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 10. Applications for grade 7 are due by January 11.

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 by faculty members Monday through Friday, beginning October 5 for grade 9 and November 2 for grade 7. Remember that we need the parent 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 will offer an in-person SSAT on Saturday, December 11. Please be sure to register in November. Here are some tips for the SSAT, and, of course, our office is happy to answer any questions you may have. 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 8. 

Register for the ISEE (Independent School Entrance Exam) here. Westminster Christian Academy will offer an in-person ISEE on Saturday, December 4 and Saturday, January 8. Additional information about the test can be found in the ISEE Quick Start Guide. To have your scores sent to Burroughs, please fill in school code 260650 when registering. Please note that Burroughs requests that the ISEE be taken by January 8.

The online application will request email addresses for the teacher/administrator to whom you want the recommendation link sent. We ask for at least one teacher recommendation form from a current teacher. You do NOT need to submit all three forms.

School records and a teacher recommendation form are due by January 11.

Since we want to get to know your child as well as we can, we also ask for one personal letter of recommendation. (This personal recommendation is in addition to the teacher recommendation.) Please ask someone who is well acquainted with your child's personal qualities to write us or complete the online personal recommendation. 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. Please ask this person to send the recommendation by January 11. Your child's reference can also email the letter to us.

Note: To cover the expense of processing, all applications to Burroughs must be accompanied by a $40 fee. The cost of the SSAT is $155 and should be paid directly to SSAT. In most cases of significant financial need, these fees will be waived. Please ask our office about this opportunity.