THE JOHN DEWEY
ACADEMY
Great Barrington, MA
College Placement For The Class Of 2006
Contact:
Tom
Bratter,
President
413-528-9800
www.jda.org
July 17, 2006
Since the first class graduated in 1987, 100 percent of John Dewey
Academy (JDA) graduates have attended college. Based on these successful
college placements, The John Dewey Academy is indistinguishable
from even the most exclusive and prestigious prep schools available
in the United States. Students are accepted into the JDA program
based on an interview that ignores standardized test scores and
academic performance. At JDA, most of the students perform at least
one grade below their chronological age when they enter the program.
Tom Bratter, president/ founder of The John Dewey Academy said, "JDA
is difficult to describe because we are more than a prep school
in that we also offer therapy. However, since we are very strong
in our academic components, I guess the best way to describe this
unique Academy is to say it is a college prep school with the added
benefit of a therapeutic component."
Seventy-five percent of JDA graduates attend the 50 most selective
colleges in the country as determined by U.S. News & World
Reports. Eighty-five percent of JDA graduates attend the top 100
colleges. One-third made the Dean's List at Barnard, Bates, Carleton,
Columbia (College and University) and Connecticut Colleges; Cornell,
George Washington and Georgetown Universities; Hobart, Holy Cross,
Mount Holyoke and Oberlin Colleges; Ohio Wesleyan University, RPI,
Rochester University, Spelman and Skidmore Colleges, Syracuse University
(Visual and Performing Arts and Newhouse School of Communications),
Trinity College, Tufts University, Union College, the Universities
of Chicago, Hartford, Massachusetts and Oregon; Vassar, Wellesley
and Williams Colleges.
The class of 2006 will attend Goucher College, Indiana University,
Muhlenberg College, RPI ($160,000 four-year scholarship), Skidmore
College (2), SUNY Binghamton, Trinity College, University of Chicago
(2) and Williams College.
More than seventy percent graduate from college and one-third attend
graduate school. Two alumni of the JDA class of 2002 will attend
Harvard and NYU Law School. Since the new millennium, less than
ten percent have discontinued their education, felt the need for
psychotherapy or psychotropic medication and/ or, regressed to
abuse psychoactive substances |
