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The online application is live for 2023-2024!

First-time users:
Create your Veracross Admission Application Account

Returning users:
Access your Veracross Admission Application Account

Upon submission of the preliminary portion of the application, a family can reserve a date and time for the student and parent interview​ in their Veracross Admission Application Account​. Your interview will be conducted over Zoom or in-person and lasts ​approximately one hour​, ​30 minutes for the student, and 30 minutes for the parent. The family can make the decision on the interview type when they make the reservation. Please note that the in-person interview will not be weighted higher than a virtual interview in the admission process.  Please choose what's best for your family.​

​​An up-to-date transcript must be uploaded directly to your Veracross Admission Application Account. We require transcripts that provide the current marking period and the previous year's final grades.​ Please do not email or mail transcripts directly to MBS.​

Morristown Beard School requires either the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE) or the Secondary School Admission Test (SSAT). Entrance exam results from testing completed between July 1, 2022 and December 17, 2022.  Please be sure to have the testing organization forward the results to MBS using the following codes: 310845 (ISEE) and 5200 (SSAT).

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 
• Math Recommendation
• English Recommendation
• Supplemental Academic Recommendation - Science or Social Studies

The Optional Recommendation may be submitted from a past teacher or someone who knows your child in another capacity such as a coach, music instructor, volunteer leader, tutor, former teacher, etc. Please do not email or mail recommendations directly to MBS.

The MBS Admission digital portfolio is an important component of our application and is an exciting and powerful opportunity for the applicant to introduce themselves, using their own voice, to the Admission Committee. The goal of the digital portfolio is to get to know our applicants beyond their formal application. Applicants should record themselves on a device, focus on creativity over technical expertise, and follow the Veracross Admission Application Account guidelines while having fun with the process. Videos #1 and #2 are required. Video #3 is optional. Each video cannot exceed 100MB in file size or one (1) minute in length and are directly uploaded to the application portal.