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To begin your family’s application, go to Ravenna and create an account. Be sure to create this account using an email address you will have access to throughout the entire admission season, as this will be your primary email contact with the MBS. Please use the same Ravenna link to log in to complete an in-progress application.

For the 2020-2021 application season, virtual interviews begin on September 16, 2020.

Upon submission of the preliminary portion of the application, you will receive a confirmation email that includes a link to schedule your interview. Please make sure to choose the appropriate division. Your interview will be conducted over Zoom and last approximately one hour - 30 minutes for the student and 30 minutes for the parent.

Please note that applicants will be required to provide a graded writing assignment or complete a writing prompt provided by Morristown-Beard School and submit via email prior to the final application deadline for the admission round. 

An up-to-date transcript must be forwarded directly to the MBS Admission Office from your child’s school(s). We require transcripts which provide current marking period and previous year final grades.

Your family’s health and safety are of great importance to us, and accordingly, MBS is proud to share that our admission process will be test-optional this year. As the COVID-19 pandemic poses unique challenges on families regarding entrance exam testing, please know that we support the applicant’s personal choice on this decision, and that all applications will be evaluated fairly and equally, regardless of the inclusion or exclusion of this information.
 
If your family is interested in entrance exams, please note that Morristown-Beard School accepts either the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE) or the Secondary School Admission Test (SSAT). This year, MBS will accept entrance exam results from testing completed on or after July 1, 2020. Please be sure to have the testing organization forward the results to MBS using the following codes: 310845 (ISEE) and 5200 (SSAT).

To best protect our community during the COVID-19 pandemic, please note that MBS will not serve as a host site for any entrance exam administration during the 2020-2021 school year.

Please Note: Early Round applicants must take either the ISEE or SSAT by December 4, 2020 to have their scores included in their application for that round.
We encourage applicants to register for their desired test date early in the admission season as seats for these tests fill up quickly. Applicants can register for the ISEE at https://www.erblearn.org/services/isee-overview or (800) 446-0320, or the SSAT at https://www.ssat.org/testing/overview or (609) 683-4440.
 

MBS requires four (4) recommendations from your child’s current teachers and administrators as part of the Admission Application:

• Head of School, Principal, or Guidance Counselor Recommendation (with Transcript Release)
• Math Recommendation
• English Recommendation
• Supplemental Academic Recommendation - Science or Social Studies

The Optional Recommendation may be submitted from someone who knows your child in another capacity such as a coach, music instructor, volunteer leader, tutor, former teacher, etc. The school or other representative must forward the completed recommendation to our Admission Office directly.

With Ravenna, you can easily send requests for recommendations to those who will complete the form on the applicant’s behalf. Simply enter the teacher’s name and email address in Ravenna, and the teacher will receive an email with a secure link to the form. You can also print a copy of the form.

The MBS Admission Digital Portfolio is an important component to our application. Applicants are asked to capture and share their talents, interests/passions, personality and/or thoughts/perspectives via link to an accessible digital platform such as YouTube channels, SoundCloud, Pinterest, and Tumblr. 

Applicants should focus on creativity over technical expertise in developing their Digital Portfolio. In past admission seasons, applicants have shared video monologues recorded on their phones, displayed visual and digital artwork, presented athletics highlight reels and performing arts work, and built basic websites to showcase their coding skills, just to name a few. Ultimately, Our goal is to get to know our applicants beyond their paper profile. The Digital Portfolio provides an exciting and powerful opportunity to use their own voice to tell their story.     

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Digital Portfolio on Our Blog