Our admissions process includes five required steps:

School Visit
Application
Family Interview
Testing
Recommendations

School Visit

Come and spend a morning with us. You don't need to complete your application. Just come see what it's like to go to Burroughs.  You will have the opportunity to tour the campus, see classes in action with a current Burroughs student, stay for lunch and find answers to all of your questions. Dress comfortably; we are an informal school. Your parents are invited to stay for a campus tour after they drop you off at 9 am. Call Nancy Vogt, the office assistant, at 314-993-4045 ext. 242 to schedule your visit or find out more about visiting Burroughs. (Parents - please feel free to ask for another tour date if your child's visiting day does not work for you.)
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Application

Applications are automatically mailed in early October to those who took our 5th Grade Exploratory test.  You may also obtain one by downloading a pdf copy here, by calling our office to request one or by obtaining one from an independent elementary school.  You can also click here to apply online.  (Online application live on September 14, 2009.)

Please submit your application, including the parents' questionnaire, a week prior to your family interview (see below).  All applications are due by January 22, 2010, with interviews concluding January 29, 2010.
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Family Interview

We look forward to meeting you and at least one of your parents.  The family interview is one way we get to learn more about you, and it also provides your family another opportunity to get to know us better.  Nancy Vogt, the office assistant, can schedule your interview at your convenience.  Interviews are conducted Monday through Friday, November 2, 2009 through January 29, 2010, and are conducted by one of our faculty members.  Remember that we need the application and parents' questionnaire a week prior to your interview.
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Testing

In an effort to minimize the number of tests you take each year, Burroughs accepts the ISEE (Independent Schools Entrance Exam).  To register for the exam, please visit www.iseetest.org or call 800-446-0320.  Our office is also happy to provide registration materials or answer any questions.

Burroughs will host the ISEE (for lower, middle and upper levels) on January 9, 2010 (register by December 19, 2009) and January 16, 2010 (register by December 26, 2009).  To have your scores sent to Burroughs, please fill in school code 260650 when registering.  Both exams begin at 9:00 a.m., and you will be given paper, pencils, pens, paper and a snack.  For additional dates and locations of the ISEE, please see the Admissions Calendar or click here.  Burroughs asks applicants to take the test by the end of Janaury.  Please register by January 9, 2010 for the January 30 or 31, 2010 ISEE to be considered for the 2010-2011 school year.
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Recommendations

Since we want to get to know you as best as we can, we ask for two letters of recommendation.  Please ask two people who are well acquainted with your personal qualities to write us.  We would like to know how they know you, why they would recommend you and anything else that you think we should know about you.  Please ask your references to mail letters so that we receive them by January 29, 2010.  They can also email them to us at clavigne@jburroughs.org.  A response will be sent to each reference to thank and acknowledge our receipt of their letter.  These two letters are in addition to the current teacher recommendation form (Section D of the ISSL Secondary School Application).
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 Note: To cover the expense of processing, all applications to Burroughs must be accompanied by a $40.00 admissions fee, and the cost of the ISEE is $89.00 (to be paid directly to ISEE).  In most cases of significant financial need, these fees will be waived.