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We are delighted that you are interested in applying to Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

As an all-scholarship, all-boys, Catholic Jesuit school, Â鶹ÊÓƵ offers a transformative and rigorous curriculum that prepares outstanding young men to lead lives of leadership, generosity, and service. For over 100 years, Â鶹ÊÓƵ has stood committed to educational excellence and as a pathway for families that could not otherwise afford an exceptional Catholic education. We are eager for you to visit our school to learn more about what makes Â鶹ÊÓƵ such a singular community.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ only accepts applications from current 8th graders seeking admissions to begin the 9th grade in the fall. Applicants must be baptized Catholics with outstanding grades and leadership potential. Please see below to learn more about the steps of our application process, and do not hesitate to reach out to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Â鶹ÊÓƵ team with any questions.

Nomination

If the applicant attends a local Catholic school, he must be nominated directly by his principal or by an 8th grade teacher. The school will prescreen applicants based on our admissions criteria and submit a nomination form online. The nominated student’s family will receive an email from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Office with an application access code to set up an admissions account.

If an applicant attends a public or independent school, he or his parents can request an application using the form below. To ensure that applying to Â鶹ÊÓƵ is the right fit for your family, prospective applicants from public and independent schools are asked to confirm that they are baptized Catholics and to submit a copy of their final 7th grade report card. Once this information is reviewed and approved by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Â鶹ÊÓƵ team, applicant families will receive an application access code to set up an admissions account.

Application

Applicants must complete their online application by Monday, November 2, 2026. In addition to sharing information about academic and extracurricular interests, applicants are asked to complete a few brief essays to assess their interest in and suitability for a Â鶹ÊÓƵ education.

In support of their application, all applicants are required to submit a copy of their baptismal certificate. Applicants must also solicit two recommendation letters through our online application system — a teacher recommendation from a 7th grade instructor of the applicant and a character recommendation from a principal, school counselor, pastor, coach, or other adult who knows the applicant well and can speak to his leadership potential. The applicant's school is also asked to provide a copy of the applicant’s 7th grade report card and any relevant standardized test data. Report cards and recommendations are due on Monday, November 9, 2026.

As part of our mission, Â鶹ÊÓƵ affords special consideration to applicants from families with financial need. Applicants are encouraged — but not required — to complete our Confidential Financial Statement to receive this special consideration in the admissions process.

Examination

All applicants must sit for the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Scholarship Exam on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at Â鶹ÊÓƵ High School. Â鶹ÊÓƵ uses the High School Placement Test (HSPT) as its scholarship exam.

When students submit their application online, they are automatically registered to take the Scholarship Exam at Â鶹ÊÓƵ. Applicants from the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens are asked to arrive at Â鶹ÊÓƵ by 8:30 a.m. to take the exam; applicants from all other regions are asked to arrive at 12:30 p.m.

The HSPT exam takes approximately three hours for students to complete. Parents are welcome to wait in the Â鶹ÊÓƵ auditorium, where the Director of Â鶹ÊÓƵ will offer a brief Q+A for interested parents, or to return to the school for dismissal.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ can share applicants’ HSPT scores with select Catholic high schools upon request (a list of available schools can be found in the online application), but Scholarship Exam results are kept confidential from families and grammar schools. Additional information about the Scholarship Exam can be accessed here.

Interview

On the basis of an applicant’s application, their grammar school performance, recommendations, and HSPT score, 230 students will be selected as semifinalists. Semifinalist decisions will be released on Wednesday, December 16, 2026.

Semifinalists will be interviewed on Saturday, January 9, 2027. Applicants will complete two 20-minute interviews, one with a current faculty member and one with a staff member, alumnus, or friend of Â鶹ÊÓƵ. The interview process is simply an opportunity for Â鶹ÊÓƵ and candidates to get to know one another better; it is far from the only selection criteria for scholarship finalists.

Scholarship Decisions

On the basis of a candidate’s academic performance, recommendations, HSPT score, application, and interview, a committee of six faculty and staff members will select 145 young men as the scholarship recipients for the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Class of 2031. The selection process is confidential, with every effort expended to evaluate candidates holistically and fairly. The Scholarship Committee, in accordance with our mission, affords special consideration to applicants from families with financial need.

This year, Â鶹ÊÓƵ scholarship decisions will be announced through our online application system on Tuesday, January 26, 2027 at 4 p.m.