Results Obtained by our Students

Throughout the years our students have managed excellent results both in Local Examinations as well as International ones: 

University of Costa Rica Admission Examinations Students placed :
  • 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
  • 8th place in 2018
  • 5th, 14th and 20th place in 2019

 

Technological University of Costa Rica Admission Examinations Students placed :
  • 1st in 2003
  • 27th in 2013
  • 4th, 5th, 7th and 30th in 2014
  • 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

 

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 (same group of students produced lower than average IGCSE results in 2006 … see below).
  • 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 passed the Diploma. Average = 31 points, 1 student with 40 ormolu points (43 points).
  • 2019 – 41 out of 43 students passed the Diploma. Average = 31 points.

 

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* or A grades)

 

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 

 

 

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