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Nicole ’04 is on the fast-track. The former Laurel Student Government President and member of the tennis and track teams graduated from Harvard University in three years, thanks to her Advanced Placement (AP) credits from Laurel. Armed with a degree in government, she worked for two years as an analyst at McKinsey before heeding the call to pursue a law degree in the nation’s capital.

Exceptional Now in her final year at Georgetown University Law Center, Nicole is excited about her future as a member of the bar noting that “I wouldn’t be where I am today without the strong academic foundation and moral support I received as a student at Laurel.”

Alexandra ’02 knew she belonged at Laurel from the moment she visited. She credits her Middle School geography teacher with

“teaching me how to look at people and the world with empathy and showing me what it means to be a truly great teacher.” One other thing she had no doubt about—her love of music. Through the Young Artist Program at The Cleveland Institute of Music, she took Upper School courses at Laurel in the morning and college music classes in the afternoon.

Artistic Now a violinist with The Cleveland Orchestra, she has performed around the world — in places that were mere dots on that Mid-dle School map: “If Laurel taught me anything it was to dare to be differ-ent and follow my dreams.”

Alison ’03 knows firsthand that women are underrepre-sented in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields. She’s worked to change that ever since her first engineering course at Laurel. Her trailblazing continued as a member of only the second class to graduate from Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. After a year in Korea teaching English on a Fulbright, she returned home and is a senior development engineer with US Endoscopy.

Collaborative As the only female engineer in her depart-ment, “I work with design engineers on cross-functional teams that look at how to manufacture new products for a reasonable cost. It’s a very collaborative process — something Laurel’s engineering program highlights.”

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Gabrielle ’09 embraces music; “My fingers pull the notes out of the piano,” she says of her compositions, including Symphony No. 1 which premiered in January. Just as music has many elements, Gaby, too, has other interests, namely the classics.

Independent At Laurel, she took every Greek and Latin course offered plus an Independent Studies in Classical Studies. Now in her second year at Cambridge University in England (after a year at Princeton) she sings with the Clare College Choir. There may be a com-mon language but college in the UK is very different—there is more independent work and “I am more comfortable speaking out in class and asserting opinions than other girls.”

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Olivia ’08 tackles life the way she plays Division I lacrosse — with total determination. Besides being a stand-out lacrosse defender at Laurel, the three-season athlete also played field hockey and basketball, loved Women’s Studies in Spanish Culture and was a member of the United Cultural Society before signing with The Ohio State Uni-versity on an athletic scholarship.

Outspoken Now a college senior, Olivia is debating be-tween sports psychology or law school after graduation. Either way she knows she is prepared, just as she was when she entered coed OSU, after 14 years at Laurel: “Laurel made me a stronger woman. I stand up for what I believe in because of Laurel.”

Meghan ’00 always loved buildings, “but I never thought about studying architecture until Laurel.” She parlayed her archi-tecture degree from Miami University into a job promoting affordable green housing in Cleveland. Now an award-winning Ph.D. student in Architec-ture at the University of Texas at Austin, Meghan is the Assistant Director of UT’s Center for Sustainable Development and serves on Austin’s Historic Landmark Commission—a perfect fit for her research focusing on the intersection of sustainable design and historical preservation.

Confident This LEED Accredited Professional credits Laurel with more than her career path: “Being at a girls’ school gave me the confidence that women can do anything.”

Alex ’09 doesn’t have much free time at Princeton, something that doesn’t shock those who remember watching her play field hockey or perform on stage at Laurel. An environmental engineering major with minors in African studies and sustainable energy, she spent the summer in Tanzania studying Swahili. It was a homecoming of sorts since she first traveled there on a Laurel service-learning trip to build a chicken coop at an orphanage.

Inquisitive A member of Princeton’s singing Tigerlillies, she is no shrinking violet: “Halfway through physics class I realized I was the only girl who had ever volunteered to go up to the board to do a problem. That is definitely thanks to Laurel!”

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Jamie ’02 had a dream to play golf for a living: with Laurel’s encouragement, she captained the School’s first golf team while displaying leadership off the greens, too, as President of Laurel’s United Cul-tural Society and VP of Student Government. A full athletic scholarship to Gannon University followed along with tournament successes and an MBA.

Determined Now the LPGA Apprentice Professional/Golf Clubhouse Manager at Seneca Golf Course and a Laurel Athletic Hall of Fame member, Jamie is committed to bringing the game she loves to a larger audience, especially the minority youth she instructs in clinics. Her advice gleaned from her Laurel years: “I want all women to know any-thing is possible.”

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Laurel SchoolOne Lyman CircleShaker Heights, Ohio 44122www.LaurelSchool.orgAdmission@LaurelSchool.org216.464.0946

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College ChoicesSince 2007, Laurel alumnae have matriculated to the following colleges and universities: Alfred University, Allegheny College, Amherst College, Bald-win-Wallace College, Bard College, Barnard College, Bates College, Boston College, Boston University, Bowling Green State University, Brandeis Univer-sity, The University of British Columbia, Brown University, Cambridge Univer-sity, Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western Reserve University, The Catholic University of America, University of Chicago, University of Cincinnati, Colby College, Colgate University, The College of Wooster, University of Colo-rado, Colorado College, Columbia University, Connecticut College, The Culi-nary Institute of America, University of Dallas, Dartmouth College, Denison University, University of Denver, DePaul University, Duke University, Eckerd College, Elon University, Emerson College, Emory University, George Mason University, Georgetown University, The George Washington University, Grand Valley State University, Grove City College, Hamilton College, Harvard Univer-sity, Hiram College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Howard University, University of Illinois, Indiana University, Iona College, John Carroll University, Johns Hopkins University, The Julliard School, University of Kansas, Kent State University, University of Kentucky, Kenyon College, La Salle University, Lake Forest College, Loyola College Maryland, Loyola Marymount University, Loyola University New Orleans, Macalester College, University of Maryland, Maryland Institute College of Art, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mercyhurst College, Miami University, University of Miami, The University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Middlebury College, Mount Holyoke College, Mount Union College, Muskingham College, New England Conservatory of Music, University of New Hampshire, New York University, The University of North Carolina, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Northwestern University, University of Notre Dame, The Ohio State University, Ohio Univer-sity, Ohio Wesleyan University, Otterbein College, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Purdue University, Quinnipiac University, Radford Uni-versity, University of Redlands, Rhode Island School of Design, Rhodes Col-lege, Rice University, University of Richmond, Roanoke College, Rochester Institute of Technology, Roger Williams University, Rollins College, Saint Louis University, Saint Mary’s College, Salve Regina University, Sarah Lawrence Col-lege, Savannah College of Art and Design, Scripps College, University of St. An-drews, St. Bonaventure University, St. John’s College, St. John’s University, University of South Carolina, University of Southern California, Southern Meth-odist University, Spelman College, Stern College for Women, Susquehanna University, Sweet Briar College, Syracuse University, Taylor University, Univer-sity of Texas-Dallas, University of Toronto, Tufts University, Tulane University, University of Washington, Unity College, Vanderbilt University, Vassar College, University of Virginia, University of Washington, Washington and Lee Univer-sity, Washington University in St. Louis, Wellesley College, Wesleyan Univer-sity, Wheaton College, Williams College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Wright State University, Xavier University and Yale University

EnrollmentTotal Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693Upper School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Primary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Pre-Primary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Demographic ProfileSchool systems represented at Laurel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Alumnae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,203Student-teacher ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:1

Academic Profile2011 Graduates (class size, 72):College-bound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100%National Merit Finalists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7National Merit Commended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

SAT ScoresReadingClass of ’11 middle 50% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590–690Class of ’11 high . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800WritingClass of ’11 middle 50% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610–720Class of ’11 high . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800MathClass of ’11 middle 50% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .580–710Class of ’11 high . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790

ACT Composite ScoresClass of ’11 middle 50% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26–32Class of ’11 high . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35National average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

For more InformationContact Mary Lisa Geppert, Director of Admission and Financial Aid, at 216.464.0946 or email mlGeppert@LaurelSchool.org

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