School Contacts

Robert Wang (Principal)wanglichen@ibwya.net

Richard Ambler (IBDP Coordinator)rambler@ibwya.net

Charles Racine (Director of University Counselling)cracine@ibwya.net

IB Mark

IBDescription

Letter Grade

7 Excellent A/A+

6 Very Good A

5 Good B

4 Satisfactory C

3 Mediocre C/D

2 Poor F

1 Very Poor F

ACADEMIC PROFILESCHOOL CODES IBO: 000791 CEEB: 694369

2017-18

Our School

Beijing World Youth Academy is a private, independent international school located in China’s capital city. Founded in 2001 with a small cohort of students studying the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, the school now has four urban campuses and classes from grades 1 to 12, and has developed a reputation for academic excellence coupled with a strong sense of community. A large percentage of our graduates have been accepted to leading world universities. Our school prides itself on providing a personalised environment for learning, due, in a large part, to a favourable faculty to student ratio of 1:7. Our pedagogy emphasises creativity, teamwork and a curriculum which incorporates standards from North America, Europe and Asia. We endeavour to create a friendly and studious environment, which also stresses maturity, service and personal accountability.

Programmes

There are three main programmes: International Primary Curriculum (IPC) for grades 1 to 5, IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) for grades 6-10 and the IB Diploma Programme (DP) in grades 11-12. The MYP Stresses interdisciplinary connections and prepares students for the Diploma Programme. The DP is known as one of the most rigorous university preparatory programmes in the world with its emphasis on holistic education across six disciplines, evaluation of ideas, creativity, activity and service.

Additionally, BWYA offers students in grades 6-11 who aren’t ready for the IB a separate campus (the IN Campus) with a curriculum that places heavier emphasis on language skills development. The lower grades aim to align their learning with the IB MYP, while the upper grades follow an examination curriculum from Cambridge International Examinations (IGCSE) and the IB DP.

Graduation Requirements

At the beginning of their second year of the Diploma Programme, Students at BWYA are divided into two tracks, IB Diploma/Course Candidates, and BWYA High School Diploma Candidates. The gradua-tion requirements for each track are as follows:

IB Diploma/Course Candidates

The following are the requirements that must be met by each of our IB Diploma/Course Candidates in order to pass the academic year:

• An average score of at least 4 must be attained• All subjects must receive an IB score greater than 1• No more than two subjects may receive an IB score lower than 3

Additionally, in order to receive the final high school diploma, students are required to have completed Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS) and Theory of Knowledge (TOK) requirements over the course of their final two years.

BWYA High School Diploma Candidates

Students who opt to work towards the BWYA High School Diploma will take courses alongside IB Diploma/Course Candidates. Their internal assessment (BWYA grades) will be measured by the same standards as their IB counterparts. However, they will ultimately not sit for IB exams, but instead be administered internal, BWYA senior year final exams.

In order for BWYA High School Diploma Candidates to successfully graduate, they must achieve:

• No score lower than a 3 on any of their internal senior year final exams.• Complete at least one project for each of the three strands of CAS in the final year.

School Calendar

The academic school year consists of 180 school days divided into two semesters for DP students and three trimesters for MYP students. There are 30 class periods in each week, 6 periods per day. Twelfth grade students take the final IBDP written examinations in May and graduate in late May.

Assessment

difficulty and content to A Level and Advanced Placement (AP) courses. BWYA neither calculates Grade Point Averages (GPA) nor ranks students.

The IB Diploma Programme

Students have the option to enrol as IB Course candidates or as full IB Diploma candidates for their final two years of high school. To earn the IB Diploma, candidates must successfully complete and pass the Theory of Knowledge course, and meet Extended Essay and Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS) requirements. Diploma Candidates must also earn 24 points across all six subjects on their final Diploma examinations and satisfy other requirements specified by the IBO.

IB Diploma Programme courses consist of a minimum of 240 hours at Higher Level and 150 hours for Standard Level courses over the two -year duration of the programme.

Co-Curricular Choices

Over forty co-curricular clubs are offered, including Forensics (Speech & Debate), Model United Nations, Roots & Shoots, Young Entrepreneurs and Orchestra.

Our grading system is based on the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) standards.Grades of 1-2 indicate poor performance. A grade of 3 indicates a basic understanding of the concepts and skills required in a particular eld of study. A grade of 4 or higher indicatesan understanding of concepts, mastery of skills and ability to apply this knowledge ranging from satisfactory to excellent.IBDP courses are equivilent in

BWYA Wolves Athletic teams participate in International School Athletic Conference (ISAC) and ACAMIS (Association of China and Mongolia International Schools) competitions. Team sports include Boys and Girls Basketball, Football (Soccer) and Volleyball at the U14 and U19 age levels. Students also have the opportunity to participate in one day cross country, swimming, table tennis, and track and field competitions.

KwangWoon UniversityYonsei University (2)

UKUniversity of Arts, London (3)University of BristolUniversity College BirminghamBrunel UniversityDurham UniversityUniversity of GlasgowLeicester CollegeUniversity College, London (2)The London School of Economics and Political ScienceSouthampton Solent UniversityUniversity of Sussex (2)University of Warwick

USAArt Center College of DesignUniversity of ArizonaBoston University (3)University of California, DavisUniversity of California, Irvine (2)University of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, RiversideUniversity of California, San Diego (3)University of California, Santa CruzCase WesternUniversity of Connecticut

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & ArtCornell UniversityUniversity of DaytonUniversity of DelawareDickinson CollegeFashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los AngelesGeorgia Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of Indiana, BloomingtonUniversity of IowaIowa State UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityLoyola University ChicagoUniversity of Maryland (2)University of Massachusetts, AmherstMichigan State UniversityUniversity of Minnesota, Twin CitiesMuhlenberg CollegeUniversity of NebraskaNortheastern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityOccidental CollegeOtis College of Art and DesignPace UniversityParsons New School of DesignPennsylvania State University (3)Pennsylvania State University, York (2)Purdue University (3)

Rhode Island School of DesignRingling College of Art and DesignRochester Institute of Technology (3)San Jose State UniversitySchool of the Art Institute of Chicago (2)School of Visual ArtsUniversity of South CarolinaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaSouthern Methodist UniversitySyracuse UniversityUniversity of VirginiaUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison (4)Worcester Polytechnic Institute

OtherNYU Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesUniversity of Wollongong in Dubai, United Arab EmiratesNEOMA Business School, FranceUniversity of Tubingen, GermanyUniversity of Groningen, The NetherlandsEcole Hoteliere de Lausanne, SwitzerlandLes Roches International School of Hotel Management, Switzerland (2)Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (2)Waseda University, Japan

Australia/New ZealandAustralia Institute of MusicUniversity of AucklandUniversity of Melbourne (2)University of New South Wales

CanadaUniversity of AlbertaUniversity of British Columbia (4)Douglas CollegeMcGill University (3)Simon Fraser UniversityUniversity of Toronto (9)University of Waterloo

Hong Kong, S.A.R.Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong University of Science & Technology (3)

KoreaChung-Ang UniversityChungnam UniversityHongik UniversityInha University (2)Seoul National University (6)Konkuk University Korea University (3)Korea Aerospace University

University Matriculation Institutions attended by the Classes of 2014 - 2017

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US: 44%Australia: 16%

Korea: 13%Hong Kong: 4%

UK: 7%Canada: 9%

Europe - Other: 7%Thailand: 2%

Group 3Business and ManagementGeographyHistoryPsychologyEconomics

Group 5Maths StudiesMathematics (SL)Mathematics (HL)

Group 2English B (HL Only)Mandarin BMandarin Ab InitioJapanese Ab Initio

Group 4BiologyChemistryPhysicsDesign Technology

Group 6Visual ArtsMusic

for Examination in May 2018

CHINESE A: Literature HL 7 5.43 5.58

CHINESE A: Literature SL 28 5.36 5.52

ENGLISH A: Literature HL 2 5.00 4.79

ENGLISH A: Literature SL 3 4.33 5.05

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6.50 6.11KOREAN A: Literature SL

3 6.33 5.83KOREAN A: Literature HL

CHINESE B: MANDARIN HL 6 7.00 6.36

CHINESE B: MANDARIN SL

MANDARIN AB. SL

ENGLISH B HL

JAPANESE AB. SL

2 7.00 5.97

5.49 5.72

6 5.50 4.89

1 6.00 5.43

BUS. & MAN. HL ENGLISH 10

3

20

7

5

2

6

3

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5.40

5.33

5.65

3.86

4.80

5.00

4.50

5.33

4.00

4.71

4.81

5.16

5.22

4.81

4.61

4.73

4.73

4.35

BUS. & MAN. SL ENGLISH

ECONOMICS HL ENGLISH

GEOGRAPHY HL ENGLISH

GEOGRAPHY SL ENGLISH

HISTORY EUROPE HL ENGLISH

PSYCHOLOGY HL ENGLISH

PSYCHOLOGY SL ENGLISH

HISTORY SL ENGLISH

BIOLOGY HL ENGLISH 6 5.83 4.32

BIOLOGY SL ENGLISH 15 4.60 4.20

CHEMISTRY HL ENGLISH 11 4.36 4.49

CHEMISTRY SL ENGLISH 9 4.78 3.96

5 5.40 4.65

10 4.90 4.08

PHYSICS HL ENGLISH

PHYSICS SL ENGLISH

MATH. STUDIES SL ENGLISH 12 4.75 4.30

MATHEMATICS HL ENGLISH 11 5.09 4.73

MATHEMATICS SL ENGLISH 23 5.55 4.38

MUSIC HL ENGLISH 2 3.50 4.54

VISUAL ARTS HL ENGLISH 8 4.13 4.65

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18 Huajiadi Beili · Chaoyang DistrictBeijing · 100102 · CHINA

+86 · 10 · 6470 6336 +86 · 10 · 6461 7717

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60 students from seven countries including China, Canada, Russia, Korea, Japan, the United States and Nigeria.

HIGHLIGHTS Highest Score: 42Average Grade: 5.2134 Bilingual Diplomas78% of scores 5 or higher

2014 2015

BWYA Candidates 40 41

Diploma Pass Rate 95% 100%

BWYA Average Points 33 35

World Average Points 30 30

2016

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