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How to Apply for a Private High School (USA)

Find out what your interests are. 1. Do you want a small school or a large school? Do you want to attend a co-educational school or a school with only people of your gender? Where is your primarily strength? Art? Finding out what your interests are will help you find out what school best fits you.

Research schools. You will want to research more than one school. Find the best ones. 2. Others will just be for experimenting with the application process (ie: the interview).

3. You can rank them from first through however many you apply to. The ones closer to last you may use as your trial schools so that you can experiment with the application process (just do not tell them that you arc doing so).

Request and fill out all of the schools’ application forms. 4. Other forms must be filled out by your parents. The main purpose of those two forms is to give the school an idea of what accommodations they may have to make to fit your needs, and whether or not you can thrive at the school.

Turn in the application and transcript forms on time, if not earlier. This shows the admissions office of the school that you are really serious about applying, and that you are not a procrastinator（拖延者）. 5.

A. Some of these will be placement exams so that they school can see what class they should put you in.

B. Some of these will be safety schools, just in case you don’t get into the ones you want to get into.

C. Figure out what you want to get out of a private school experience.

D. Schedule your interviews and tour dates.

E. Rank your school choices.

F. Apply for financial aid if the schools offer it.

G. Some of these forms must be filled out by your teachers.