Apply: Grades 9-11 (Forms III, IV & V)

List of 7 items.

• Schedule shadow visit and interview

  Shadow visits/interviews are offered on select days from October through early February. Those days begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 2:45 p.m. Students will gather in the Common Room of the Lane-Johnston Building and will be greeted by a member of the Admissions Office. Students will spend their day at St. Albans meeting with members of the Admissions Office, taking a campus tour, and attending classes and lunch with a current 9th-grade or 10th-grade Student Ambassador. A limited number of optional parent-only tours are offered on select Mondays and Fridays for parents of Upper School applicants. All shadow visits and optional parent tours can be scheduled through the application portal, Ravenna.

• Complete and submit application form

  All applicants are encouraged to apply online through our application vendor, Ravenna. All applications must be submitted, along with the $80 application fee ($120 for international applicants), by January 3, 2023. If the application fee poses a financial challenge, please contact the Admissions Office for a waiver code. To create an admissions account or log in to an existing account, please click here.

• Complete and submit parent statement (optional)

  Parents have the opportunity to submit an optional parent statement in Ravenna.  This application step, though in no way required, will be especially helpful for St. Albans to get to know your family better if an in-person visit is not feasible this fall. Optional parent statements are due by January 11, 2023.

• Complete and submit applicant questionnaire

  For students applying to grades 9 through 11, typed answers to the Upper School applicant questionnaire are due January 11, 2023. The applicant will be asked to answer seven separate questions. No outside source should be used to complete the questionnaire. The form for students to submit their completed questionnaire can be accessed through Ravenna.

• Submit school transcripts and teacher recommendations

  By early January, parents should submit a Transcript Request form (accessible in Ravenna) for academic records from the current year (first and second quarter) and previous school year to their son’s head of school or registrar. Also by early January, parents should submit, again through their Ravenna account, the two Teacher Recommendation forms to their son’s current math and English teachers. An applicant’s transcript and teacher recommendations must be received by the Admissions Office no later than January 11, 2023.

• Complete Admissions Testing

  For applicants to grades 9 through 11, students must submit scores for either the SSAT or ISEE by January 11, 2023. Either test is acceptable. Students should register for either test in the fall; the test must be taken by early January for the Admissions Office to receive it by the January 11 deadline. For registration information for the SSAT, visit www.ssat.org or contact the family support team at info@ssat.org or (609) 683-4440. St. Albans' SSAT school code is 6256. For registration information for the ISEE, visit iseeonline.erblearn.org or call 1-800-446-0320. St. Albans' ISEE school code is 090165. Limited fee waivers are available for both tests. Applicants for whom English is not a native language are strongly encouraged to submit a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam along with either ISEE or SSAT scores. Visit www.ets.org/toefl/ for details.

• Decision Notification

  All application files are presented to the Admissions Committee in early February, and decision letters will be available in each applicant's Ravenna account on March 3, 2023. An applicant will be advised one of the following: that he is being offered a spot and invited to visit for a day; that he has been placed on a waiting list; that we are unable to offer him a spot. If an applicant accepts an offer of admission, his parents must return the signed Reservation Contract by March 17. The School will make every effort to make financial aid awards simultaneously with offers of admission.