber surfaced competition track • 4 lighted tennis courts • 2 gymnasiums • Natatorium

AT H L E T I C S

• Fitness center

ARTS

FIND YOUR PASSION

• Acapella group and chorus • Orchestra, Band, Chamber Ensembles, Jazz Ensembles, String Ensembles, MIDI/Music Technology, Music Theory • Cirque • Drama classes, One Act competition • Ballet, tap, jazz, musical theater • Technical theater class and crew • Drawing, painting, sculpting, photography, ceramics • Metal working, wood working and engineering drawing (industrial technology)

CIRQUE

ARTS

• National Art Honor Society

My teachers in theater became people I love and trust, and they inspired me to discover talents I never knew I had . – Collin ’12, Colorado

• 350 students • 50% boarding / 50% day • Day students from 3 states: Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina • 25% international (from 20+ countries); 75% domestic (from 15+states)

RESIDENTIAL LIFE

MAKE LIFELONG CONNECTIONS

ACTIVITIES

RESIDENTIAL LIFE

• Boarding students represent more than half of Rabun Gap’s student population • Six dorms serve as a home away from home for boarding students • Faculty live on the safe and inspiring campus • Builds responsibility for personal, academic, and social growth under the nurturing guidance of Rabun Gap residential faculty • Amenities include computer rooms, kitchens, laundry rooms, weight room, vending machines, and common areas • Organized weekend activities, ranging from swimming and canoeing at Indian Lake, to mall, theater, and sporting event outings

COLLEGE PLACEMENT

RECENT PLACEMENTS

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE AMHERST COLLEGE

COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY

CHART YOUR COURSE

CORNELL UNIVERSITY DAVIDSON COLLEGE EMORY UNIVERSITY FURMAN UNIVERSITY GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HARVARD UNIVERSITY JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL OF DESIGN PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

• Full college counseling program with multi-year approach beginning in 9th grade • 100% college acceptance • Over 1/3 of grads attend Top 50 Liberal Arts & National Universities (US News & World Report) • 15 AP courses • College test preparation and registration assistance (PSAT, PLAN, SAT, ACT, and TOEFL)

RHODES COLLEGE SEWANEE: UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY

• Optional SAT prep program • Onsite seminars with college counselors • Meet with college representatives from colleges across the country and world at college fairs both on and off campus

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS SCOTLAND UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON WAKE FOREST WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE PLACEMENT

WOFFORD COLLEGE

The college counselors gave me benchmarks to organize my paperwork, and they were willing to drop everything to help me. – Nina ’12, Taiwan

Annual signing of the Rabun Gap Honor Book

C HA RACT E R D EVELO PM E NT MAKE A DIFFERENCE

SUSTAINABILITY

COMMUNITY SERVICE

“Six years as a boarding student at Rabun Gap provided me the academic foundation needed for my college life. But I gained so much more than book knowledge... Living in a community where honor is found everywhere -- in chapel, in the classroom, in the dorm, on the athletic fields -- these are the things that I’ll carry with me through life.”

– Fola ‘12, Maryland

Lead the W to your bold, bright future. I

Way

ADMISSION

e. It all begins here.

800.543.7467 | 706.746.7720 | Fax 706.746.7797 admission@rabungap.org | RabunGap.org

339 Nacoochee Drive | Rabun Gap, GA 30568