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.
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
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
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
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