Our admissions process includes five 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. Contact Nancy Vogt (314-993-4045 ext. 242 or nvogt@jburroughs.org) 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

Please apply online by creating an account through SSAT (Secondary School Admissions Test) and search for John Burroughs School at http://www.ssat.org/ssat/apply/apply-appservice.html or contact Nancy Vogt to receive a paper application. Please submit your application a week prior to your scheduled family interview (see below). All applications are due by January 21, 2011.
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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. Interviews are conducted Monday through Friday, November 1, 2010, and are conducted by one of our faculty members. Remember that we need the application (parts 1, 2 and 3) a week prior to your interview. Nancy Vogt can schedule your interview at your convenience. 
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Testing

In an effort to minimize the number of tests you take each year, Burroughs accepts the SSAT (Secondary School Admission Test).  To register for the exam, please visit www.ssat.org/ssat/info/home.html. Our office is also happy to provide registration materials or answer any questions.

Burroughs will host the SSAT on January 8, 2011 (register by December 17, 2010) and January 15, 2011 (register by December 31, 2010). To have your scores sent to Burroughs, please fill in school code 4250 when registering. Please note that Burroughs requests that the SSAT be taken by January 15, 2011.
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Academic Records and Recommendations

Please be sure to submit the request and release form for academic records to your child's current school. Also ask two faculty members of your choice (English teacher, math teacher, principal/head, counselor) to complete the academic recommendation form. Academic records and recommendations are due by January 21, 2011. These forms are accessible from your online application account. If you are using a paper application, these forms are included.

Since we want to get to know your child as well as we can, we also ask for one personal letter of recommendation. Please ask a person who is well acquainted with your child's personal qualities to write us. We would like to know how he/she knows your child, why he/she would recommend your child and anything else that you think we should know about your child. Please ask your reference to mail his/her letter so that we receive it by January 21, 2011. Your child's reference can also e-mail the letter to us at clavigne@jburroughs.org. A response will be sent to the reference to thank and acknowledge our receipt of his/her letter.  This letter is in addition to the academic recommendations.
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 Note: To cover the expense of processing, all applications to Burroughs must be accompanied by a $40.00 fee. The cost of the SSAT is $116.00 (to be paid directly to SSAT). In most cases of significant financial need, these fees will be waived. Please ask our office about this opportunity.