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Application Timetable

The admissions process involves several steps, and normally takes place over the course of several months. We announce our decisions on March 10th, the common notification date shared by many boarding schools. Families expecting a March decision are asked to submit all required application materials by January 15th. Candidates who are offered admission or waiting list status on March 10th should notify Kent with their decision by April 10th. After this time, final waiting list candidates are notified as places become available.

Application Process

The interview is one of the most important aspects of the admission process, enabling the candidate and Kent to get to know each other. A convenient date and time should be arranged for a tour and interview by calling the Admissions Office at 800-538-5368 or 860-927-6111. We conduct interviews between 8:00 am and 1:30 pm on all days except Sunday, and Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. We strongly recommend that you visit Kent while school is in session so you can meet some of the people who make up the Kent community. Let us know if there is a current Kent student you would like to see during your visit so we can make the necessary arrangements. Plan on being at Kent for about two and a half hours.

Application Forms

All applicants must complete and submit the Kent Application Forms, including:

School recommendations should be sent directly to us by your school. You are welcome to apply at any point, but we ask to receive your school recommendations and student application after the school year is well under way, and preferably not before November 1st.

  

Standardized Testing

Kent requires all applicants to take a standardized test. Applicants for the Third and Fourth forms should take the Secondary School Admissions Test (SSAT). We recommend that a candidate register for the November, December or January administrations of the SSAT. For more information on the SSAT, visit their website or contact:

SSAT Registration
CN 5339
Princeton, NJ 08543

-OR-

Call the Kent Admissions Office (phone numbers below).

Applicants for the Fifth form may submit SSAT or PSAT scores. Applicants for the Sixth form should submit SAT scores. International students must take the TOEFL, and additionally, the SSAT or SAT.

Steps

1. Call to arrange an interview (at 800-538-5368 or 860-927-6111)
2. Register for standardized testing.
3. File Parent Form and the $50 non-refundable application fee ($100 for international students) payable to Kent School Admissions.
4. Complete Student Application Form and Applicant's Essay and send them to Kent by January 15, 2008.
5. Give recommendation forms to teachers with stamped envelopes addressed to Kent School Admissions.

Papers

1. Complete Kent School Application: Recommendations, Parent Form and Student Form and Essay
2. Transcript (please include your grades for the past two years)
3. Standardized test scores

For a March 10th decision, completed applications should be submitted by January 15th.

Send all application materials to the address listed below to the attention of "Admissions".

 
                                                Kent School, 1 Macedonia Road, P.O. Box 2006, Kent, CT 06757
                             Toll free: 800-538-5368 Phone: 860-927-6111 Fax: 860-927-6109 email: admissions@kent-school.edu
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