COLLEGE PROFILE 2017–2018
CONTACT
OVERVIEW
Melissa Lanctot Director of College Counseling melissa.lanctot@bush.edu (206) 326-7758
The Bush School, founded in 1924, is a progressive, independent
Sally Boggan College Counseling Assistant sally.boggan@bush.edu (206) 326-7764
and action; and global citizenship and cultural competency. The school
The Bush School 3400 East Harrison Street Seattle, WA 98112 (206) 322-7978 main (206) 838-8998 fax CEEB Code 481085
nonsectarian K–12 day school. Admission is selective. An Upper School student’s experience is shaped by the educational foundations of the school: critical, independent, and creative thinking; ethical judgment motto, “Experience Education,” is highlighted in both the academic and co-curricular programs. The city of Seattle, the natural resources of the Pacific Northwest, and international study provide a rich context for this learning. Students here master critical thinking, writing, and research skills in an environment that encourages faculty to draw on their expertise and passions to create innovative electives and projects.
MISSION To spark in students of diverse backgrounds and talents a passion for learning, accomplishment, and contribution to their communities.
CURRICULUM & TEACHING 657
Total number of students K–12
7:1
Average student-to-faculty ratio in Upper School
15
Average class size in Upper School
21% 4.5 0
Percentage of students receiving need-based financial aid Minimum course requirements per term for students Courses designated “Honors,” “AP,” “IB,” etc.
Advanced Placement (AP): The Bush School does not follow a formal AP curriculum but students may choose to sit for AP exams each spring. In the Classes of 2016–2018, 86 students took a total of 190 AP exams and 89% of these exams resulted in a score of 3 or higher. The vast majority of our courses are taught at an advanced level. These courses meet or exceed AP requirements: Advanced Biology
Anatomy and Physiology
Mandarin IV/V
Advanced Calculus
Civics (US Government and Politics)
Physics
Advanced Chemistry
Environmental Science
Physics with Calculus
Advanced Computer Science
English Electives
Multivariable Calculus
Advanced Programming Techniques
French IV/V
Spanish IV/V
Advanced Statistics
History Electives
US History
Advanced Topics (e.g. Linear Algebra)
Introduction to Calculus
ACADEMIC CONTEXT 61
Class of 2018 total students
3.4
Mean GPA at end of 11th grade
6
Number of seniors graduating with a 4.00 GPA since 2000
Courses are graded on an un-weighted 4.0 scale of A to F, with A being the highest grade possible: A = 4.0, A- = 3.7, B+ = 3.3, B = 3.0, B- = 2.7. The Bush School does not consider class rank to be a valid measure of student achievement.
CLASS OF 2018 CUMULATIVE GPA DISTRIBUTION* *At end of 11th grade
# of students
<3.19
3.20–3.39
3.40–3.59
3.60–3.79
3.80–4.00
18
11
6
16
10
STUDENT LIFE & COMMUNIT Y The Bush School asks students to help make the world a better place. Opportunities for involvement in every facet of school life support students in identifying areas of individual passion and talent. Students work side-by-side with faculty and Board members on committees for hiring, diversity, planning, and curriculum. Major student organizations with significant leadership opportunities include Amnesty International, Student Awareness Council, Class Office, Environmental Committee, Blazers of Color, White Students Combatting Racism, Sexuality & Gender Alliance, Junior State of America, Rambler (school newspaper), Senate, Social Committee, Tykoe (yearbook), Venue, and the Writing and STEM Centers. Interscholastic athletic competition is available in baseball, basketball, bowling, cross-country running, cross-country skiing, golf, soccer, tennis, track and field, Ultimate Frisbee, and girls’ volleyball. Bush belongs to the Emerald City League, Division 1A.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS Action Module Program (AMP) and Wilderness Program: AMP, The Bush School’s
mandatory experiential learning program, brings students out of the traditional classroom two hours a week during the fall and winter trimesters and for a full week each spring. Students may also design an AMP in conjunction with a faculty advisor and all students must complete at least three community service AMPs in the areas of Service at Bush, Service in the Community, and Civic Engagement during their tenure at Bush. Past AMP offerings include Methow Campus: Blazing Trails and Building Relationships, Innovation lab, Stage Combat, Women in Leadership, Glassblowing, Working on the Mind at the Aegis Retirement Center, Prison Transformation, and Introduction to Meditation. The Wilderness Program oversees courses such as Mountaineering in the Cascades, Sailing in the San Juan Islands, Avalanche Essentials: Decision Making and Risk in the Backcountry, and Mt. Baker Expedition. Senior Projects: In this three-week capstone experience, students propose and
design projects that tie into at least one of the three educational foundations of The Bush School. Above all, Senior Projects must make a difference in the greater community. Past projects include: Building a Quadcopter Drone, Internship at the School for Ethics and Global Leadership, Field and Trail Guide for The Bush School Methow Campus, Internship at The Sierra Club, Voices: LGBTQ Multimedia Project, creation of a Self-balancing Two Wheeled Electric Vehicle, and Wai Ola – Hawaiian rain drum installation. Intercultural Immersion Programs: The Bush School believes that local and global
citizenship, and intercultural fluency, are best learned experientially. Our students experience other cultures by forming relationships, living, studying, and working with a given local population. All programs are immersive and structured around open-ended essential questions, providing curricular focus, and opportunities for critical thinking and action in addition to the cultivation of self-awareness, leadership, humility, and the practice of being global citizens. Programs include: The Global Public Service Academies, Global Visionaries, Eimeikan School exchange in Japan, International School of Asia, Passepartout Exchange Program with Lycee Victor Hugo, and the Network Program.
STANDARDIZED TESTING DATA: CLASSES OF 2015-2017 ACT Middle 50%
26–33 106
Composite Total Test Takers
SAT Middle 50%
630–730
Critical Reading
590–710
Math
32–37 104
Writing Total Test Takers
SAT Subject Tests (most commonly taken)
Mean Score
Total Test Takers
Math II
728
57
English Lit.
674
36
U.S. History
629
22
Chemistry
672
41
Spanish
653
9
THE BUSH SCHOOL COLLEGE FIVE-YEAR ACCEPTANCE & MATRICULATION LIST FOR THE CLASSES OF 2013-2017 Matriculation University of Alberta Allegheny College American University Amherst College Arizona State University The University of Arizona (2) Auburn University Bard College (2) Barnard College (2) Bates College Belmont University Beloit University (2) Bennington College Berklee College of Music (1) Boston College Boston University (3) Bowdoin College (4) Brandeis University University of British Columbia (3) Brown University (1) Bryn Mawr College (3) Bucknell University California Institute of the Arts California Lutheran University Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo (1) Cal State University, Dominguez Cal State University, Los Angeles Cardiff University University of California, Davis (1) University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles (1) University of California, Riverside University of California, San Diego (1) University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Cruz Carleton College (8) Carnegie Mellon University (1) Carroll College, MT Case Western Reserve University Champlain College Chapman University City College of New York CUNY Claremont McKenna College (1) University of Chicago (5) Clark University
(x) Number of students matriculating Colby College (1) Colgate University College of Idaho (1) University of Colorado at Boulder Colorado College (6) Colorado State University (2) Columbia College Chicago Columbia University (4) University of Connecticut Connecticut College (3) Cornell College Cornell University (5) Cornish College of the Arts Cottey College (1) Dartmouth College (2) Davidson College (1) University of Delaware Denison University University of Denver (2) DePauw University Dickinson College (2) Dominican University of California Drew University Drexel University Duke University Eastern Washington University (1) Eastman School of Music (1) Eckerd College University of Edinburgh Elon University (1) Emerson College Emory University (6) The Evergreen State College (1) Fairfield University Fashion Institute of Design and Merch. Flagler College Fordham University Franklin and Marshall College (4) Franklin University in Switzerland The George Washington University (2) Georgetown University Gettysburg College University of Glasgow Gonzaga University Goucher College Grinnell College (2) Guilford College Hamilton College (2) Hamline University (1) Hampshire College University of Hartford (1)
Harvard University (1) Haverford College (3) University of Hawaii at Manoa Hawaii Pacific University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Hofstra University (1) Howard University Humboldt State University University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Ithaca College Johns Hopkins University Kalamazoo College Kenyon College (2) Knox College Lafayette College (1) Lawrence University (1) Lehigh University Lehman College of the CUNY Lewis & Clark College (4) LIM College Linfield College Long Island University, Brooklyn Long Island University, Post Loyola Marymount University (2) Loyola University Chicago Loyola University New Orleans Lynn University Macalester College Marist College University of Maryland, College Park Maryland Institute College of Art Marymount Manhattan College Massachusetts College of Art and Design McDaniel College McGill University University of Miami (4) Miami University, Oxford University of Michigan (5) Middlebury College (3) Mills College (1) University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Montana State University, Bozeman (1) The University of Montana, Missoula The University of Montana, Western (1) Mount Holyoke College (2) Muhlenberg College The New School, All Divisions
New York University (13) U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1) Northeastern University (3) Northwestern University Oberlin College (3) Occidental College (4) Ohio Wesleyan University Oregon State University University of Oregon (1) Pace University, New York City (2) Pacific Lutheran University Pacific University University of the Pacific University of Pennsylvania (3) Philadelphia University Pitzer College (5) Pomona College (4) Portland State University University of Portland Pratt Institute (1) University of Puget Sound (2) Purdue University Queens University of Charlotte University of Redlands (1) Reed College (5) Regis University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1) Rhode Island School of Design (1) Rhodes College (1) Rice University (1) Richmond in London Rochester Institute of Technology University of Rochester (1) Rollins College Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Saint Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College of California University of San Diego (1) University of San Francisco (1) San Francisco Art Institute Santa Clara University (4) Sarah Lawrence College (2) Savannah College of Art and Design School of the Art Institute of Chicago School of Visual Arts Scripps College (8) Seattle University (2) Seton Hall University Skidmore College (2)
Smith College (3) University of Southern California (4) Southern Methodist University (1) University of St. Andrews St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s University Queens Campus (2) St. Lawrence University St. Olaf College (2) Stanford University (5) Swarthmore College (1) Syracuse University (1) Texas Christian University The University of Texas, Austin Trinity College, CT (3) Trinity University University of Toronto Tufts University (2) Tulane University (2) Ursinus College Vanderbilt University Vassar College University of Vermont (3) University of Victoria Villanova University University of Virginia (1) Wagner College Wake Forest University (1) Washington State University (2) Washington University in St. Louis (3) University of Washington (20) U. of Washington Honors Program (2) University of Washington, Bothell (2) Wellesley College (1) Wesleyan University (1) Western Washington University (3) Westmont College (1) Wheaton College MA Whitman College (11) Whittier College Willamette University (3) College of William and Mary Williams College (2) University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point The College of Wooster Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2) Xavier University Yale University (2)