How to Apply

List of 5 items.

• Step 1: Create a Ravenna account

  To start the application process, please complete and submit our online inquiry form. This will direct you to create an account with Ravenna. Please be sure to choose an email address for an account that you check frequently, as you will receive multiple important communications via email. After you set up your account, you can create your daughter's profile and then choose "Montrose School" from the school directory.

• Step 2: Attend an Admissions event

  Learn more about Montrose School at an Admissions Event or by visiting our campus and taking a tour. Or click here to provide your contact information, and our staff will follow up with you.

• Step 3: Schedule a student and parent interview and tour

  Each applicant should schedule an appointment for a tour and interview. You may choose to meet either virtually or in-person for your tour.
  
  Interview: Both students and parents will meet with an admission representative. Students will also complete a short writing sample.
  
  

  Please schedule through Ravenna or contact the Admission Office.

• Step 4: Register for an entrance exam

  • ISEE: Girls entering grades 6-8 should take the ISEE*, which is offered at Montrose on Saturday, November 19 and Saturday, December 3. Click here for the ISEE website.  Montrose can be found using school code 220454. *For Boston Exam School applicants, we will also accept the NWEA MAP test.

  • SSAT: Girls entering grades 9-12 should take the SSAT.** Sign up on the SSAT website for tests at Montrose on Saturday, December 10 or Saturday, January 7. The Montrose School code is 5150.

  **Applicants to Grade 9 may alternatively submit the Catholic High School Placement Test (HSPT), while PSAT/ACT/SAT scores will fulfill the testing requirement for applicants to Grades 10 and 11. 
  
  

  Please note that in-person testing is subject to change due to COVID restrictions. Both tests offer at-home versions, which also fulfill the entrance exam requirement.  

• Step 5: Submit your application

  Please fill out your online application using Ravenna. The priority application deadline is February 1. For families who have completed the process by the priority deadline, admission decisions will be released March 10. After February 1, applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. 
  
  

  The application includes:
  

  • Transcript from the applicant’s current school
  • Recommendations from English and math teachers who are currently teaching the applicant or who have had the most recent association with the applicant in a school environment in these subjects
  • Recommendation from school guidance counselor
  • Optional non-academic recommendation forms by people closely associated with the applicant outside of her school environment (for example, family friend, church leader or sports or fine/performing arts coach)
  • Parent statement
  • Student essay
  • $50 application fee

  Please contact the Admissions Office at any point during the application process. We are happy to help you in any way we can!