Upper School Admission

Open the welcome email to set up your password and complete all required information for your child’s application.

If you did not complete this first step yet? Please click here!

Once you have set up your Applicant Portal password, you will have access to the Parent/Guardian Questionnaire for your child’s application.

We look forward to meeting with you to learn more about your child!

It is our goal to easily meet with all parents/guardians in each applicant’s household. Interviews may be in-person or on Zoom.

The link to schedule your parent/guardian interview will be available in October.

Please remember to complete and submit your Family Information and Parent/Guardian Questionnaire in advance of your meeting. 

Follow this link to submit an inquiry. If you have already started an application, please click here. 

This required form is for your child, the candidate, to complete.

It must be submitted by the application deadline. (Round 1: Jan. 26 and Round 2: March 17)

Please note that this is a live document.

TIP: We encourage your child to write their response in a separate document and copy it into this section of your child’s application. 

The Admission Team looks forward to getting to know your child better as part of the application consideration process!

This appointment will take place after you have submitted the Family Information, Parent/Guardian Questionnaire, and Candidate Questionnaire forms.

Appointments can be in-person, which is preferred, or on Zoom.

The link to schedule your appointment will be available in December.

Candidates will choose one of the prompts listed in the Applicant Portal and write a 250-500 word response. The essay should represent the candidates' own work.

TIP: We encourage your child to write their response in a separate document and copy it into this section of your child’s application.

Standardized testing is required for all students applying to St. Anne's-Belfield Upper School.

• Our SSAT School Code is 6310
• Our ISEE Code is 470435

Grades 9 & 10 Applicants

Applicants for Grades 9 & 10 must submit SSAT or ISEE scores no later than the application deadline (Round 1: Jan. 26 and Round 2: March 17).

Grade 11 Applicants

Applicants for Grade 11 must submit SSAT/ISEE or PSAT scores.

Grade 12 Applicants

Applicants to Grade 12 must submit PSAT or SAT scores.

We require a recommendation from your child’s English or History teacher.

You can access this form in your child’s Applicant Portal and should be submitted after Nov. 1, 2022.

Two Easy Steps:

• Enter the teacher’s name and email address in the Teacher Recommendation section.
• A recommendation form will be sent directly to the teacher for submission. 

We require a recommendation from a current school administrator.

You can access this form in your child’s Applicant Portal and should be submitted after Nov. 1, 2022.

Two Easy Steps:

• Enter the administrator's name and email address in the Administrator Recommendation section.
• A recommendation form will be sent directly to the administrator for submission. 

Applicants whose primary or fluent language is not English must also submit TOEFL or DuoLingo scores in addition to other standardized test scores as noted above.

Applicants may obtain details about this test from TOEFL/TSE Services in Princeton, New Jersey, at (609) 771-7100 or from their website: www.toefl.org.

Test scores will be reported to St. Anne's-Belfield School only if our TOEFL school code (5484) is included on the applicant’s test registration form.

This score is due by our deadlines (Round 1: Jan. 26 and Round 2: March 17).

The Admission team has partnered with Vericant to get to know our Chinese applicants better. Vericant will conduct video interviews and short writing samples with our applicants in mainland China. Vericant does not evaluate candidates, but posts the interviews online for our Admission team to review. The Vericant interview will give you an excellent opportunity to showcase your personality and skills to our admission team and is a required component of the completed application for all Chinese applicants.

To learn more about Vericant and to schedule an interview, please visit Vericant's Website.

A personal interview is required for all applicants. Although an on-campus interview is preferred, we realize that distance and personal circumstances may necessitate a telephone interview. Telephone interviews will only be considered after a complete application has been received.

St. Anne's-Belfield School works with the United States Department of Homeland Security through SEVIS. The School provides an I-20 to  students when they are fully enrolled.

St. Anne's-Belfield School requires that all international boarding students purchase the student health insurance offered by the School.