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Student Profiles

Rachael Cohen, British School of Chicago, Year 8

From the start, Rachael Cohen has been an inspiration to others. As a founding student at the British School of Chicago, Rachael's talents were apparent since day one in September 2001. Her enthusiasm for her academic studies and school activities are infectious, and new and current students are thrilled to have Rachael as a role model.

Rachael is not one to shy away from activities. At the British School of Chicago, she plays multiple instruments and is part of the school and highly-regarded Chicago developmental orchestra. Outside of school, Rachael is an Irish dancer, sings, and attends Chinese language classes. She also plays serves as a scorer for numerous teams when she has time and loves to act in multiple school plays and musicals.

Rachael's talents in the languages and the arts became even more apparent when she volunteered to be one of the visiting teachers during BSC's Language Week. Rachael prepared and presented an excellent Chinese language lesson to her peers, which received rave reviews!

Rachael can be seen regularly helping other students, in the classroom or on the playground. Her attitude, academic integrity, and musical and theatrical talents make her one of stand-out students at the British School of Chicago.

Dawn Brimmer, British School of Washington, 2008 Graduate

Dawn Brimmer has always enjoyed hard facts. So when Dawn joined the British School of Washington in September 2006 for the IB Diploma programme, she wasn't quite sure how the school and the programme would tailor to her needs.

Dawn's strength in her academics became even stronger when the British School of Washington introduced to her a new concept on learning – learning wasn't about learning facts, but how to relate them to real life. After taking hold of this concept, she excelled even more, becoming a finalist in the highly competitive National Merit Awards.

When it came time to graduate, Dawn had many options to choose from. She received offers to study medicine at Harvard University, Princeton University and John Hopkins University. She received offers from Kings College London and Sheffield University, a particularly commendable achievement given that there were very few number of places for international students looking to study medicine. Dawn chose Harvard University, where she is a freshman this year. Dawn's form tutor, Katherine Hatchard, and Scott Hussey, Dawn's IB Coordinator, put it best: "Dawn arrived at BSW an intelligent, factual, conservative academic. She graduated an intelligent, explorative, open minded, considerate friend to all."