How to Apply

We ask you to complete and submit our Online Application along with payment of the $65 application fee to the admission office. Once we receive your completed application form and fee, we will:

• Schedule a parent visit.
• Ask you to have your student’s current pre-school teacher complete and submit the Teacher Recommendation Form after October 1. The teacher sends it directly to the admission office no later than one week prior to the Play Day.
• Arrange for you and your student to participate in a Play Day.
• Please note that students applying for pre-kindergarten must be 4-years-old and kindergarten must be 5-years-old at Friends Select School by September 1, respectively.

We ask you to complete and submit our Online Application along with payment of the $65 application fee to the admission office. Once we receive your completed application form and fee, we will:

• Schedule a parent visit with you to discuss your student and your educational aspirations for them, and to discuss the admission process in more detail. You will also have the chance to learn more about Friends Select.
• Ask you to have your student's current teacher complete and submit directly to the admission office a Teacher Recommendation Form.
• Ask your student's school to submit copies of your child’s official transcripts/progress reports.
• Schedule a day for your student to visit a classroom of their current grade level.

We invite you to attend an Open House. Next, we ask you to complete and submit our Online Application along with payment of the $65 application fee to the admission office. Once we receive your completed application form (supplements included) and fee, we will:

• Schedule a parent/guardian visit with you to discuss your student and your educational aspirations for them, and to discuss the admission process in more detail. You will also have the chance to learn more about Friends Select.
• Ask you to have your student's current Math and English teachers to complete and submit directly to the admission office a Teacher Recommendation Form.
• Schedule a day for your student to visit a classroom of their current grade level.
• Receive score reports from either the ISEE or SSAT, two national independent school admission tests. We encourage you to register for one of these tests to be taken between October and December.
• Need an official transcript (current and previous school year), including grades, and attendance records.
• If your student has a psycho-educational evaluation report: We welcome and encourage you to submit copies of the report as an added component of the application process. (If an applicant is accepted and if we have not already received a copy of the report, we require the report at that time and before enrolling in order to determine if the student is eligible for the kinds of accommodations our program is able to provide. It also serves as a useful tool in assisting the student during their first year at Friends Select and beyond.)

We invite you to attend an Open House. Next, we ask you to complete and submit our Online Application along with payment of the $65 application fee to the admission office. Once we receive your completed application form (supplements included) and fee, we will:

• Schedule a parent/guardian visit with you to discuss your student and your educational aspirations for them, and to discuss the admission process in more detail. You will also have the chance to learn more about Friends Select.
• Ask you to have your student's current Math and English teachers to complete and submit directly to the admission office a Teacher Recommendation Form.
• Schedule a day for your student to visit a classroom of their current grade level.
• Receive score reports from either the ISEE or SSAT, two national independent school admission tests. We encourage you to register for one of these tests to be taken between October and December.
• Need an official transcript (current and previous school year), including grades, and attendance records.
• If your student has a psycho-educational evaluation report: We welcome and encourage you to submit copies of the report as an added component of the application process. (If an applicant is accepted and if we have not already received a copy of the report, we require the report at that time and before enrolling in order to determine if the student is eligible for the kinds of accommodations our program is able to provide. It also serves as a useful tool in assisting the student during his/her first year at Friends Select and beyond.)
   

Friends Select School requires that all international applicants either live with a family member or partner with an agency such as those listed below:
Ivy International
American Scholars

Families should complete the following steps:

• Complete and submit our Online Application along with a $140.00 application fee. After the four page application has been received, the admission office will contact you to schedule a parent/guardian interview, full-day visit for the applicant to attend classes, be interviewed, and take an in-house academic assessment.
• Ask you to have your student's current Math and English teachers to complete and submit directly to the admission office a Teacher Recommendation Form.
• Schedule a TOEFL or a TOEFL Jr., and a SSAT test. The Friends Select School code for the TOEFL is 1460.
• Submit an official transcript (current and previous year) including grades, attendance records and standardized test scores (Release Form for School Records).
• If the applicant cannot visit Friends Select, please email Caroline Slingluff (link email here) for further instructions. We will schedule a Zoom interview after we receive all (application, transcripts, Math and English teacher recommendations, TOEFL and SSAT scores) the application materials.
• English as a Second Language/English Language Learner (ESL/ELL) classes are offered for an additional fee. It is determined through the admission process if these classes will be required of the applicant. Most international applicants take the ESL/ELL classes.
• If your student has a psycho-educational evaluation report: We welcome and encourage you to submit copies of the report as an added component of the application process. (If an applicant is accepted and if we have not already received a copy of the report, we require the report at that time and before enrolling in order to determine if the student is eligible for the kinds of accommodations our program is able to provide. It also serves as a useful tool in assisting the student during his/her first year at Friends Select and beyond.)