Application Process

List of 3 items.

• Application Instructions

  Application Form (received no later than December 1, 2022)
  

  • Complete the application for admission. The application must be accompanied by:
    • recent photo of the applicant;
    • a copy of the applicant’s birth certificate or passport;
    • final (June) report cards for the past two school years;
    • winter/spring 2022 report card; and
    • the most recent school reports. (Please forward all current report cards when available).
  • Complete the parent supplement.
  • Complete the student supplement.
  • If any of the following applies to the student, please include the most recent documentation, including the student's assessment and Individual Education Plan (if applicable):
    • • Student has an exceptionality relating to their learning (e.g., giftedness, learning difference, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
      • Student has been the subject of a psychological/educational assessment(s)
      • Student has an Individual Education Plan
  • All applications must be accompanied by an application fee ($125 on or before November 1, 2022, $250 after that date).

  Recommendation Forms

  • Two teacher recommendation forms must also be submitted as part of the application.
  • One recommendation should come from a teacher who taught the student in 2021-2022, and the other should come from a current-year teacher. 
  • The first form should be delivered to the school as soon as possible after the date of application, and the second form by no later than mid-January 2023.
  • Note that an interview cannot be booked until the first of the two teacher recommendation forms has been received by Greenwood. This form is typically from the applicant's homeroom teacher from the previous school year.

  Please only submit the documents requested above as part of your application. Additional documents will not be considered.
  
  

  Character Skills Snapshot (to be taken as soon as possible after applying)

  • Visit greenwoodcollege.org/apply to learn how your child can complete the Character Skills Snapshot (CSS) administered by the Enrollment Management Association. Please be sure to select Greenwood as a school that should receive the results of your child’s CSS. Please note that an admissions interview may not be booked until Greenwood has received the school report of the student's CSS.

• The Interview

  Once we have received a completed application (including the first of the two teacher recommendation forms) and the Character Skills Snapshot has been completed, the applicant family will be contacted by email to schedule an interview.

  
  Interviews are designed to allow parents/guardians and students to learn more about Greenwood and to enable the Admissions Team to get to know you. A member of Greenwood’s Admissions Team will meet with the student and parent(s)/guardian(s) together and individually with the student. If the student wishes, they may bring an item of personal significance to assist in the discussion at the interview.

• The Decision Process

  • The Admissions Committee reviews all applications immediately following the interview and determines if there is a need for further information or documentation.
  • The Admissions Committee will make final decisions in February. Families will be informed at that time whether the student-applicant has been accepted, wait-listed or declined.
  • If the applicant is accepted, the family will have five days to accept the offer.
  • If the applicant is wait-listed, the family will be notified only if a space becomes available.
  • If the applicant is declined, no further review will take place.