Admission Process

Please submit the student essays and parent/guardian statement of the SSAT application a week prior to your scheduled family interview (see below).

Grade 9 applications are due by December 12, 2025. Applications for grade 7 are due by January 13, 2026.

We look forward to meeting you and at least one of your parents/guardians. 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 in person by a faculty member Monday through Friday, beginning October 9, 2025, for grade 9 and October 27, 2025, for grade 7. Remember that we need the parent/guardian and student portion of the application a week prior to your interview. Nancy Vogt can schedule your interview at your convenience.

We do not have a preferred test. Both are excellent opportunities for us to learn more about your child. 

Register for the SSAT (Secondary School Admission Test) here. Burroughs plans to offer an in-person SSAT on December 13, 2025. 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 between August 1, 2025, and January 8, 2026. 

Here are some tips for the SSAT, and, of course, our office is happy to answer any questions you may have. 

Please provide SSAT with an email address for the teacher to whom you want the recommendation link sent. We ask for one teacher recommendation form from any of your child's current teachers. Please ask your child's teacher to use the "Any Teacher" Form. You will also need to complete a request for a transcript.

School records and a teacher recommendation form are due January 13, 2026.

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 someone who is well acquainted with your child's personal qualities to write us or complete the SSAT form by January 13, 2026. We would like to know how this person knows your child, why this person would recommend your child and anything else that you think we should know about your child from this person. Your child's reference can email the letter to us. This recommendation is in addition to the teacher recommendation from your child's current school.

Note: To cover the expense of processing, all applications to Burroughs must be accompanied by a $40 fee. The cost of the SSAT is $172 and should be paid directly to SSAT. The At-Home SSAT costs $258. In most cases of significant financial need, these fees will be waived. Please ask our office about this opportunity.