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PROFILE  2015-­‐2016     1500  Glencoe  Road         Sparks  Glencoe,  MD  21152-­‐9321     410-­‐472-­‐4800,  Fax:  410-­‐472-­‐3141     CEEB:  210-­‐590     www.OldfieldsSchool.org    

Dr.  Parnell  Hagerman,  Head  of  School   Megan  M.  Hoover,  Director  of  College   Counseling   Linda  Snyder,  Registrar      

College  Counseling  e-­‐mail:  HooverM@OldfieldsSchool.org   Admission  Office  e-­‐mail:  Admission@OldfieldsSchool.org  

 

Oldfields   School   is   committed   to   the   intellectual   and   moral   development   of   young   women.   In   a   culture   of   kindness  and  mutual  respect,  we  encourage  each  student  to  make  the  most  of  her  academic  and  personal   potential.  We  seek  to  guide  each  student  to  grow  in  character,  confidence,  and  knowledge  by  encouraging   her  to  embrace  the  values  of  personal  honesty,  intellectual  curiosity,  and  social  responsibility.  

 

Oldfields,  established  in  1867,  is  a  small,  independent,  non-­‐sectarian  school  for  girls  in  grades  eight  through   postgraduate.  The  School  is  located  on  130  acres  of  countryside  in  northern  Baltimore  County.  Seventy-­‐nine   percent  of  the  students  are  boarders.  Students  come  from  as  many  as  twenty-­‐three  states  and  twelve  foreign   countries.   A   very   low   student   to   faculty   ratio   provides   a   personalized   atmosphere,   and   more   than   three-­‐ quarters  of  the  faculty  reside  on  campus.  

 

Curriculum   –  Oldfields   School   offers   a   traditional   college   preparatory   curriculum   enhanced   by   small   classes  and  a  supportive  faculty.  Classes  meet  in  80-­‐minute  class  periods,  with  students  taking  five  or  six   courses.  Students  in  Honors  courses  prepare  for  and  are  encouraged  to  take  the  appropriate  AP  Exam  or   SAT  Subject  Test.  Oldfields  faculty  prefer  the  curricular  flexibility  of  an  Honors  course;  thus,  while   students  prepare  for  advanced  national  exams,  the  AP  designation  will  not  appear  on  the  student   transcript.  Courses  offered  at  the  Honors  level  are  Biology,  Chemistry,  Physics,  US  History,  International   Politics,  Calculus  AB,  Calculus  BC,  English  12,  English  11,  English  10,  French  Language,  Spanish  Language,   Spanish  Literature,  and  Portfolio  (Studio  Art).  

 

Specific  curricular  information  is  available  under  Academics  at  www.OldfieldsSchool.org.  

 

Accreditation   –  Oldfields   is   accredited   by   the   Association   of   Maryland   Independent   Schools   and   the   Middle   States   Association   of   Colleges   and   Secondary   Schools   and   is   approved   by   the   Maryland   State   Department  of  Education.  In  addition,  Oldfields  is  a  member  of  the  National  Association  of  Independent   Schools,   the   National   Coalition   of   Girls’   Schools,   The   Association   of   Boarding   Schools,   the   National   Association  of  Principals  of  Schools  for  Girls,  Potomac  and  Chesapeake  Association  of  College  Admission   Counseling,  and  the  National  Association  of  College  Admission  Counseling.  Oldfields  recognizes  NAIS  and   NACAC  Principles  of  Good  Practice.  

   

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Non-­‐discrimination   Statement   –  Oldfields   School   admits   students   of   any   race,   color,   religion,   sexual   orientation,  and  national  or  ethnic  origin  to  all  the  rights,  privileges,  programs,  and  activities  generally   accorded  or  made  available  to  students  at  the  School.  It  does  not  discriminate  on  the  basis  of  race,  color,   religion,   sexual   orientation,   or   national   or   ethnic   origin   in   administration   of   its   educational   policies,   admissions   policies,   financial   aid   and   loan   programs,   and   athletic   and   other   school-­‐administered   programs.  

Disclosure  of  Disciplinary  History  –  In  accordance  with  our  core  principles  of  integrity  and   responsibility,  

Oldfields  School  expects  students  to  answer  honestly  all  questions  about  disciplinary  history  on  their   college  applications.  In  addition,  it  is  our  policy  to  report  all  off-­‐campus  suspensions  and  academic  or   behavioral  probations  received  in  ninth  through  twelfth  grades  at  Oldfields  School  to  all  colleges  that   request  such  information  in  their  application  materials.  

 

Graduation  Requirements  

A  minimum  of  21  credits,  at  least  19  from  academic  courses,  distributed  as  follows:  

English:  4  years  

Foreign  Language:  3  years  (minimum  two  years  of  same  language)  

Social  Studies:  3  years  (including  U.S.  History  and  one  non-­‐U.S.  History)  

Mathematics:  3  years  (minimum:  Algebra  1  and  2,  Geometry)  

Laboratory  Science:  2  years  (minimum:  Biology  and  Chemistry)  

Fine  Arts:  1  year  (may  choose  from  Performing  and/or  Visual)  

Three  seasons  of  afternoon  activities  each  year  (.25  credit  per  term)  

Successful  completion  of  May  Program/Junior  or  Senior  Project  each  year  (.50  credit  per  year)  

Attendance  in  a  grade-­‐level  Seminar  class  each  year   80  hours  of  community  service  is  required  of  all  students  

Each  senior  must  pass  all  courses  senior  year  and  complete  her  Senior  Presentation   Grading  System  

A  90-­‐100     B  80-­‐89   C  70-­‐79     D  60-­‐69   F  below  60  

Independent  Study    

Independent  study  is  available  to   upperclassmen,  

subject  to  approval  by  a  faculty  advisor,  the   appropriate  department  head,  and  the  academic   dean.  To  pursue  independent  study,  students   must  have  an  average  of  85  or  above.  

 

Rank  and  Honors    

Due  to  Oldfields’  small  size,  we  do  not  rank  our   students.    

 

First  Honors:  an  average  of  93  or  above  with  no   grade  below  an  87  

 

Second  Honors:  an  average  of  90  or  above  with   no  

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PROFILE  OF  CLASSES  OF  ’10  -­‐’15  

(Includes  international  students)  

Average  GPA:     ACT  mid-­‐50%  Range:  

’10/86.9     ’10/17-­‐23   ’11/85.5     ’11/18-­‐23   ’12/86.7     ’12/17-­‐25   ’13/85.9     ’13/18-­‐23   ‘14/84.7     ‘14/  17-­‐23   ‘15/84.2     ‘15/  18-­‐24    

SAT  mid-­‐50%  Range:  

’10/CR  440-­‐540,  M  430-­‐570,  W  480-­‐590   ’11/CR  450-­‐540,  M  430-­‐560,  W  470-­‐580   ’12/CR  390-­‐630,  M  420-­‐720,  W  420-­‐630   ’13/CR  430-­‐550,  M  420-­‐590,  W  440-­‐590   ‘14/CR  430-­‐590,  M  430-­‐560,  W  440-­‐550     ‘15/CR  430-­‐560,  M  420-­‐540,  W  420-­‐540    

Destination  after  graduation  (’10-­‐’15):  

Four-­‐year  American  college:  90.4%   Two-­‐year  American  college:  3.4%   International  study:  1%  

Defer/gap  year:  1%    

While  most  of  our  students  enroll  in  a  four-­‐year   college  immediately,  some  students  choose  to  take   a  gap  year  or  enter  a  two-­‐year  program  after   graduation.  We  strive  to  help  each  student  

determine  the  best  route  to  achieving  her  personal   and  academic  goals.    

 

May  Program    

During  the  month  of  May,  students  have  the  opportunity  to  participate  in  on-­‐campus  or  off-­‐campus   programs  or  a  Junior  or  Senior  Project.  All  May  Programs  contain  an  academic  element  and  are  

experiential  in  nature,  and  several  May  Programs  are  community  service-­‐based.  Recent  programs  include   Digital  Storytelling,  Kitchen  Chemistry,  Baltimore  Arts  Scene,  Boston  College  and  University  Tour,  Dog   Town  Animal  Rescue  volunteer  program,  Reach  One/Teach  One,  and  two  separate  groups  traveled  to   Spain,  France,  and  Germany.  Junior  and  Senior  Projects  have  included  working  as  a  nursing  intern,  legal   intern  in  Chicago,  veterinary  aid,  an  instructor  at  a  therapeutic  riding  program,  a  computer  teacher  in   Jamaican  schools,  an  emergency  room  surgical  intern,  and  as  an  intern  at  the  Life  is  Good  Company.  

   

Clubs  and  Organizations  

 

Art  &  Design  Club   Asian  Cultures  Club   Bibliobash  

Black  Awareness  Club  (B.A.C.)  

The  Diversity  Committee  

Dubious  Dozen  (a  capella  group)   The  Community  Service  Committee   FOCUS  (Christian  fellowship)   Gay  Straight  Alliance  

Images  (a  capella  group)  

Library  Proctors   Model  U.N.   OS  Dance  Troupe   Peer  Tutors   Playmakers   Rarebit  (yearbook)   Student  Ambassadors   Student  Council  

Tidbit  (literary  magazine)  

College  Acceptances  2008-­‐2014  

 

Each  year,  a  wide  range  of  colleges  is  represented.  Oldfields’  commitment  to  academic  diversity  is   reflected  in  the  range  of  colleges  our  students  apply  to  and  attend.  

 

(Bold  indicates  enrollment)   Acadia Adelphi Agnes Scott U of Alabama Albright Alfred Allegheny Alvernia

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American Anna Maria Antioch Arcadia U of Arizona Arizona State

Art Institute of Philadelphia Auburn

U of Baltimore Bard College at Simon's

Rock Barry Bates Bay Path Belmont Binghamton Birmingham-Southern Boston U Brandeis Bridgewater Bridgewater State Brown Bryant Bryn Mawr SUNY Buffalo Cabrini UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Cruz

Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts Capital U

Case Western Reserve Catawba

Catholic U of America Cecil Community College Cedar Crest Champlain College of Charleston Christopher Newport U of Cincinnati Clark Atlanta Clemson Coastal Carolina U of Colorado at Boulder Colby Colorado State Columbia College Community College of Baltimore County Community College Of

Baltimore County at Essex U of Connecticut Cornell U Curry Dean U of Delaware Delaware State Delaware Valley Denison U of Denver DePaul Dickinson Dominican U (CA) Drew Drexel Duke Duquesne Earlham East Carolina Eckerd Elizabethtown Elmira Elon Emmanuel Emory Endicott

Evergreen State College Fairleigh Dickinson U Flagler

Florida Gulf Coast Florida Southern Florida State Framingham State Franklin and Marshall Franklin Pierce Frostburg State Full Sail Furman

Genesee Comm. College George Mason George Washington Georgetown U of Georgia Gettysburg Gonzaga Goucher Greensboro Coll. Guilford Hamilton (NY) Hampshire Hampton U U of Hartford Hartwick Haverford High Point

Hobart and Wm. Smith Hofstra

Hollins Hood Hope

Howard Community College Howard U of Illinois - Chicago U of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign Immaculata Indiana U - Bloomington Indiana U of PA Ithaca Jacksonville James Madison Juniata Keene State U of Kentucky Kenyon La Salle Lake Forest Lawrence Le Moyne

CUNY – Lehman Coll. Loyola Marymount Lycoming Lynchburg Lynn Manhattan Marshall U of Mary Washington U of Maryland - Baltimore County

U of Maryland - College Park MD Institute College of Art U of Massachusetts - Amherst McDaniel U of Miami Miami U, Oxford U of Michigan Michigan State Middle Georgia Midway Mills

U of Minnesota - Twin Cities U of Mississippi

Monmouth Montclair State Moravian Mount Holyoke Mount Saint Mary's Muhlenberg New England Coll. College of New Jersey NJ Inst. of Technology New York U NY Inst. of Technology - Manhattan Newbury U of New Hampshire U of New Haven UNC Chapel Hill UNC Charlotte UNC Greensboro UNC Wilmington Northern Arizona U College of Notre Dame of

Maryland Oberlin Occidental Ocean County Coll. Ohio U

Ohio Wesleyan Oklahoma State Otterbein Oxford Brookes Pace - New York City U of the Pacific

Parsons School of Design Pennsylvania State Pepperdine Philadelphia U Pine Manor U of Pittsburgh Pitzer Plattsburgh State Pratt Institute Purdue Queens U of Charlotte Quinnipiac Radford Randolph Randolph-Macon U of Redlands Regis College Regis U U of Rhode Island RI School of Design Rhodes Ripon Roanoke U of Rochester

Rochester Inst. of Technology Rollins Rosemont Rutgers Saint Joseph's Salisbury Salve Regina U of San Diego U of San Francisco Santa Clara Sarah Lawrence

Savannah Coll. of Art and Design

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

School of Visual Arts U of the Sciences in

Philadelphia Seton Hall

Sewanee: the U of the South Shippensburg U of PA Siena

Skidmore Smith

U of South Carolina U of South Carolina, Aiken South Georgia Coll. U of Southern California Spelman U of St. Andrews (Scotland) St. Andrews St. Lawrence St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Olaf SUNY Albany

Stephen F. Austin State Stephens

Stetson Stevenson Stonehill

SUNY Stony Brook Suffolk

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Syracuse U of Tampa Temple

U of Texas, Austin U of Texas, Dallas Texas A&M, Commerce Texas Christian Texas Tech Towson Tufts Union Ursinus U of Utah U of Vermont U of Virginia Virginia Commonwealth Virginia Tech Wake Forrest Washington Washington and Lee

Wesleyan

West Virginia Wesleyan Western Carolina Westminster Wheaton (MA) Wheelock Whittier

College of William and Mary William Paterson Winthrop U of Wisconsin, Madison Wofford College of Wooster Xavier U Xavier U of Louisiana York Coll. of PA U of York

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