Head of School's Blogs

Who Wants Our Graduates?

by William H. GERRITZ 27 April, 2011

ISB's Mission statement has 3 big learning outcomes for our students:

·         Achieving academic potential

·         Being passionate, reflective learners   

·         Becoming caring, global citizens

Most students arrive at ISB, learn a few years, and leave.  So underneath the 3 outcomes is another equally important one --- transportable gifts.   If we are successful, our students will leave ISB with a transportable gift of excellent learning that prepares them well for their next school.  So one important measure of ISB's quality involves our students' acceptances at universities best suited to their interests and ambitions. 

I am proud of the diversity and caliber of universities around the world that want our graduates. We still have many college acceptances to come for the 2011 class but I wanted to share some preliminary results for this year as well final results for last year.

More than 250 universities around the world have accepted the talented graduates from our 2010 and 2011 classes.  Each graduate on average received 4 acceptances.

Each year U.S. News and World Report magazine lists the top 25 national universities in the United States.  The table below displays some of the USN&WR  top 25 universities that accepted ISB graduates in 2010 and 2011 as well as  the number of ISB graduates accepted.  Three top ranked Canadian universities are also included.  About 60 percent of ISB graduates attend North American universities.  As we receive 2011 acceptance results from universities on other continents, I will share them in a future blog. 

Although the USN&WR ranking is the most widely used list in the U.S., other university ranking approaches are emerging. In September 13, 2010, The Wall Street Journal reported on a completely different approach.  U.S. corporate recruiters were surveyed. The table below displays the universities  whose graduates were top rated by these recruiters. The numbers indicate how many acceptances  were received by 2010 and 2011 ISB graduates.  

You can find the whole article at:  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704554104575435563989873060.html

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