Our Mission

Mission College Prep creates a culture of care and accountability in partnership with families to form women and men of scholarship, inspiration, and leadership in service to deeper life with God and deeper life with one another.

The School

As a Catholic college-preparatory high school for young men and women in the Diocese of Monterey, Mission College Preparatory has an enrollment of 285students in grades 9-12. It is located on the central coast of California in the city of San Luis Obispo, which is mid-way between Los Angeles and San Francisco. About half of the student body comes from three area Catholic grammar schools. The remainder of our student body comes from 21 other schools locally, regionally, and nationally.

The Faculty

The task of education at MCP is to facilitate that voyage of self-discovery for the young person such that intellectual and spiritual growth become hallmarks of their whole life. The faculty consists of 21 full-time and 3 part-time men and women, many who hold advanced degrees. The average class size is 20:1. Students are challenged and supported by caring faculty and held accountable for their performance.

Accreditation

Mission College Preparatory Catholic High School is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the Western Catholic Educational Association (WCEA). Education is addressed to formation of the whole human person and oriented to excellence in academics, athletics, the arts, and spirituality.

Leadership

At MCP participation in the life of the community is the norm and programming is a tool that facilitates the inculcation of leadership. Educating for leadership celebrates individual successes as being dependent upon the successes of every other member of the community. As a result, student leadership groups such as Associated Student Body, Student Alliance, Royal Ambassadors, Campus Ministry, and others, plan and implement all of our student activities.

Athletics

Athletics is one critical tool for developing leadership to foster responsibility in sharing the gift of intense competition and sportsmanship. We currently have 15 Varsity Teams, 13 Junior Varsity Teams, and 1 Freshmen Team. 70% of our students participated in at least 1 sport last year and 20% of our entire student body earned Scholar Athlete honors, which means they played two varsity sports and had a GPA of 3.5 or above.

Curriculum

We offer 54 college prep courses approved and certified by the University of California meeting “a-g” requirements. In addition, we offer 11 courses based in leadership, technology, physical education, health and athletic training, and Catholic Theology. Students attend 7 courses per day lasting 47 minutes per class. Community Service is a requirement for graduation.

Advanced Placement

Our AP results are an outstanding indication of our academic prowess here at MCP. Among the 196 Advanced Placement Tests taken across 8 subject areas here at MCP in May of 2009, our students passed at a highly impressive 84% rate, receiving 51 scores of ‘5’. Because we uniquely require every student in the AP class to take the test, our results demonstrate singular excellence throughout our curriculum and radically set us apart.

Transcript Legend

HNR-Honors; AP-Advanced Placement; Officially, we do not rank. Courses not figured into GPA are as follows: Culinary Arts, Leadership 1 & 2, Physical Education, and Student Service and Development.

Grading Scale Honors

Marks: A, B; Non-College Recommending Mark: C Min. Achievement Passing Mark: D; Lowest Grade Equivalents: A=90, B=80, C=70, D=60

Graduation Requirements & Honors/AP Course Offerings 2010-2011

GPA

79 students: Highest GPA in class: 4.53. 26 students earned 4.0+, 20 students earned a 3.5-3.99, 22 students earned 3.0-3.49, and 11 students earned 2.0-2.99. Results: 86% of the senior class holds 3.0 or higher weighted GPA. 33% of students hold a 4.0 or above. 90% of seniors attend a 4-year college, and 10% attend a 2-year college.

Standardized Test Results

79 students: 86% of the class of 2010 took the SAT Reasoning on the 2400 scale with a mean score of 1768. Mean Critical Reading Score: 589; Mean Math Score: 585; Mean Writing Score: 594. 40% of the Class of 2010 took the ACT with a mean score of 28.5.

College Acceptance Listing 2006-2010

• Adams State College
• American University
• University of Arizona
• Arizona State University
• Ave Maria Florida
• Bard College Belmont College
• Boise State University
• Boston College
• Boston University
• University of British Columbia
• Brown University
• Bryn Mawr
• University of California: Berkeley
• University of California: Davis
• University of California: Irvine
• University of California: Los Angeles
• University of California: Merced
• University of California: Riverside
• University of California: San Diego
• University of California: Santa Barbara
• University of California: Santa Cruz
• California Polytechnic State University: Pomona
• California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo
• California State University: Bakersfield
• California State University: Channel Islands
• California State University: Chico
• California State University: Dominguez Hills
• California State University: East Bay
• California State University: Fresno
• California State University: Fullerton
• California State University: Humboldt
• California State University: Long Beach
• California State University: Los Angeles
• California State University: Northridge
• California State University: Monterey Bay
• California State University: Sacramento
• California State University: San Bernardino
• California State University: San Diego
• California State University: San Francisco
• California State University: San Jose
• California State University: San Marcos
• California State University: Sonoma
• California State University: Stanislaus
• California Lutheran
• Carleton College
• Carroll College (Montana)
• Cascade College
• Case Western Reserve
• Catholic University
• Central European University
• Chapman University
• University of Chicago
• Colorado College
• Colorado State University
• University of Colorado
• University of Colorado at Boulder
• University of Connecticut
• University of Detroit Mercy
• Dickinson College
• Dominican University
• Drew University
• Duke University
• Eckerd College
• Emerson College
• Emmanuel College
• Emory University
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Florida State University
• Fordham University
• Fort Lewis College
• Franklin College Switzerland
• George Washington University
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Gonzaga University
• Green Mountain College
• Harvey Mudd College
• Haverford College
• University of Hawaii at Manoa
• Hawaii Pacific University
• Hunter College of the CUNY
• University of Idaho
• Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
• Johns Hopkins University
• La Sierra University
• Lewis and Clark College
• Loyola Marymount University
• Loyola University of Chicago
• Macalester College
• Marquette University
• McGill University
• Menlo College
• University of Miami
• Montana State University, Bozeman
• Moore College of Art
• Mount Holyoke College
• University of Nevada Las Vegas
• University of New Mexico
• New York University
• Northern Arizona University
• Northwestern University
• University of Notre Dame
• Occidental College
• University of Oklahoma
• Oklahoma State University
• University of Oregon
• Oregon State University
• Pepperdine University
• Pitzer College
• Pomona College
• University of the Pacific
• University of Portland
• Portland State University
• Purdue University
• Randolph College
• University of Redlands
• Reed College
• Regis University
• Rensselaer Polytechnic
• Rollins College
• University of San Diego
• University of San Francisco
• Santa Clara University
• Seattle University
• Smith College
• University of Southern California
• Southern Oregon
• St. Anselm
• St. John’s University, Queens
• St. Louis University
• St. Mary’s College
• Stanford University
• Swarthmore College
• Texas A&M University
• Texas Christian University
• Texas State University, San Marcos
• Texas Tech University
• Tufts University
• Tulane University
• Villanova University
• University of Vermont
• University of Washington
• Wake Forest University
• Washington State University
• Wells College
• Westmont College
• Whitman College
• Willamette
• Xavier University