It is possible in theory, but if such a situation occurs, the school has to admit that both it and the student have made a mistake by choosing each other as one of the essential tasks could not be performed. It's for the best not to get to that. We hope that the scoring system will help with this matter, as every moment both you and the school will understand where you are at on the way to the Letovo Diploma.

Please note that you need to get just the Basic Letovo Diploma! There is no need to neglect your study and lose sleep over the Cum Laude and Magna Cum Laude honors. Thus, one is perfectly able to receive the basic level diploma. We checked. Moreover, most of you will score far more bronze points than necessary (and lots of you have already earned the required points).

The DP programme has very much in common with the Letovo Diploma in terms of objectives and everything you do within DP earns points for the Letovo Diploma as well. So don't worry, if you are duly following the DP programme, it will be enough for a basic level Letovo Diploma.

Every single one of you is very different. You have different interests, study loads, schedules. The scoring system allows you to choose the learning strategy to tackle development programs that suits you. At the same time, it allows both you and us to better understand how things are working at the moment.

No, to get the Letovo Diploma, you have to score 100 points in each of all 5 development programs. After all, the basic Letovo Diploma testifies to your holistic development.

No, unfortunately. We are ready to assess only your development that took place after our first meeting. So, if you won a music contest some time ago and ceased to practice, we won't award the points for it.

You can see the number of points that you already earned in your personal account in Letovo. Analytics system. You will be able to monitor the calculation of points almost in real time and plan your track toward the exact type of Diploma that you want to get.

You need to score points during the whole study period in Letovo. It means three, four or five years, depending on what grade you were in when you initially entered the school.

Diploma requirements have been developed to take an average of 4 years to complete. For students who entered the school in the ninth grade, it will be a little harder, and for those who enrolled in the seventh grade, it will be a little easier. Though we have made sure that our program is absolutely within the capabilities of all Letovo students.

No, it does not have to be competitive, as that's not what the points are for. You'll be the only one to know your points, nobody will be able to see how their neighbours are faring. Just remember that points are only a tool that helps you build your own development strategy, not an ultimate goal in and of itself.

We hope that every Letovo student will get a basic Diploma. Its requirements are based on participation in school life, acceptance of its values, and taking part in development programs.

The Cum Laude and Magna Cum Laude Diplomas testify to your special achievements, as we see our task not only in inspiring you to try new things but also in assisting the development of your talents. We suppose that only a small percentage of graduates will receive such Diplomas. Consequently, the development principle of the requirements for the basic level and for the levels with honors is very different.

To be better than someone, first, you have to be no worse. You can't get the Diploma without getting 100 bronze points for each level, even if you have had thousands of gold points.

Over time, the Letovo Diploma should become a recognizable standard for the leading Russian and international universities that allows for fair assessment of the level of your achievements. The universities accepting this Diploma will acknowledge that the significance of your achievement was evaluated by Letovo. For those who will graduate in the next couple of years, the Letovo Diploma is only a confirmation of the school's recognition of your high achievements.

It's very important for us, especially at the beginning, to gain recognition of the Letovo Diploma outside the school. Therefore, for a start, we rely on the authority of existing external systems which are used to acknowledge achievements. There are no such universally accepted systems for the Citizenship and Society and Leadership and Cooperation programs, so we will develop them on our own.

Bronze points are awarded for working on student's multilateral development, as well as for participation in school life, and progressing toward development program goals.

Silver and gold points are the points awarded for special achievements.

Therefore, it is impossible to exchange the bronze points for silver or gold ones.
The gold points are exchanged for the silver ones to avoid a situation when a student can't get either of the Diplomas with honors as they own, for instance, 70 silver and 50 gold points.

We conducted a survey on Letovo Wednesdays participation after the first semester, and we plan on conducting the same survey after the second semester. We will be guided by the answers of these surveys, so this year it is in a way an integrity test. Though, as we take pictures of the lecture hall every Wednesday, we can check this integrity, if required. Next year, we'll reconsider this aspect.

Together with the Academic Departments, we will try to compile the most comprehensive list of contents and academic competitions and assign the appropriate points to them. Perhaps we will involve the Student Development Advisory Board in the task, as we expect the board to be organized at school during the next academic year.

We will keep track of such requests and revise the scoring system once a year together with the Student Development Advisory Board.

It has to do with the academic competition principle being under test. During the academic competition in Computer Science, students have to solve programming problems, i.e. they mainly use their ingenuity skills. Compare that to the academic competitions in World Art that test knowledge.