申请过程

APPLICATION AND APPLICATION FEE ($65)

的 在线 应用程序 必须 提交 no later than December 1, 2023.

SHADOW VISIT and INTERVIEW

做一天的鹰!

Prospective students can spend the day visiting academic and arts classes and enjoying lunch with an 上学校 Guide to experience McDonogh on a first-hand basis. All students are hosted in their 当前的 grade except ninth-grade applicants who will visit with the ninth grade. 访问 dates are held several times a week from October to the middle of January. 参观从上午8点开始.m. 下午3点15分结束.m. Shadow Day visit registration can be completed upon submission of the initial 在线 应用程序 form.

If your child is spending the day with us, we will set up their admissions interview during a non-academic class during the visit day. It is important to us that we get to know your child and give them the opportunity to ask questions of us regarding McDonogh School. Parent interviews are not required but are welcomed and can be arranged for the day of the shadow visit or virtually over Zoom on a date after the shadow visit.

Shadow Day visits are an optional piece of the 应用程序 process. If you choose not to attend a shadow visit day, please call our office to arrange an interview appointment for your child as the interview is a required piece of the 应用程序 process.

提交成绩单

Following the submission of the 应用程序, parents can electronically request transcripts and school records to be sent to McDonogh School via their parent portal. Please request transcripts to be sent after the first term of the 当前的 school year. Transcripts 必须 received no later than January 15, 2024.

SUBMIT COMMON REFERRAL FORMS

Two teacher recommendations are required. We prefer one from your child’s 当前的 English teacher and one from your child’s 当前的 math teacher.

Following the submission of the 应用程序, parents can electronically request common referral/teacher recommendation forms to be sent to McDonogh School via their parent portal. Please submit this request to all pertinent teachers after the first term. Completed forms 必须 received by McDonogh no later than January 15, 2024.

测试

Applicants should complete the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE) or SSAT by January 15, 2024. 的 ISEE and SSAT may be taken at any school that serves as a test site.

At-home computer-based testing options are also permitted; simply request that the results be forwarded to McDonogh School. Our school code for the ISEE is 210750 and for the SSAT is 4757. You may register 在线 at www.iseetest.org or http://www.ssat.org. 

We encourage students to take the test in November or December as winter weather can cause test cancellations.

可选项目

• 文章
  For students applying to Grades 5 through 12, an optional essay is due by January 15, 2024. 学生 can access the essay prompts by signing into their admissions profile page and clicking on the student essay link. 的re they may choose one of several prompts and respond in 200-400 words.
• Additional Student Materials
  We are also eager to have your child submit additional materials to help us better understand their community efforts or unique talents. 的se can be creative writing samples, 艺术作品, or links to videos of musical or artistic performances. Materials can be shared via a secure 在线 portal.

五天的寄宿

Our 五天的寄宿 program is designed for students that reside within a 90-mile radius of our campus in Owings Mills, 马里兰. 

Please note: To qualify for boarding, a student’s primary residence 必须 within 90 miles of the McDonogh School campus in Owings Mills, 马里兰. Exemptions may be made if the applicant has a relative (by blood or marriage ) within the 90-mile radius and that family member agrees to serve as a local host family on weekends and in cases of emergency. Due to the nature of our five-day boarding program, students must return home on weekends, and sometimes more frequently due to holidays, 天气事件, 或疾病. To learn more about the exemption 应用程序 process, please contact the Director of Enrollment Management.