Dunn School

B+ 4.5 California, US

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School Overview

Overall

B+

Matriculation B+

Academics B-

Extracurriculars B

Community B

Reviews A-

Dunn is located 28 miles northeast of Santa Barbara, California, in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley. The philosophy of Dunn School is based on the conviction that the depth and quality of the relationship between students and teachers is central to the process of education. Our academic curriculum offers AP courses in thirteen subject areas. The personal and social growth of each student is enhanced by our exceptional fine and performing arts programs, co-curricular athletics, and outdoor education. All Dunn graduates are prepared for the college of their choice.

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Current School

Tuition

$78700

Enrollment

239

International Students

20%

Faculty with Advanced Degrees

63%

Teacher-Student Ratio

1:5

Endowment

$13 millions

Average SAT Score

1210

Average ACT Score

Class Size

Boarding %

Matriculation

(2020-2024)

Ranking	University/College	Students
#1	Princeton University	2
#2	Columbia University	1
#6	Stanford University	2
#9	Duke University	1
#14	Brown University	1
#14	Washington University in St. Louis	1
#17	Rice University	1
#19	University of Notre Dame	1
#20	University of California: Los Angeles	6
#22	University of California: Berkeley	1
#23	University of Michigan	1
LAC #5	Wellesley College	1
#27	University of Southern California	3
#28	New York University	1
#28	University of California: Santa Barbara	2
#34	University of California: San Diego	1
#36	University of California: Irvine	3
#38	University of Texas at Austin	1
#42	Boston University	1
#49	Northeastern University	6
#49	Pepperdine University	3
#49	Purdue University	3
#55	University of Miami	2
#59	Syracuse University	1
#59	University of Washington	1
#63	George Washington University	1
#63	University of Connecticut	2
#68	Fordham University	1
#68	Indiana University Bloomington	1
#75	Loyola Marymount University	7
#79	American University	1
#83	Texas Christian University	1
#83	University of California: Riverside	5
LAC #17	Barnard College	1
LAC #17	Colgate University	1
LAC #17	Wesleyan University	1
	SUNY University at Buffalo	1
#93	University of Denver	2
#93	University of San Diego	1
#99	University of Oregon	3
#103	University of Arizona	2
#103	University of California: Santa Cruz	1
#103	University of San Francisco	1
#104	University of Colorado Boulder	2
#104	University of Tennessee: Knoxville	1
LAC #22	University of Richmond	1
	Arizona State University	2
#117	Rochester Institute of Technology	3
#122	Chapman University	5
#127	DePaul University	1
LAC #27	Macalester College	1
#136	Catholic University of America	1
#136	University of Tulsa	1
LAC #30	Berea College	1
LAC #30	Mount Holyoke College	1
LAC #30	Scripps College	1
LAC #38	Skidmore College	1
LAC #42	Occidental College	2
LAC #46	Trinity College	1
LAC #50	Connecticut College	1
LAC #50	The University of the South	2
	Babson College	2
	Belmont University	1
	Berklee College of Music	2
	Boise State University	2
	California Lutheran University	2
	California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo	10
	California State University: Bakersfield	1
	California State University: Dominguez Hills	1
	California State University: Los Angeles	1
	California State University: Northridge	1
	Chatham University	1
	College of Charleston	2
	College of Wooster	1
	Columbia College Chicago	1
	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Worldwide Campus	2
	Emerson College	2
	Fort Lewis College	1
	Goucher College	1
	Hawaii Pacific University	1
	Hollins University	1
	Lawrence University	1
	Lewis & Clark College	1
	Marist College	1
	Montana State University	2
	Muhlenberg College	1
	Oklahoma State University	3
	Otis College of Art and Design	1
	Saint Mary's College of California	1
	Sarah Lawrence College	1
	Savannah College of Art and Design	1
	School of the Art Institute of Chicago	1
	School of Visual Arts	1
	The New School College of Performing Arts	2
	University of Hawaii at Manoa	2
	University of Idaho	1
	University of Toronto	1
	University of Wyoming	1
	Whitworth University	1
	Willamette University	1
	Xavier University	1

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		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2020-2024	2023	2018-2022	2018-2020	2014-2016	Total
	All schools	92	28	71	153	23
#1	Princeton University	2					2
#2	Columbia University	1		1	1 +		3
#6	Stanford University	2					2
#9	Johns Hopkins University				1 +		1
#9	Duke University	1					1
#14	Washington University in St. Louis	1					1
#14	Brown University	1				1 +admitted	2
#17	Rice University	1		1			2
#17	Cornell University					1 +admitted	1
#19	University of Notre Dame	1					1
#20	University of California: Los Angeles	6	1 +	5	5 +	1 +admitted	18
#21	Emory University					1 +admitted	1
#22	University of California: Berkeley	1		2	1 +	1 +admitted	5
#23	University of Michigan	1		2	1 +	1 +admitted	5
#25	University of Virginia				1 +		1
#27	University of Southern California	3		3	5 +		11
#28	New York University	1		1	1 +	1 +admitted	4
#28	University of California: Santa Barbara	2	1 +	1	5 +		9
#34	University of California: San Diego	1	1 +	1	5 +	1 +admitted	9
#34	University of Rochester				1 +		1
#36	Boston College				1 +	1 +admitted	2
#36	University of California: Irvine	3		3	5 +	1 +admitted	12
#38	University of Texas at Austin	1	1 +				2
#38	University of California: Davis				5 +		5
#42	Tulane University				1 +		1
#42	Case Western Reserve University		1 +		1 +		2
#42	Brandeis University				1 +		1
#42	University of Wisconsin-Madison		1 +	1	1 +		3
#42	Boston University	1		2	5 +		8
#47	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign				1 +	1 +admitted	2
#49	Ohio State University: Columbus Campus				1 +		1
#49	Villanova University				1 +		1
#49	Northeastern University	6	1 +	6	5 +	1 +admitted	19
#49	Purdue University	3	1 +	1	1 +		6
#49	Pepperdine University	3	1 +	3	5 +		12
#55	Santa Clara University				1 +		1
#55	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute					1 +admitted	1
#55	University of Miami	2		2	1 +		5
#57	Penn State University Park		1 +		1 +	1 +admitted	3
#57	University of Pittsburgh				1 +		1
#59	Syracuse University	1	1 +	2	1 +	1 +admitted	6
#59	University of Washington	1	1 +	2	1 +	1 +admitted	6
#62	Rutgers University				1 +		1
#63	University of Connecticut	2	1 +		1 +		4
#63	George Washington University	1		1	1 +	1 +admitted	4
#68	Indiana University Bloomington	1		2	1 +	1 +admitted	5
#68	Fordham University	1		1	5 +	1 +admitted	8
#68	University of Massachusetts Amherst				1 +		1
#68	University of Minnesota: Twin Cities				1 +		1
#75	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University				1 +		1
#75	Loyola Marymount University	7	1 +	3	5 +		16
#75	Baylor University				1 +		1
#75	Clemson University			1	1 +		2
#79	Gonzaga University				1 +		1
#79	American University	1	1 +				2
#83	Michigan State University				1 +		1
#83	SUNY University at Binghamton				1 +		1
#83	Texas Christian University	1					1
#83	Colorado School of Mines				1 +		1
#83	Elon University				1 +		1
#83	Marquette University				1 +		1
#83	University of California: Riverside	5		2	1 +		8
#93	SUNY University at Stony Brook				1 +		1
#93	University of Denver	2		1	5 +		8
#93	SUNY University at Buffalo	1		1			2
#93	University of San Diego	1	1 +	1	5 +		8
#99	University of Oregon	3	1 +	3	5 +		12
#103	University of California: Santa Cruz	1	1 +		5 +	1 +admitted	8
#103	University of San Francisco	1	1 +	1	5 +		8
#103	Miami University: Oxford				1 +		1
#103	Drexel University		1 +		5 +	1 +admitted	7
#103	Clark University				1 +		1
#103	Loyola University Chicago		1 +				1
#103	University of Arizona	2	1 +	1			4
#104	University of Colorado Boulder	2	1 +	3	5 +	1 +admitted	12
#104	University of California: Merced		1 +				1
#104	University of Tennessee: Knoxville	1					1
#117	Arizona State University	2	1 +	1	5 +		9
#117	Rochester Institute of Technology	3		4	1 +		8
#117	University of Vermont					1 +admitted	1
#122	Chapman University	5	1 +	5	5 +		16
#127	Seattle University		1 +		5 +		6
#127	Clarkson University				1 +		1
#127	DePaul University	1		1	1 +		3
#136	University of Tulsa	1					1
#136	University of the Pacific				1 +		1
#136	Catholic University of America	1					1
#148	University of Alabama				1 +		1
#148	San Diego State University				1 +		1
#148	Michigan Technological University				1 +		1
#162	Oregon State University		1 +				1

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2020-2024	2023	2018-2022	2018-2020	2014-2016	Total
	All schools	16	0	20	26	5
#4	Pomona College			2	1 +		3
#5	Wellesley College	1		1	1 +		3
#6	Bowdoin College					1 +admitted	1
#13	Hamilton College				1 +		1
#13	Grinnell College				1 +		1
#16	Haverford College				1 +		1
#17	Barnard College	1		1	1 +		3
#17	Colgate University	1					1
#17	Smith College			1	1 +		2
#17	Wesleyan University	1		1	1 +	1 +admitted	4
#22	Vassar College				1 +		1
#22	University of Richmond	1		1			2
#26	Colorado College					1 +admitted	1
#27	Macalester College	1		1			2
#30	Berea College	1					1
#30	Scripps College	1		1			2
#30	Mount Holyoke College	1		2	1 +		4
#30	Kenyon College				1 +		1
#38	Lafayette College				1 +		1
#38	Skidmore College	1			1 +		2
#38	Whitman College			1	1 +	1 +admitted	3
#38	Bucknell University				1 +	1 +admitted	2
#42	Denison University				1 +		1
#42	Occidental College	2		1			3
#46	DePauw University			1	1 +		2
#46	Trinity College	1		1	1 +		3
#50	Connecticut College	1			1 +		2
#50	The University of the South	2		2			4
#50	Dickinson College				1 +		1
#62	Bard College			2	5 +		7
	Oberlin College			1	1 +		2

Academics

Sports

(16)

Baseball	Basketball
Cross Country	Dance
Mountain Biking	Soccer

Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(18)

Amnesty International Club	Ballet
Cooking Club	Economics Club
School Newspaper	Student Government

Arts

(7)

Acting	Guitar
Jazz	Vocal
Ceramics	Photography

School Link

Official website

Contact Info

http://www.dunnschool.org

2555 West Highway 154, Los Olivos, California, 93441

805-686-6471

admissions@dunnschool.org

California

Basic Info

Co-ed

Boarding Grades: 9-12

Rural

IB: No

ESL: No

Year Founded: 1957

Campus Size: 65 acres

Boarding Rate: 60%

Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 02/01

Interview: On Campus, Zoom

School Code:

TOEFL: 8147

SSAT: 2914

ISEE: 51863

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Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, commonly known as L.A., is the largest city in California and the second most populous in the U.S. It serves as the commercial, financial, and cultural hub of Southern California. With a population of around 3.9 million as of 2020, L.A. is famous for its Mediterranean climate, diverse population, and as the epicenter of the entertainment industry, particularly Hollywood. The city also offers a rich mix of cultural landmarks, including world-class museums, beaches, and a dynamic food scene, making it a global metropolis.

Population (2022) 3,833,995

Cost of Living Higher than average 54%

Nearby Airport Los Angeles International Airport

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Baseball	Basketball
Cross Country	Dance
Mountain Biking	Soccer
Surfing	Tennis
Volleyball	Climbing
Equestrain	Lacrosse
Pickleball	Softball
Swimming	Yoga

Amnesty International Club	Ballet
Cooking Club	Economics Club
School Newspaper	Student Government
Swimming	The Academy (book group)
Yoga	Diversity Club
Badminton Club	Climbing Club
Community Service Club	Debate Club
Film Club	Interact Club
Mahjong Club	Young Life