How to Apply | Admission | Friends Select School

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 and fee, we will:

• Schedule a parent/guardian visit.
• Ask you to have your student’s current preschool 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 your student’s 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 for kindergarten must be 5 years old at Friends Select School by September 1, respectively.
   

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 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 teacher complete and submit a Teacher Recommendation Form directly to the admission office.
• Ask your student's school to submit copies of your student’s official transcripts/progress reports (Release Form for School Records).
• Schedule a day for your student to visit a classroom of their current grade level.
   

• 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 complete and submit Teacher Recommendation Forms (Grades 5-6 or Grades 7-12) directly to the admission office.
• 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. Friends Select’s school code in SSAT is 3328 and 393320 in ISEE. 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 (Release Form for School 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.)
   

• Schedule a family visit. This will be a time for 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. Your student will also join you for their student interview, and you all will have the option to take a private tour. Your parent and student interviews can also be hosted virtually, if needed.
• Ask you to have your student's current Math and English teachers complete and submit Teacher Recommendation Forms directly to the admission office.
• Receive score reports from either the ISEE or SSAT, two national independent school admission tests. Friends Select’s school code in SSAT is 3328 and 393320 in ISEE. We encourage you to register for one of these tests to be taken between October and December.
• Provide a graded English or History writing sample.
• Need an official transcript (current and previous school year), including grades, and attendance records (Release Form for School 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 students in grades PreK through 7 live with a parent or legal guardian for the entirety of the school year.  International students in grades 8 through 12 may live either with a family member or partner with an agency such as those listed below:

• Ivy International
• American Scholars

Applying For Grades PreK-4, families must complete the following steps:

• Complete and submit our online application for International Students along with a $140.00 application fee.  After the application is received, the admission office will contact you to schedule a parent/guardian interview and an onsite classroom visit for the applicant, during which time the student will participate in classroom activities and complete both a Math and an English language assessment.  The onsite classroom visit is required of all lower school applicants.
• Have your child’s current classroom teacher complete and submit a Teacher Recommendation Form (PreK-K or Grades 1-4) directly to the admission office via email or through the application portal.
• Submit an official transcript (current and previous year) including grades and attendance records (Release Form for School Records).
• English as a Second Language/English Language Learner (ESL/ELL) supports are available at an additional fee. It is determined through the admission process if these services will be required of admitted students.

Applying For Grades 5-12, families must complete the following steps:

• Complete and submit our online application for International Students along with a $140.00 application fee. After the application is received, the admission office will contact you to schedule a parent/guardian interview.
• Have your student's current Math and English teachers complete and submit directly to the admission office a Teacher Recommendation Form (Grades 5-6 or Grades 7-12) directly to the admission office via email or through the application portal.
• Schedule a TOEFL or a TOEFL Jr., and a SSAT or ISEE test. The Friends Select School codes for testing are: TOEFL-1460, SSAT-3328, ISEE-393320.
• Complete Student Submission Form to schedule the full-day visit for the applicant to attend classes and be interviewed. If the applicant cannot visit Friends Select, we will schedule a Zoom interview after we receive all (application, transcripts, Math and English teacher recommendations, TOEFL and ISEE or SSAT scores) the application materials.
• Provide a graded English or History writing sample (grades 9-12 only).
• Submit an official transcript (current and previous year) including grades, attendance records and standardized test scores (Release Form for School Records).
• 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. 
• 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.)