College Information

Prep Community

St. Joseph's Preparatory School, one of forty-five (45) Jesuit secondary institutions in the United States, is located just north of center city Philadelphia. The present student body of 976 students (226 seniors) includes residents of metropolitan Philadelphia (17.8%), as well as a substantial clientele from the surrounding suburban communities (56.7%) and the state of New Jersey (25.4%).

Accredited by: Middle States Association; Jesuit Secondary Education Association; State of Pennsylvania

 

Academic Program

General: The Prep offers a four year, eight semester, college preparatory program which is geared to academically talented students. The staff includes sixty-four teachers, over 91% of whom possess a Master's Degree.

Content: Traditional, focusing on the academic disciplines associated with preparation for a liberal arts education.

Required are: 6 years total of a Modern Language and Latin, i.e. three years of each or four of one, two of another, English (4 years), Fine Arts (1 semester), or it may be fulfilled by the successful completion of a course in Art, Music or Drama, History (3 years including 1 year of Government), 4 years of Mathematics or 3 years of Mathematics and 1 year of Computer Science, Religious Studies (4 years) and Science (3 years).

To graduate from St. Joseph's Preparatory School, a student must:

• earn a minimum of 26 academic credits
• satisfy the state of Pennsylvania requirement for physical education
• fulfill community service requirements through our Ignatian Service Program

Special Features: Advanced Placement courses are offered in 15 areas of study including Computer Science, English, History, Latin, Mathematics, Psychology, and Science. Many of The Prep's AP students receive college credit as a result of their performance in the Advanced Placement Examinations. All students enrolled in Advanced Placement courses are required to take the Advanced Placement Examinations.

 

Marking System

Grade	Quality Point Equivalent	Numerical Equivalency
A B+ B C+ C D+ D F	4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.0	100 - 93 92 - 89 88 - 85 84 - 81 80 - 77 76 - 73 72 - 70 Below 70
I	The Student's work is incomplete

 

St. Joseph's Prep no longer ranks its students, a decision derived from the philosophy which encourages care for the individual, not necessarily in comparison to others, and also from a recognition that The Prep is a school with a selective student body and a rigorous college preparatory curriculum; therefore, class rank is not an accurate measure of individual achievement and could be misleading in determining a student's ability to successfully complete college work.

Disciplinary issues are private matters between a student, his family and the school. As long as a student remains a member of our school community, it can be assumed that he is in good standing and not subject to any extended interventions.

 

College Admission

In the fall of 2006, 68 colleges and universities sent representatives to meet with interested Prep students. College counselors meet frequently with all seniors. The counseling center features Naviance Family Connection as well as a large library of college catalogues, brochures and college reference books.

CEEB Code Number: 393480

 

College Entrance Examination

Mean SAT Profile for the Class of 2007

Mean Verbal: 617
Mean Math: 622
Mean Composite: 1239

 

College Acceptances: 2007

872 acceptances were received by the 226 Prep seniors who filed 1307 applications in 2007. 99% of the senior class will be attending an institution of higher learning

Members of the Class of 2007 were accepted by 157 colleges, universities and post-grad prep schools and will matriculate at 79 different schools. These 79 schools include 28 private, non-Catholic schools, 25 state related schools, 22 Catholic schools, 2 post-grad prep schools and 2 military academies. Of the Catholic colleges, 13 are Jesuit. Acceptance letters came from such schools as Boston University, Bucknell University, University of Chicago, Cornell University, Duke University, Lafayette College, University of Massachusetts, Providence College, University of Southern California, Tulane and the United States Military Academy.