missouri academy introduction
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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:[email protected]
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).