missouri academy introduction

Advantages for high school students attending this school:n Thecurriculumprovidesstudentswithabalancedstrongunderstandingoffundamentalconceptsthatformthefoundationsof

science,technology,engineeringandmathematics(orSTEM)careers.Studentsinterestedinnon-STEMcareersalsobenefitfromthiscurriculum.

n Allcoursestaughtbyuniversityprofessorswhoareexpertsintheirfields:77%oftheprofessorswhoteachcoursesthatmakeuptheMissouriAcademycurriculumhaveterminaldegreesintheirfields.

n MissouriAcademystudentslive,studyandsocializewithpeersofthesameageandwithsimilaracademicinterestsinadiverselivingandlearningcommunity.

n MissouriAcademystudentshaveampleopportunitytobeinvolvedinhighqualityextra-curricularactivitiesthroughoutthetwoyearsatNorthwestMissouriStateUniversity.

n MissouriAcademystudentsreceiveahighqualityeducationalexperienceatlowcost:i.e.greaterthan68collegecreditsintwoyearsforapproximately$58,000.

n StudentswhosuccessfullycompleteandgraduatefromtheschoolintwoyearsearnanAssociateofSciencedegreeandaHighSchooldiplomasimultaneously.MostoftheircreditstransfertomostUScollegesanduniversities.

n TheMissouriAcademystudentsliveandlearnundertheguidanceandwatchfuleyescapableprofessionals–theMissouriAcademystaff.

HERE IS HOW IT WORKS

USA TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PATH

Grade 12

MASMC Year 2:

68–76 credits

Year 4: 120–124 creditsMISSOURI ACADEMY PATH

USA colleges and universities

(Alluniversitycourses,noAPorIBcourses)

Grade 9

Grade 9 Grade 10 MASMC Year 1:

36 credits

Grade 10 Grade 11

Year 1: 30–36 credits

Year 2: 60–66 credits

Year 3: 90–96 credits

TheMissouriAcademyofScience,MathematicsandComputing(MissouriAcademyorMASMC)isatwo-yearresidential,early-entrance-to-collegeschoolforacademicallytalentedandhighachievingstudents.TheschoolwasestablishedinAugust2000,whenitfirstopeneditsdoorstostudentsfromacrossthestateofMissouri(USA).Nowtheschoolenrollsmorethan150highschool11thand12thgraders,mostlyfromMissouri,butalsofromotherstatesintheUSAandothercountries.ItislocatedonthecampusofNorthwestMissouriStateUniversityinMaryville,Missouri.TheMissouriAcademyselectsstudentswhohavecompleted10thgradeattheirtraditionalhighschool,andtherefore,replacesthefinaltwoyearsoftraditionalhighschool.TheschoolcurriculumconsistsofalluniversitycourseworktaughtbyprofessorsatNorthwestMissouriStateUniversity.MissouriAcademystudentssitinthesameclassroomsside-by-sidewithtraditionaluniversitystudents,andprofessorshavethesamehighexpectationsofMissouriAcademystudentsastheydooftraditionaluniversitystudents.StudentswhosuccessfullycompletetwoyearsatthisschoolreceiveahighschooldiplomaandanAssociateofSciencedegree.Itisanopportunityforhighperformingandtalentedstudentstoliveandstudyinaliving/learningcommunityofpeers.Thisschoolisoneofonlysevenschoolsofitskind(i.e.residentialearly-collegeprogram)inthenation,andtheonlyoneinMissouri.Bymostmeasures,theschoolhasbeenverysuccessfulsinceitsinceptioninAugust2000.

Allcoursesareregularuniversitycoursestaughtbyuniversityprofessors.MissouriAcademystudentssitinthesameclassroomswithtraditionaluniversitystudents,andtheclassroom/courseworkexpectationsarethesameforallstudents.

MissouriAcademystudentsarerequiredtotakeallthe‘requiredcommoncore’courses(thelefttable),thentheyarealsorequiredtopickoneofthefourtracks(blocksontherightside):

54 credits of required common core + 14/15 credits from one of the tracks = 68/69 credits needed to graduate

MISSOURI ACADEMY CURRICULUM

Required Common Core courses

Science: PrinciplesofBiology(4)ChemistryI(4)ChemistryII(5)ClassicalPhysicsI(5)ClassicalPhysicsII(5)

Mathematics: Pre-Calculus(4)CalculusI(4)

Computer Science: ComputerProgramming(3)

English/Communication:

CompositionI(3)CompositionII(3)Literature(3)FundamentalsofOralCommunication(3)

Social Science and Humanities:

America–AHistoricalSurvey(3)IntroductiontoAmericanGovernment

andPolitics(3)HumanitieselectivewithineachTrack

Seminar/Colloquium:

MissouriAcademySeminar(1styear)(1)Colloquium(2ndyear)(1)

Tracks Course name

Track-1:ScienceandMathematics

GeneralMicrobiology(4)ORGenetics(4)ScientificComputing(3)CalculusII(5)Humanitieselective(3)

Track-2:BiomedicalSciences

GeneralMicrobiology(4)Genetics(4)Probability&Statistics(3)IntroductiontoEthics:Bio-MedicalEthics(3)

Track-3:EngineeringandPhysics

CalculusII(5)ClassicalMechanicsI(4)Statistics(3)Humanitieselective(3)

Track-4ComputerSciences

ComputerProgrammingII(3)DataStructures(3)DiscreteMathematics(3)NetworkFundamentals(3)ORDatabase

Systems(3)Humanitieselective(3)

Where do Missouri Academy graduates go to attend colleges/universities after they graduate from the Missouri Academy?

Cohort Colleges and universities attended by Missouri Academy graduates

Class of 2014

CaseWesternReserveUniversity(1)ColoradoStateUniversity(1)CornellUniversity(1)GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology(1)IowaStateUniversity(1)JohnsHopkinsUniversity(1)KoreaAdvancedInstituteofScienceand

Technology(3)McGillUniversity(Canada)(1)

MidAmericaNazareneUniversity(1)MissouriStateUniversity(1)MissouriUniversityofScienceand

Technology(4)NewYorkUniversity(1)NorthwestMissouriStateUniversity(3)PepperdineUniversity(1)RochesterInstituteofTechnology(1)

SaintLouisUniversity(1)TrinityUniversity(1)TrumanStateUniversity(3)UniversityofAlbany,SUNY(1)UniversityofCalifornia–Berkeley(2)UniversityofCalifornia–LosAngeles(1)UniversityofIllinois–

Urbana/Champaign(2)UniversityofMissouri–Columbia(2)

UniversityofMissouri–KansasCity(2)UniversityofMissouri–KansasCity

(Medicine)(1)UniversityofMissouri–St.Louis(1)UniversityofOklahoma(1)UniversityofRhodeIsland(2)UniversityofWashington–Seattle(2)

Class of 2015

CooperUnion(1)CornellUniversity(2)DukeUniversity(1)GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology(2)HannibalLaGrangeUniversity(1)JohnsHopkinsUniversity(1)KoreanAdvancedInstituteofScience&

Technology(1)

MissouriUniversityofScienceandTechnology(8)

MissouriSouthernStateUniversity(1)MissouriStateUniversity(1)NorthCarolinaStateUniversity(1)NorthwestMissouriStateUniversity(1)PennsylvaniaStateUniversity(2)RiceUniversity(1)RochesterInstituteof

Technology(1)

SaintLouisUniversity(3)SchoolofArtInstituteofChicago(1)StateUniversityof

NewYorkatOswego(1)TrumanStateUniversity(1)UniversityofCalifornia–Davis(1)UniversityofIllinois–

Urbana/Champaign(6)UniversityofIowa(1)

UniversityofKansas(1)UniversityofMissouri–Columbia(4)UniversityofNevada–LasVegas(1)UniversityofPittsburgh(1)UniversityofRhodeIsland(1)UniversityofRochester(1)USMilitaryAcademyatWestPoint(1)

Class of 2016

ArkansasStateUniversity(1)BostonCollege(1)BrownUniversity(1)CaseWesternUniversity(1)ClemsonUniversity(1)CreightonUniversity(1)FordhamUniversity(1)GeorgeWashingtonUniversity(1)GeorgiaTech.(1)GrinnellCollege(1)HamiltonCollege(1)

LaSierraUniversity(1)MaryvilleUniversityofSt.Louis(1)MissouriStateUniversity(1)MissouriUniversityofScienceand

Technology(9)NortheasternUniversity(1)NorthwestMissouriStateUniversity(1)PurdueUniversity(3)RensselaerPolytechnicInstitute(1)St.LouisCollegeofPharmacy(1)SaintLouisUniversity(1)TheOhioStateUniversity(1)

TrumanStateUniversity(2)UniversityofCalifornia–Berkeley(2)UniversityofCalifornia–Davis(2)UniversityofCalifornia–Irvine(1)UniversityofCalifornia–LosAngeles(1)UniversityofCalifornia–SanDiego(2)UniversityofCalifornia–SantaBarbara(1)UniversityofCalifornia–SantaCruz(1)UniversityofChicago(1)UniversityofIllinois–

Urbana/Champaign(5)

UniversityofKansas(2)UniversityofMichigan(1)UniversityofMissouri–Columbia(4)UniversityofMissouri–KansasCity(2)UniversityofMissouri–St.Louis(1)UniversityofNebraska–Lincoln(1)UniversityofPittsburgh(1)UniversityofRhodeIsland(1)UniversityofRochester(1)UniversityofWashington–Seattle(1)

ThenumberofMissouriAcademygraduatesmatriculatingatthatinstitutionisindicatedinparentheses.

STUDENT LIFENorthComplexistheMissouriAcademyresidentialbuildingrightinthemiddleoftheuniversitycampus.ThisbuildingisthehomeoftheMissouriAcademy.ItcontainsallthehousingforMissouriAcademystudentsaswellasstaffoffices.Eachofthestudentresidencefloorshasoneortwolive-inResidentialCounselors(RC).AnRCisanadult,withatleastabachelor’sdegreeandknowledgeableaboutworkingwithadolescentteenagers,andmustpassbackgroundcheckstobecertifiedtowork.ThefunctionofanRCistoenrichthestudents’personal,social,emotionalandacademicgrowth.AnRCisamentorandsupervisor.AnRCcommunicatesdirectlywithparentsregardingtheprogressandwell-beingofthestudents.

MissouriAcademystudentshaveaccesstoallfacilitiesandservicesonthecampusofNorthwestMissouriStateUniversity–theycanusetenniscourts,basketballcourts,gymnasium,soccerfields,thestudentunionandintra-muralactivities.Therearemanyotheracademicandnon-academicextra-curricularactivitiesavailableforallstudents.

BecauseMissouriAcademystudentsareunder-age,therearespecificrulesandpoliciesgoverningtheirday-to-dayliveswhiletheyareattheMissouriAcademy.Theserulesandpoliciesaredifferentfromthoseoftraditionaluniversitystudents.TheMissouriAcademystaffwillprovidetransportationtothelocalstores,airportandnearbycities/townsforavarietyofactivities.

Chart showing costs of attending the Missouri Academy and limited merit-based partial scholarships available. Costs are based on students taking 36.5 credits per school year. One school year begins in August and ends in May.

First Place Scholarship Second Place Scholarship No Scholarships

Total Tuition for 1 year(In-staterateof$305.96/creditandOut-of-staterateof$516.64/credit)

$11,168(Scholarship=$7,410)

$11,168(Scholarship=$7,410)

$18,857(Scholarship=$0)

International Student Services Fee $60 $60 $60

Program Fee; for 1 year $219 $219 $219

Room (Housing) for 1 year $0(100%Scholarship=$5,683)

$2,842(50%Scholarship=$2,842)

$5,683(0%Scholarship=$0)

Board (Food) for 1 year $3,974 $3,974 $3,974

Total for 1 year $15,421 $18,263 $28,793

9-monthly installments (August - May) $1,713 $2,029 $3,199

Cultural Transition Program (CTP):First-year Only

$2,982 $2,982 $2,982

COST OF ATTENDING

THE APPLICATION PROCESS

NorthwestMissouriStateUniversity800UniversityDrive

Maryville,MO64468-6001

877.398.4615|660.562.1960|fax:660.562.1856email:masmc@nwmissouri.edu

nwmissouri.edu/MASMC

Who is eligible to apply?TobeeligibletoapplytotheMissouriAcademyfortheClass of 2019,beginninginJuly2017,astudent/candidatemust:

n becurrentlyin9thor10thor11thgradeofhighschool,AND

n haveabirthdatein2000,2001or2002.

Students/candidatesin9thgradeofhighschoolwillbeconsideredonlyunderspecialcircumstances(seebelowforthespecialcircumstances).ThecurriculumattheMissouriAcademyisrigorousanddifficult,andconsistsofalluniversitycoursestaughtbyuniversityprofessorsatNorthwestMissouriStateUniversity.Therefore,studentsselectedtoattendtheMissouriAcademymustbeacademicallytalented,high-performingandmustbepreparedtoassumehighlevelofresponsibility.

What are the selection criteria used for admission?Evaluation/Selection Criteria

1. Evaluation of 9th - 10th grades (or equivalent) academic transcript

(25 points)

a.Applicantmusthavetakenorarecurrentlytakingthefollowingsubjectsandshowhighperformanceintheclassroom,i.e.mostly“A’s”andsome“B’s”orequivalentperformance:advancedmathematics,science(chemistry&biology),andEnglish.

b.Applicantsrankedinthetop5-10%aregenerallypreferable.

2. Score on the Missouri Academy Entrance Examination (MAEE)

(25 points)

Thisentranceexamhastwoparts:theEnglishsectionandtheMathematicssection.TheEnglishsectionis60minuteslongandcontainshasa‘Reading’sub-sectionandan‘Essay’sub-section.TheMathematicssectionisalso60minutesandcontains25multiple-choicequestions.

3. Performance at the Interview(20 points)

Thepurposeoftheinterviewistodeterminetheapplicant’sfacilitywiththeEnglishlanguage.Wewanttodeterminetheapplicant’slevelofcomfortwithconversationalEnglish.Wewillfocusonhowwelltheapplicantunderstandsthequestions/commentsandhowwellweunderstandtheapplicant’sresponses,commentsandexplanations.

4. TOEFL or IELTS (20 points)

TOEFLorIELTSScore:theapplicantmusthaveaminimumInternet-BasedTOEFL(iBT)scoreof75.Alternatively,theapplicantcantakeandsubmitanIELTSscore(minimumBand6.0).

5. Other Factors (10 points)

a.Evaluationsfromtwoteachers:TeacherevaluationsformscanbeobtainedfromtheMissouriAcademywebsiteathttp://www.nwmissouri.edu/masmc/PDF/App_TeacherAdmin.pdf.TheteacherswillcompletethemandsendthemdirectlytoDr.CleoSamudziasspecifiedontheevaluationforms.Nootherletterofrecommendationwillbeused.(5 points)

b.Theapplicantisexpectedtosubmitevidenceofawardsandhonorsreceivedduringthe9thand10thgradesONLY.(5 points)

Total = 100 points The two top candidates (from each country) with the highest points will receive the two top scholarships

Students/candidateswhoreceiveatotalscoreof70orhigher(inthefivecriteriaabove)willbeacceptedforadmissiontotheMissouriAcademy.TheMissouriAcademydoesnotrequireSATorACTscoresfrominternationalstudentsforselection/admissionpurposes.However,theMissouriAcademyrequiresthesetests(ACTorSAT)forthoseinternationalstudentsinterestedinapplyingfortheTWOpartialscholarshipsavailable.

Special Selection Criteria for 9th GradersStudents/candidateswhohaveonlycompleted9thgradeofhighschoolandwishtobeconsideredfortheClassof2019must:

nCompletethefiveselectioncriteriadescribedaboveanddemonstrateveryhighperformanceinallfivecriteria,AND

nTaketheACTorSATtestandreceiveaminimumACTcompositescoreof26andamathsub-scoreof26(minimumSAT:CriticalReading=600andMathematics=650).