Royal Gaplastovian Academy

Royal Gaplastovian Academy

Latin: Regium Gaplastovian Academiae
Motto	Vivere est cogitare (Latin)
Motto in English	To live is to think
Type	Independent secondary school under a royal charter
Established	24 August 2015 (2015-08-24)
Founder	Wyatt, Prince of the Danubias
Accreditation	Ministry of Education
Affiliation	Gaplan Association of Independent Schools
Academic staff	2
Students	7
Location	New Gaplastovia , Federated States of Gapla
Grades	9–12
Acceptance rate	31.8%
Colors	Royal Purple   Gaplastovian Blue   Academic Gold
Mascot	Hummingbird

The Royal Gaplastovian Academy, often known by its acronym RGA or its sports name, Big Purple, is a selective, independent secondary school in the Federated States of Gapla. Its history dates back to 2015, when its first predecessor (Forever Academy) was founded, but it officially received a charter from Sovereign Prince Wyatt Baek in 2023. It currently has 7 students and 2 faculty members, accepting 31.8% of the 22 applications to enter the school in the most recent admissions cycle. It is tuition-free for Gaplan citizens, and tuition is 120,000 GPD annually (6,000 USD) for non-Gaplan citizens. It is a member of the Gaplan Association of Independent Schools, an association of Gaplan independent schools.

It is known as a more selective, academically rigorous, and more individualized approach to an education than the National Academy, Gapla's national public school. Several students from the National Academy elect to maintain dual enrollment status with the Royal Gaplastovian Academy, and applying for the Royal Gaplastovian Academy while enrolled in the National Academy is common: over 80% of current enrolled students at the National Academy have applied to the Royal Gaplastovian Academy. Notable students include Wyatt Baek and Chelsea Chen.

The school operates as an online school, providing courses in various subjects such as mathematics, English Language Arts, history (including a semester course on Gaplan History), science, computer science, and various electives. However, it plans to become an in-person institution if Gapla settles Greater Danubia, likely near government buildings. In contrast to the National Academy, it uses the Harkness table instead of traditional lectures, a method used at U.S. independent schools such as Phillips Exeter Academy and the Lawrenceville School.

Student body

The school enrolls 7 students, and received 22 applications for admission in the last admission cycle, of which 7 students were admitted.

The school has been openly critical of affirmative action practices used at educational institutions around the world, and as a result, does not practice them. However, some have criticized that this has resulted in a lack of diversity amongst school's student body. The school's student body by race is 100.0% Asian, and its applicant field was composed of 90.9% Asian applicants and 9.1% White applicants. By sex, the school's student body is 57.1% male and 42.9% female, with its applicant field being composed of 63.6% male applicants and 36.4% female applicants.

However, the school is known to use legacy preferences in its admissions, which has attracted criticism of the fairness of its admission process.