What is Crimson Global Academy?

● CGA is the world’s most ambitious online private

school.
1600+
Students
● Ranked #3 in the 2024 NICHE Best Online High Schools
in the U.S., and #25 in Best Private Schools.
● We are building a personal launchpad for students onto

●
the world stage.
By connecting students to a global network of
aspirational students, parents, teachers, and industry
65+
experts, we catapult their performance towards endless Countries
opportunities and extraordinary futures.

200+
師資 Teachers
 CGA is an internationally
accredited online high school
Personalized and Flexible Study Mode

Group Classes The Flex Program

Full-time students take 12 - 20 hours of live classes per The CGA Flex program offers students the opportunity to
week to earn a full high school diploma with external cover AP and US Diploma Classes in an asynchronous
qualifications (A Levels and/or AP) model for full flexibility on the move

MODE PART-TIME or FULL-TIME MODE ASYNCHRONOUS

AGES ● Age 11-18 - Any subject AGES ● Age 13-18 - Any US Diploma or AP subject

DETAILS ● Weekday daytime and evening, DETAILS ● Watch classes at your own pace
weekend classes (for Asia timezone)
● Personal Coach to keep to on track
● Homework, reports, predicted grades
● Assignments to submit
The Da Vinci 1:1 Program
Da Vinci Program offers students aged 8 - 18 years the
opportunity to cover the full curriculum of subjects of their
choice with a CGA teacher, at a pace that suits their needs.

MODE PART-TIME or FULL-TIME

AGES ● Age 8-11 - Primary Maths/English/Science

● Age 12-18 - Any subject

DETAILS ● Schedule lessons according to your schedule

● Typically 2x 1-hour live sessions per week

● 50-60 hrs per subject (High School)

● Internal Assessments & Progress Reports

● Class Recordings
Outstanding College Acceptance
CGA College Acceptances (23-24 application cycle)
US UNIVERSITIES OFFERS UK + INTERNATIONAL
OFFERS
UNIVERSITIES
Princeton University 1
University of Cambridge 2 CGA Class of 2024 Statistics
Columbia University 1
Oxford University 3
Cornell University 2
25% of Students
2
University College London (UCL)
accepted to either Oxbridge or an
University of Pennsylvania 1
(Wharton) King’s College London 6 Ivy League school
Stanford University 1 Imperial College 5

Carnegie Mellon University 1

21 Students
University of Glasgow 2
received offers to the Top 20
Georgia Tech 1 Cardiff University 1
ranked universities in the world
Berklee College of Music 1 University of Amsterdam 1

UCLA 2 University of Leiden 1

Johns Hopkins University 2 University of Adelaide 1

Vanderbilt University 1 Newcastle University 1

New York University 6 Queen Mary University of London 1

What Advanced Placement courses (APs) are college-level courses with
corresponding standardized exams offered in May of each year that

are
students can take in high school. The program is over 70 years old!

Students who take these courses and sit for the subsequent exam

APs?
are seen as being able to succeed in high level, introductory
100-level university courses, and can signal their readiness to
succeed in college. Students can register for exams at AP test
centres around the world that accept private candidates.

AP exam scores are seen as an additional component of a student’s

academic merits and will be looked at in conjunction with the rest
of their profile. Exams are scored on a 1 - 5 scale, where a 3 is
considered a passing grade.

Students can register as an independent candidate to take AP

exams even if they are not offered by their primary school.
 Who should consider APs?

Students from
G9 - G12 students countries where
G9 - G12 students aiming for Oxford, their local
Academics
aiming for top 30 Cambridge, curriculum is not
US colleges Imperial, LSE, UCL accepted by US &
UK universities
 AP Selection Tips

Please remember Students should

Taking >4 APs in a
that APs are college slowly ramp up
year will be very
their AP selection
level coursework challenging (*for a
over time, instead
with prerequisite full-time US
of attempting to
courses diploma student)
backload all APs

Students can AP courses should Always take into

choose courses that complement your account university
show depth (in current curriculum. requirements/
subjects related to recommended
There is no need to
their chosen minimums for
double up on the entrance
university course),
breadth or both. same subjects. worldwide

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 IGCSE / IB Diploma Students
Goal Student’s Current # of HLs CGA AP Recommendation
Profile

HYPSM IGCSE: 8 to 10 A*s 4 HLs Recommend 1 to 2 APs

IB: >44/45
3 HLs Recommend 2 to 4 APs
If allowed by school,
take 4HLs

Top 20 US IGCSE: 8 to 10 A*s 4 HLs Recommend max 1 AP

IB: >42/45
3 HLs Recommend 1 to 2 APs

Oxbridge IGCSE: 8 to 10 A*s 3 or 4 HLs Recommend 1 to 2 APs

IB: >42/45

LSE/ IGCSE: 8 to 10 A*s 3 or 4 HLs Not necessary

Imperial/ IB: >40/45
UCL
US DIPLOMA PROGRAM
 IGCSE / A Level Students
Goal Student’s # of A CGA AP CGA A Level
Current Levels Recommendation Recommendation
Profile
HYPSM IGCSE: 8 to 10 A*s 4 A levels Recommend 2 to 3 APs None, take AP
School workload: 3
to 4 A levels
Top 3% 3 A levels Unlikely to get in. Do 4th A Level at a minimum

Top 20 IGCSE: 8 to 10 A*s 4 A levels Recommend 1 to 2 APs None, take AP

School workload:
4A levels
Top 10% 3 A levels Recommend 1 APs OR Recommend 1 A level

Oxbridge IGCSE: 8 to 10 A*s 4 A levels Take 1 to 2 APs OR Recommend EPQ

School workload: or A level Further Maths
4A levels
Top 10% 3 A levels None, take an additional A Level Recommend 1 A level

LSE/ IGCSE: 8 to 10 A*s 3 or 4 A levels Take 1 to 2 APs None, unless F math or any subject
Imperial/ School workload: missing is required
UCL 3A levels
US DIPLOMA PROGRAM
 US High School Diploma Students

Goal Student’s Current Profile CGA Recommendations

AP

HYPSM GPA: >4.2/ 4.5 or A competitive candidate will have >10

GPA: >3.95/ 4.0 APs.

Top 20 US GPA: >4.1/ 4.5 or Utilize CGA to take additional APs earlier
GPA: >3.85/4.0 or ones not offered by school

Oxbridge GPA: >4.1/ 4.5 or At least some AP exams must be

GPA: >3.85/4.0 completed before the year of application.
4 - 5 APs required with grade 5 on Offers are generally made to students
the exam with more APs than the minimum.

Utilize CGA APs in order to get a head

start earlier in high school and take more
than the required number by time of
application

*But, remember that relevant subjects

should be taken in the final 2 years (e.g.
AP Calculus BC for a STEM student
should be taken in 11th or 12th grade).
US DIPLOMA PROGRAM
 Examples: AP Course Recommendations by Major
Intended Major Recommended AP Courses

Engineering / Computer Science / ● Calculus BC

Math / Applied Math ● Computer Science A
● Computer Science Principles
● Physics 1 Important points to note:
● Physics C
● Statistics
#1 Some APs are
Business / Finance / Economics ● Calculus AB or BC easier/harder in terms of
● Comp Science A
● Comp Science Principles difficulty and workload
● Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
●
● Statistics
#2 Your academic
performance is the
Medicine/Health Sciences ● Biology foundation of your
Chemistry
●
● Calculus AB or BC
application, so you must
● Statistics strategize carefully

US DIPLOMA PROGRAM
CGA Student Case Studies
 Crimson AP Case Studies
Cambridge (CS), UC Berkeley (CS) ● A Level Math, Further Math, Physics,
Economics
● AP Computer Science A, Psychology

Princeton (from IB school) ● 3 HL, 3 SL (not allowed to do 4 HL)

● AP Psychology

Stanford, Yale, Wharton ● Took leave of absence from school from

beginning of G11
● 9 APs (all 5s)

Cornell (from Taiwan) ● 1 AP in G9, 3 in G10, 3 in G11, 3 in G12

Harvard (Korean from Australia) ● Local curriculum; ranked 4th in school

● 3 APs (all 5s)

Columbia (from Vietnam) ● 10 APs

● 5x 5s, 1x 4, 4 in G12

Doing the bare minimum at school no longer suffices, so you

must be smart about your academic strategy
 Insights from Case Studies

You don’t need to You can start as early

You don’t need
attend an AP school as G9 to spread out
perfect scores
to take APs your workload

APs can give you Can be an optimal

Course selection and
access to additional allocation of a
timing strategy is
honors (e.g. AP student’s time and
critical
Scholar Awards) effort
APs & US Diploma Pathway at CGA
 PROJECT-BASED
LEARNING THAT
EMPOWERS STUDENTS
CGA HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA PROGRAM
 A project-based academic program that empowers
What is CGA students to take classroom concepts and expand on
US Diploma academic ideas to solve real-world problems
Program?
Electives are based on
Flexible timetable.
One 2-hour session per various career paths
The US Diploma
week per class and extend the core
timetable provides
curriculum
more free time for
students to pursue
passion projects,
Leave the diploma Explore how academics train for athletics,
program with digital and the real world are and engage in
portfolios interconnected self-study.

Showcase academic Students receive a

work through an open US diploma from an
curriculum accredited US school
 CGA, US Diploma Program
Term 1:
September -
Accelerate High School: December
Education courses +
Grade 9 - 12 Term 2:
College Board AP
January - May
courses *Junior High School offering as well
Summer Term:
June - August

18/24 Credits for CGA offers

CGA USA
graduation with Advanced
requirements in accredited by the
Western Placement
English, courses for
Mathematics, Association of
students wishing
Science, Social Schools and to sit external
Science, and World Colleges (WASC) examinations
Languages

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Why Choose the US Diploma at CGA?

Receive a diploma from

Planning on an Accredited US high
attending a US Individualized Open school without leaving
university learning Curriculum home

Study a curriculum familiar to Accelerate high school Students have the freedom to World-class education, and a
US university admissions completion choose a wide variety of globally recognized diploma from
courses based on interests and an accredited US school, without
The trend in US university Get the support you need to strengths. We help leaving home
admissions is towards valuing successfully complete high demonstrate your best self!
project-based learning, school with the best possible
portfolios, and demonstration results.
of achievement outside of
standardized tests. This is
what the US Diploma at CGA
offers
CGA students can take accredited
University-Level Courses at Stanford

CGA has partnered with Stanford ULO CGA Students can receive a transcript and
to offer our students university level course credit from the Stanford
Math and Physics courses taught by Continuing Studies school. Credit
Stanford University professors together obtained from these programs are a great
with CGA instructors who provide differentiator in the college admissions
course material support and 5-10 hours process, showcasing intellectual vitality
of tutoring to support students in these and achievement in STEM subjects, far
advanced courses. beyond the typical high school student.

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 CGA STUDENT RESULTS GLOBAL AVERAGE

2023 Advanced 86% 60%

Placement (AP) Of CGA students scored 3+ Of students scored 3+

Exam Results
3.6 3.03
CGA sets the benchmark Average score Average score
for academic success

42% 12%
Of CGA students scored 5 Of students scored 5