OUR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

ACADEMIC

• 50% scholarship at Cornell University in 2024.
• In 2024, out of 120 students at LGS, 29 of our students are in the top 1%, 13 are in the top 2%, and 9 are in the top 3
• 2024 AYT Equal Weight field, Turkey ranks 646th.
• 2024 AYT Equal Weight field, Turkey ranks 2095th.
• 2024 AYT Numerical field, Turkey ranks 2892nd
• The 2024 LGS First Place in Turkey
• 2024 Mercersburg Academy 90% scholarship.
• 2024 Tufts University 100% Scholarship
• 2024 University of Toronto 100% Scholarship 
• 2021 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES (UCLA) / 100% Scholarship
• 2021 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO / International Scholar Award and President's Scholar of Excellence
• 2021 AYT 786th place in Verbal Area 2021 AYT 2790th place in Foreign Language Area
• In 2020-2021 LGS, 34 Students are in the 1% Tranche, 11 Students are in the 2% Tranche, 8 Students are in the 3% Tranche
• 2020 TYT Turkey 41st place
• Turkey 265th place in 2020 AYT Digital Field
• 2020 TYT Turkey 633rd place
• Turkey 1085th in 2020 AYT Digital Field
• 2020 AYT Equal Weight Turkey 2248th
• 2020 AYT 980th Place in Foreign Languages
• 2019 AYT 43rd place in Turkey in equal weight
• 2019 AYT Language Region 417th in Turkey
• Turkey 686th place in 2019 AYT Verbal field
• Placement rate in 2018-2019 LGS is 100%. In 2018-2019 LGS, 26 students are at 1%, 18 students are at 2%, 17 students are at 3%.
• In 2019-2020 LGS, 24 Students are in the 1% Tranche, 24 Students are in the 2% Tranche, 7 Students are in the 3% Tranche
• 2018 AYT Ranked 369th in Turkey in the field of digital
• 2018 AYT Language Region Turkey 98th
• 41 Students Achieved Full Points in TEOG Exams in 2017
• TEOG exams- one fourth of our students took the first place
• 100% success in University exams
• 100 % success at University Proficiency Exams

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

• 90% success in 2024 TOEFL iBT Exam
• Achieved over 95% success in the 2023 Cambridge Exam.
• 2021 HARVARD UNICEF Conference “INNOVATION CHALLENGE” 1st Place
• 100% Success in 2021 TOEFL IBT Exam
• 100% Success in 2021 IELTS Exam
• 2021 St. Andrew's International MUN “Highly Commented Delegate Award” 2021 St. Andrew's International MUN "Best Junior Delegate Award"
• Turkey First Place in 2020 ESU- International English Contest in Public
• First Place in Turkey in 2019 ESU- International English Contest in Public
• 94% success in the 2019 TOEFL IBT exam Cambridge University
• 90% success in 2019 second foreign language certification exams
• One of the 3 most successful schools in Turkey in 2018 ESOL exams
• Cambridge University One of Turkey's Top 3 Schools in 2018 ESOL Exams
• World Second Place in the 2016 UNESCO English Composition Competition
• ESU (English Speaking Union) Turkey First Place
• French Institute DELF Premium A1 - A2: 100%
• The educational institution with the highest number of students taking the Cambridge-ESOL exams from a single campus: “Turkey Record Holder”
• The highest number of students taking Cambridge-ESOL exams “Turkey’s record holder”
• TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON GESE 1: 100%
• TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON GESE 2: 100%
• CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY –Starters: 100%
• CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY –Movers: 95%
• CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY- Flyers: 95%
• CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY –KET: 100 %
• CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY –PET: 100 %
• CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY -FCE % 100
• CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY- IELTS %85
• TOEFL IBT %95
• DESTINATION IMAGINATION COMPETITION – 3rd place with grade 5 and 6 students
• Cervantes Institute- 9th grader Ece Sevenay - achievement grant for her short film project

SOCIAL STUDIES

• The Best Interview award - grade 7 students on SEMEP- South West Mediterranean Environment Project organized by UNESCO

MATHEMATICS

• A medal in 2022 Waterloo University PASCAL Mathematics Exam
• A medal in 2022 Waterloo University CAYLEY Mathematics Exam
• 2022 Turkey 26th Intelligence Games Finalists
• Gold Medal in 2022 URFODU Knowledge Contest
• 2022 American Math League winner
• Bronze medal in the 6th Grade Mathematics category at the 2021 Istanbul Science Olympics
• Istanbul 6th Place in High School Computer Category in 2020 Science Olympics
• 1 percent in the 2020 Waterloo University CAYLEY Mathematics Exam
• Gold Medal in 2020 URFODU Knowledge Contest 100 Full Points in Mathematics
• Middle School Mathematics Category Istanbul 19th Place in 2020 Science Olympics
• Turkey Finalist in the field of mathematics between high schools in the "TEKNOFEST 2020 Technology Contest for the Benefit of Humanity"
• 2019 Kangaroo Mathematics Competition Ninth Place in Turkey
• "Certificate of Outstanding Achievement" with 150 full points in the 2019 International Gauss Mathematics Competition
• 2019 Istanbul Science Olympics 4th Grade Mathematics Provincial 10th Place
• 2019 Istanbul Science Olympics 4th Grade Mathematics Kadıköy District First Place
• 2014-2015 TÜBİTAK “High School Students Research Projects” competition - certificate of achievement to grade 10 students for their projects on “Black Hole of Numbers in Language”
• 2015-2016 Our 10th graders become finalists in Salih Zeki contest with their project entitled “Cryptology by Pythagorean Triple''
• 2016-2017 Our 10th graders become finalists in Salih Zeki contest with their project entitled “Integer Solutions to Linear Equations and Inequalities by using Combinatorics'
• 2017-2018 TÜBİTAK “High School Students Research Projects” Competition - The Second  Place  with the Name of  “The Number of Terms in Multinomial Distribution” with our 11th Grade Student
• 2017-2018 International Kangaroo Mathematics Competition - Prep and 10th grade students: 3% success rate
• 2017-2018 International Kangaroo Mathematics Competition - 6th grade students: three of them 1% success rate, eight of them 3% success rate, four of them 5% success rate
• 2017-2018 International Gauss Mathematics Contest- certificate of excellence to grade 7 and 8 students
• ISMTF (International Schools Mathematics Teachers Foundation) certificates to Lycee Prep, grade 9, 10 and 11 students

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• 2024 FFL National Tournament Turkey 4^th place
• 2022 Middle School Robotics Team First Lego League  "innovative Project" award
• 2022 First Lego League  "innovative Project" award
• 2020 Middle School Robotics Team "Innovative Solution" Project Winner
• 2020 Middle School Robotics Team FLL “Global Innovation Award” Turkey Candidate
• 2019 High School Robotics Team FLL Asia Pacific Open Championship Competition “Innovative Solution” Category World First
• 2019 High School Robotics Team First Lego League Regional Tournament Champion/Best Research Award 2019 NASA Invention Festival Most Creative Design Award
• 2018 High School Robotics Team First Lego League “Strategy and Innovation” Award
• 2017 High School Robotics Team First Lego League “Programming” Award
• 2020 First Lego League Tournament Robot Performance  First Prize
• Bilge Kunduz International Informatics Contest - grade 5 ve 6 students - %90

TURKISH

• 2024 The first place in the Kadıköy district in the composition contest themed 'My Child with Dreams' organized by the Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education, titled 'From My Pen to My Dream.
• 2024 The first place in the Kadıköy district in the poetry contest themed 'My Child with Dreams' and titled 'My Dream in My Poem,' organized by the Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education.
• Anzel Ergüneş from 7D came second with her essay on ‘Çanakkale’ in a contest which was held by the Ministry of Education. 
• Beycan Dağcı from 8C, who participated in the composition competition organized by Ministry of Education, came second with his composition entitled ‘ Çanakkale ’
• In poetry competition organized by Ministry of Education Emre Er from 6E came second in Istanbul with his poem entitled ‘Legend of Canakkale’.
• Sinan Tek from 7E came first in a poetry competition organized by District National Education Directorate with his poem entitled ‘10th November’.
• Çevre College 7^th grade student, Beren Deniz Öcek ,came second in Kadıköy District 10th November Ataturk’s Commemoration Day Theme Based Poetry Competition in 2018-2019 Academic Year
•  7^th grade student ,Irmak Sungar, came second in Republic Day Theme Based Poetry Competition in 2018-2019 Academic Year

SCIENCE

• Finalist in 2024 Teknofest Technology Competition for Humanity.
• First place in 2024 NASA JPL Invention Competition in Turkey.
• 2024 Destination Imagination Scientific Category - First Place in Turkey
• 2024 Tübitak Physics Category Regional Finalist
• 2023 JPL NASA Invention Challenge- First Place in Turkey
• 2022 JPL NASA Invention Challenge- First Place in Turkey
• 2022-2023 Destination Imagination High School "Scientific" Category Second Place in Turkey and "Da Vinci" Creativity Award
• 2021-2022 MEF University Project Competition Physics Category 2nd Place in Turkey
• 2019-2020 Middle School Science and Robotics Team First Lego League Regional Tournament “Innovative Solution” Award
• 2019-2020 Middle School Science and Robotics Team First Lego League Regional Tournament “Global Innovation Award Turkey 2nd candidate in rank”
• 2019-2020 Destination Imagination Scientific Category - First Place in Turkey
• 2019-2020 Destination Imagination Technical Category – Second Place in Turkey
• 2018-2019 TÜBİTAK Research Projects Competition – Physics Second Place
• 2018-2019 NASA Invention Challenge- Most Creative Design Award
• 2018-2019 Destination Imagination- Earned the right to represent our country Global Finals in America
• 2017-2018 NASA Invention Challenge Third Place in Turkey
• 2017-2018 TÜBİTAK Research Projects Competition - Biology Second Place
• 2017-2018 TÜBİTAK Research Projects Competition - Physics First Place
• 2017-2018 Destination Imagination - First Place in Turkey
• 2017-2018 TÜBİTAK  Research Projects Final Competition - Physics Incentive Award
• 2017-2018 Finalists at the METU International Green Brain of the Year Contest
• 2016-2017 NASA Invention Challenge ‘’The Most Extraordinary Design Award’
• 2016-2017 TÜBİTAK Research Projects Competition Finalist
• 2015-2016 TÜBİTAK Research Projects Competition Finalist
• 2015-2016 TÜBİTAK Research Projects Competition Third Place
• 2015-2016 Mef Project Competiton Finalist
• 2015-2016 NASA Invention Fair Third Place in Turkey
• 2015-2016 İTÜ Aircraft Design Contest Third Place in Turkey
• 2014-2015 TÜBİTAK Research Projects Competition Finalist
• 2012-2013 TÜBİTAK Research Projects Competition Finalist
• Science Project Team – (Active Chemisty Experiments) 10th Grades İstanbul Championship
• Science Project Team – (Ozone Layer) 5th Grades İstanbul Championship
• Science Project Team - (Your New Source of Energy: Roborovskis!)8th Grades Second İstanbul
• Science Project Team – (Dangerous Technologhy) 7th Grades Second İstanbul
• Science Project Team - (Electromagnetic Door) 7th Grades Second İstanbul
• Science Project Team - (Understanding Cern) 7th Grades Second İstanbul
• Science Project Team –(Hero Cactis) 6th Grades Third İstanbul
• Science Project Team –(Smart Water Tank) 6th Grades Third İstanbul
• Science Project Team –(Incredible Ink) 7th Grades Third İstanbul
• Ministry of Education – “Keep your energy future” Flag
• Science Project Team –(Acid Rain) Experimental Category Special Award

INFORMATION CULTURE

• Istanbul Junior Chess Üsküdar Group 7-year-old Girls Category 2nd in Istanbul -2021
• Istanbul Junior Chess Üsküdar Group Age 9 Girls Category, Istanbul Third Place -2021
• Ministry of Education – High Schools Information Culture Contest Regional Championship
• Ministry of Education – Primary Schools Information Culture Contest Second Region
• “We know how much traffic?” Information Contest Çevre Primary School County Championship
• Ministry of Education –Information Culture Contest Second District
• Ministry of Education – High Schools Information Culture Contest Second Region
• Ministry of Education –Information Culture Contest Third District
• Ministry of Education –European Union High Schools Information Contest Third District
• Turkey Chess Federation Individual Chess Contest İstanbul Championship (14 age group category of men)
• Turkey Chess Federation Individual Chess Contest Second İstanbul (10 age group category of women)

LITERATURE

• Poetry Contest organized by the Ministry of National Education within the scope of "19 May Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day " -11th grade student Beycan Dağcı: First Place in Istanbul
• ‘6th October Liberation of Istanbul’ Themed Essay Competition- Second Place in District
• ‘10th November Commemoration of Atatürk’ Themed Essay Competition – Second Place in District
• Kadıköy district first place in the essay contest organized by the Governorship of Istanbul, titled "The 93rd Year of Our Republic"
• Nazlı Mirasoğlu from Prep A with her poem named 'Guardians of the Nation’ - Second in the district in the poetry competition organized by Ministry of Education
• Nazlı Mirasoğlu from Prep A with her essay named 'Heritance from Him to Us’ - First in the district in the essay competition organized by Ministry of Education
• Bukle Ünaldı from Prep B with her essay named "The Blue Eyes of that Day’" - Second in the district in the essay competition organized by Ministry of Education
• Within the first 10 school in the 4th Turkish Debate League which 72 schools participate
• Çevre High School students Mert - Emre Altınok acceptance of the application for Yale University 2010-2011
• YGS Turkey rating BÜŞRA ÇÖREKÇİOĞLU 2011-2012
• SBS exam 3 students 500 full rate 2011-2012
• SBS exam 3 students 500 full rate 2010-2011
• Ministry of Education – High School Essay Competition Second District
• Ministry of Education – Primary Essay Competition Third District
• Ministry of Education – Primary Essay Competition Second District
• Ministry of Education – Primary Essay Competition Third District
• Ministry of Education – “My Teacher and I” Primary Poetry Contest Second District
• Ministry of Education – “November 10 and Atatürk” Primary Poetry Contest County Championship
• Ministry of Education – “Teachers’ Day” Primary Poetry Contest Contest Second District
• Ministry of Education - “Teachers’ Day” Primary Poetry Contest Contest Third District
• Ministry of Education – “The Spirit of the Battle of Çanakkale” Poetry Competition - Ali Kumralbaş - Primary Second District
• Ministry of Education Poetry Competition – 10 B / Ali Sezer Könez – “Sehr-i İstanbul” Second District
• Ministry of Education Poetry Competition – 10 B / Ali Sezer Könez – “Nineteen” County Championship
• Ministry of Education Essay Contest – 11 B / Ece Büyükçolpan – “Ata is our Ancestor, What a great pride” County Championship
• In the Third Turkey Debate League, the most important one of the top 10 schools among Turkey’s most important 63 schools in the tournament
• In the Second Turkey Debate League, the most important one of the top 8 schools among Turkey’s most important 58 schools in the tournament
• DSİ – World Water Day Primary Essay Contest Second İstanbul
• Sevgi Eda Keskin from 11A, İstanbul Culture and Art Products Trade Company - Third Place in İstanbul in Story Competition Entitled "If I were İstanbul" Organized in Cooperation with the Provincial National Education Directorate
• Beycan Dağcı from 12C , İstanbul Culture and Art Products Trade Company - First Place in Kadıköy in Poetry Competition Entitled "If I were İstanbul" Organized in Cooperatıon with the Provincial National Education Directorate