Escola Americana do Rio de Janeiro

2014-2015 Upper School Profile for College and Universities

Estrada da Gavea 132 Gavea, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 22451-263 www.earj.com.br CEEB # 910450
College Counselor: Sarah Romanelli sromanelli@earj.com.br +55 (21) 2125-9093
Upper School Principal: Alex Partos, apartos@earj.com.br Headmaster: Andrew Sherman, asherman@earj.com.br
HISTORY:
Established 1937
Independent, non-proft, day school
Additonal campuses in Barra and Macae,
Upper School on Gavea Campus only

ACCREDITATION:
Southern Associaton of College and Schools (SACS)
Internatonal Baccalaureate Organizaton
State Board of Educaton of Rio de Janeiro

DEMOGRAPHICS:
1,275 students enrolled pre-k through 12th grade
237 students in Upper School. Approximately:
20% American citzens
50% Brazilian citzens
30% Other natonalites and dual citzens
67 students in the Class of 2015
In Upper School 24 full tme teachers, 14 part tme
and/or shared division teachers
40% faculty and staf from the U.S. or Europe
Average Class size: 14
COLLEGE PLACEMENT:
Approximate % of students pursuing the following paths afer graduaton for the classes of 2012, 2013, and 2014:

3 % take a gap year
62% enroll in
universites in the 15% enroll in universites in Europe, Canada, Latn
United States America and Asia

20% enroll in universites in Brazil
ACADEMIC PROGRAM:
AMERICAN DIPLOMAAll students follow a traditonal American college-preparatory curriculum and must com-
plete at least 24 hours of community service. 24 Carnegie Unit credit hours are required for graduaton:




English 4 credits History 3 credits Creatve Arts 1 credit
Math 3 credits Foreign Language 2 credits Physical Educaton 2 credits
Science 3 credits Health 0.5 credit Electves 5.5 credits
BRAZILIAN DIPLOMAIn additon to the American Diploma, all Brazilian citzens must meet Brazilian Diploma
requirements. Lngua Ptria, Brazilian Social Studies and Sociologia/Filosofa are taught in Portuguese.


IB PROGRAMThe IB Diploma or IB Certfcates are open to all students. Due to scheduling restrictons, all SL
courses are condensed to 1 year except Math SL and Art SL which are two years. Courses ofered:
3 credits Lngua Ptria (Portuguese Language and Literature) 2 credit Brazilian Social Studies
0.5 credit Sociologia/Filosofa (Sociology and Philosophy) 1 credit in each Biology, Chemistry, and Physics
English A HL Portuguese A HL & SL Spanish A HL & SL Art HL & SL
Math HL & SL Math Studies SL Economics SL History HL & SL
Brazilian Studies SL Biology HL & SL Chemistry HL & SL Physics SL
French B HL & SL Portuguese B HL & SL Spanish B HL & SL TOK
GPA DISTRIBUTION:
Weighed Cumulatve GPA distributon for the Class of 2015 at the end of 11th grade:
93.07100.36
89.2692.88
85.8788.86
79.6285.71
69.9079.43
Only courses taken at EARJ count in GPA, grades 911 or transfer11
Only numeric grades from core classes compute in GPA. Leter grades from Physical
Educaton, Arts, Health, and Computer classes are not factored into GPA.
A = 90-100, B = 80-89, C = 70-79, D = 65-69, F = 64 or below
Weight is for only IB courses and is 5% (all IB courses except Math Studies)
EARJ does not rank students
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SAT RESULTS:
Approximately 80% of
each class takes the SAT.
Highest score is used for
calculatons. Scores from
all students are included.
CLASS OF 2014 CLASS OF 2013 CLASS OF 2012
50% Range Mean 50% Range Mean 50% Range Mean
Critcal Reading 520600 563 520660 585 510670 583
Math 560690 613 550680 614 520690 600
Writng 520630 570 540620 582 540660 596
Total 15901920 1746 16601980 1781 15902010 1779
Class of 2014 Class of 2013 Class of 2012
% of Diploma candidates in Class 63% 55% 52%
% of candidates who obtained Diploma 86% 89% 100%
Average Diploma Score 32 30 32
Highest Diploma Score 42 40 39
IB DIPLOMA RESULTS:
The IB Diploma
is open to all
students.
UNITED STATES
Austn Community College
Bard College
Barnard College
Bates College
Bentley University (3)
Boston College
Boston University (3)
Brown University
CSU Fullerton
CSU Monterey Bay
Chapman University
CUNY Baruch College
Colorado School of Mines
Columbia University
Duke University
Emory University (2)
Flagler College
Florida Inst of Tech (3)
George Washington U (4)
Georgetown University (2)
Georgia Inst of Tech
Hofstra University
Loyola University Chicago
UNIVERSITY MATRICULATION FOR THE CLASSES OF 2014, 2013, and 2012
Lynn University (3)
MIT
New York University (8)
Northeastern University (5)
Oberlin College
Parsons (3)
Pitzer College (2)
Purdue University
Rennselaer Polytech Inst (2)
San Jose State University
SCAD (2)
School of Visual Arts
St. Edwards University (2)
SUNY Potsdam
Sufolk University (2)
Syracuse University
UC Berkeley (2)
UC Riverside
UC San Diego
U of ColoradoBoulder (2)
University of Evansville
University of Houston
U of Il Urbana Champaign
University of Miami (8)
University of Notre Dame (4)
U of Pennsylvania (3)
U of Southern California (2)
University of Tampa
U of Texas San Antonio
University of Vermont
Washington U St. Louis
Yale University

CANADA
University of Alberta
U of Britsh Columbia
University of Toronto

EUROPE
Erasmus University (2)
Glion Inst of Higher Ed
Les RochesMarbella (2)
Les RochesSwitzerland
INSA Lyon
Lund University
Regents American College
St. Louis UniversityMadrid
Tilburg University
Universidad CEU San Pablo
University of the Arts London
University of Notngham
University of Shefeld
University of York

BRAZIL
ESPM
IBMEC
IBMR
PUC

WORLD
Hebrew University of
Jerusalem
Sookmyung Womens
University (Korea)
Universidad de Las
Americas (Mexico)
Waseda University (Japan)