Academic Excellence

• 1st in 1995, 1997 and 2001
• 3rd in 1994
• 5th in 1996 and 1998
• 4th in 2003
• 9th in 2000 and 2007
• 11th in 2005 and 2014
• 13th in 2013
• 4th, 7th and 20th places in 2015
• 10th and 27th places in 2016
• 5th, 14th and 20th place in 2019
• 15th= and 15th= places in 2022

Technological University of Costa Rica Admission Examinations, Students placed:

• 1st in 2003
• 27th in 2013
• 4th, 5th, 7th and 30th in 2014
• 15th in 2020
• 29th in 2016
• 2nd and 27th in 2017
• 21st and 27th in 2018
• 25th in 2015 and 2019

Placement and Scholarships to leading Universities:

• 1998
  • – Anthony Varilly: partial scholarship to Harvard
  • – Catherine Darke, obtained a place at Trinity College, Cambridge
• 1998
  • – Rhys Wolff: full scholarship to the University of Toronto, Canada
• 2000
  • – Alfonso Gomez: obtained a place at University College, London
• 2001
  • – Patrick Varilly: scholarship to MIT
• 2003
  • – Marisol Valerio: full scholarship to UBC, Canada
• * Both Anthony Varilly (’98) and Alfonso Gomez (’00) continued as post-graduate students at the University of Cambridge, England
• 2009
  • – Manuel Nivia: full scholarship to New York University, Abu Dhabi
• 2010
  • – Virginie Fostroy: partial scholarship to UBC, Canada
• 2011
  • – Claire Hennig and Andrés Rodríguez: full scholarship to New York University, Abu Dhabi
• 2013
  • – Anna Hennig and Alejandro Mora: full scholarship to New York University, Abu Dhabi
• 2016
  • – Paula Mora: full scholarship to New York University, Abu Dhabi
• 2017
  • – Daniel Nivia: full scholarship to New York University, Abu Dhabi
• 2018
  • – Queenie Fan obtained a place at University of California Berkeley
• 2019
  • – Andrés Wu obtained a place at Cornell University
  • – Nathan Dozier obtained a partial scholarship to John Hopkins University
• 2020
  • – Keoni Gilman obtained a place at University of California, Berkeley
• 2021
  • – Mariana Castro obtained a full scholarship to NYU Abu Dhabi
  • – Javier Gutiérrez obtained a partial scholarship at Amherst College
• 2022
  • – Nicole Lipschitz: Partial Scholarship to MIT
  • – Julia Bonanno obtained a partial scholarship to Northwestern University
  • – Diego Laurencich obtained a partial scholarship to University of Notre Dame
  • – Valentina Sosto obtained a place at University of California, Berkeley

International Baccalaureate Diploma: (Maximum score in IB Diploma = 45 points)

• 1998
  • – Best overall results in the Latin American Region (IBLA):
  • 6 students with 40 points or higher, average 35 points in the Diploma programme.
  • Best Individual result in the World – 45 points plus maximum points for 7th subject
• 1999
  • – 3 students 40 points or higher. Average 33.4 points. All students passed Diploma
• 2001
  • – 2 students with 40 points or higher. Average 33 points in the Diploma programme.
  • Best Individual result in the World – 45 points plus maximum points for 7th subject
• 2002
  • – 3 students with 40 points or higher. Average 35 points in the Diploma programme.
• 2003
  • – Best individual result in Latin America with a maximum score of 45 points.
  • 3 students with 40 points or higher. Average 34 points in the Diploma programme.
• 2004
  • – 1 student with 40 points or higher. Average 30 points in the Diploma programme.
• 2005
  • – All 34 students passed the Diploma. Average 33 points. 1 student with 41 points
• 2006
  • – All 34 Diploma students passed. Average 32 points. 1 student with 41 points
• 2007
  • – All 36 Diploma students passed. Average 32 points. 1 student with 42 points
• 2008
  • – 45 out of 46 students obtained the Diploma. Average 30 points
• 2009
  • – 37 out of 40 students obtained the Diploma. Average 32 points. 1 student with 40 points
• 2010
  • – 31 out of 36 students obtained the Diploma. Average 31 points.
• 2011
  • – 49 out of 50 students obtained the Diploma. Average 34.5 points. 3 students with 40 or more points (44,42 & 40).
• 2012
  • – 51 out of 53 students obtained the Diploma. Average 31 points. 1 student with 40 points
• 2013
  • – 46 out of 49 Diploma candidates obtained the Diploma. Average 32.2 points. 3 students with 40 or more points (42,42 & 40).
• 2014
  • – 36 out of 38 Diploma candidates obtained the Diploma. Average 35 points. 1 student with 40 or more points (41).
• 2015
  • – 41 out of 47 Diploma candidates obtained the Diploma. Average 31 points. 1 student with 40 or more points (41).
• 2016
  • – ALL Diploma candidates obtained the Diploma. Average 32 points.
• 2017
  • – 40 out of 42 Diploma candidates obtained the Diploma. Average 32 points. 3 students with 40 or more points (1 with 40, 2 with 41).
• 2018
  • – 34 out of 39 students obtained the Diploma. Average = 31 points, 1 student with 40 or more points (43 points).
• 2019
  • – 41 out of 43 students obtained the Diploma. Average = 31 points.
• 2020
  • – All 31 students 31 obtained the Diploma (after 1 resit). Average points = 33. 1 student with 40 or more points (41 points).
• 2021
  • – 35 out of 36 students passed the Diploma. Average points = 32. 2 students with 40 or more points (40 and 42 points).
• 2022
  • – All 33 students obtained the Diploma (after 1 resit). Average points = 33. 1 student with 40 or more points (43 points).
  • Please note: IB World Averages Pass Rate = 79.67% Average Total Points = 30.24

IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education):

(We define our pass rate as the % of students passing at least 5 subjects with a grade of “C” or higher.

UK Statistics, Pass rate = 47.2% but automatically includes Maths and English)

• 1996 – Best Individual result in the World (6 A* and 3 A grades)
• 2002 – Pass rate = 90% All subjects A* – C grades = 84%
• 2003 – Pass rate = 87% All subjects A* – C grades = 82%
• 2004 – Pass rate = 85% All subjects A* – C grades = 80%
• 2005 – Pass rate = 89% All subjects A* – C grades = 83%
• 2006 – Pass rate = 81% All subjects A* – C grades = 80%
• 2007 – Pass rate = 86% All subjects A* – C grades = 83%
• 2008 – Pass rate = 90% All subjects A* – C grades = 87%
  34% of all results at A* or A grades. Best results were i. 8 A* (maximum score), ii. 7 A* and A and iii. 6*A, A, B.
• 2009 – Pass rate = 99% All subjects A* – C grades = 95% 42% of all results at A* or A grades. Best individual result in the world in French. Best individual result in the world in Spanish
• 2010 – Pass Rate = 91% – results affected by national emergency closing school on exam day.
• 2011 – Pass Rate = 93% . The best results were i. 8 A* (maximum score) and ii. 7 A* and A
• 2012 – Pass Rate = 91% . 9 students with 5 or more A* or A grades. (2 Students with 6 A* grades)
• 2013 – Pass Rate = 95% . 5 students had straight A* or A grades
• 2014 – Pass Rate = 88% . 3 students had straight A* or A grades
• 2015 – Pass Rate = 85% . 19 students with 5 or more A* or A grades. (1 student had straight A* or A grades)
• 2016 – Pass Rate = 95% . 7 students with 5 or more A* or A grades. (1 student had straight A* or A grades)
• 2017 – Pass Rate = 99%. 9 students with 5 or more A* or A grades (1 student with straight A* or A grades)
• 2018 – Pass Rate = 98%. 4 students with 5 or more A* or A grades.
• 2019 – Pass Rate = 96%. 5 students with 5 or more A* or A grades. (2 students with straight A* grades)
• 2020 – 2022 – The IGCSE programme was severely reduced during the Covid-19 pandemic.
• 2022 – Pass Rate (5 subjects in A* to C range) = 57%, 6 students with 5 or more A* or A grades. (3 students with straight A* grades) … a reduced menu of exam subjects was offered.

Universities and Colleges where British School of Costa Rica Students have enrolled:

• CANADA
  • Canada College of Performing Arts
  • Carleton University
  • Emily Carr University of Art and Design
  • Guelph University
  • Trent University
  • University of British Columbia
  • University of Calgary
  • University of Toronto
  • University of Victoria
  • Vancouver Island University
  • Western University Canada
  • York University
• CHINA
  • Tshingua University
  • University of Language and Culture, China
• COSTA RICA
  • Escuela de Agricultura de la Región Tropical Húmeda (EARTH)
  • LEAD University
  • Texas Tech University
  • Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
  • Universidad Alma Mater
  • Universidad Autónoma de Centro América
  • Universidad de Ciencias Médicas
  • Universidad de Costa Rica
  • Universidad Estatal a Distancia Universidad Escuela Libre de Derecho
  • Universidad Internacional de las Américas
  • Universidad Interamericana
  • Universidad Invenio
  • Universidad La Salle
  • Universidad Latina
  • Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología (ULACIT)
  • Universidad Nacional
  • Universidad de San José
  • Universidad San Judas Tadeo
  • Universidad Veritas
• FRANCE
  • École Normale Supérieure
  • Le Cordon Bleu
  • Paris College of Art
  • Sciences Po
• ITALY
  • Bocconi University
  • John Cabot University
• SPAIN
  • Elisava, Escuela Superior de Diseño
  • IE University
  • IQS Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Universidad de Navarra
  • Universitat de Barcelona
• SWITZERLAND
  • Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne
  • Les Roches Global Hospitality Education
  • University of Bern
• UNITED KINGDOM
  • Central Saint Martins-University of the Arts London
  • Kent University
  • Kingston University
  • London School of Economics
  • Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  • The Architectural Association School of Architecture
  • The Art Institute of Bournemouth
  • University of Cambridge
  • University of Edinburgh
  • University of London
  • University of Liverpool
  • University of Manchester
  • University of Surrey
• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  • American University
  • Babson College
  • Bentley University
  • Berklee College of Music
  • Boston College
  • Brown University
  • California College of the Arts
  • California Institute of Technology
  • Carleton College
  • Cornell University
  • Culinary Institute of America
  • Dartmouth University
  • DePaul University
  • Diablo Valley College
  • Duke University
  • Eastern Nazarene College
  • Emerson College
  • Florida International University
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Grinnell College
  • Hanover College
  • Harvard University
  • Johnson and Wales University
  • Louisiana State University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Michigan State University
  • New York University
  • New York University, Abu Dhabi
  • Northeastern University
  • Northwestern University
  • Parsons School of Design
  • Penn State University
  • Purdue University
  • Princeton University
  • Roanoke College
  • Saint Edward’s University
  • Santa Barbara City College
  • San Diego University
  • Savannah College of Art & Design
  • Southern Methodist University
  • Stanford University
  • State University of New York: Buffalo
  • Suffolk University
  • Syracuse University
  • Texas A&M University
  • Tulane University
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • University of California at Irvine
  • University of Central Florida
  • University of Florida
  • University of Georgia
  • University of Kansas
  • University of Illinois
  • University of Massachusetts
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Missouri
  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • University of Notre Dame
  • University of North Florida
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Southern California
  • University of South Carolina
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • University of Wisconsin
  • West Virgina University
  • Williams College
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• OTHER COUNTRIES
  • Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, México
  • Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
  • Jacobs University, Germany
  • University of Bergen, Norway
  • Universidad Latinoamericana de Cuba