Applying to St. John's

List of 7 items.

• High School Placement Test

  Please visit www.adw.org for information on the Archdiocese of Washington High School Placement Test.

• For Students Attending a Catholic School in the Archdiocese of Washington

  1. Fill out the online application on or before December 2, 2022.
  2. List St. John’s as one of your choices when you take the High School Placement Test at your school.
  3. Your school will send grades and recommendations directly to St. John’s.

• For Students Attending a Public School or a Non-Catholic Private School

  1. Fill out the online application on or before December 2, 2022.
  2. Arrange to have the following sent to the Admissions Office on or before January 6, 2023:
  • Academic transcripts for 7th and 8th grade
  • Recommendations from two current teachers of academic subjects. Once you submit your application, you are able to enter your teacher's name and email address on your Application Checklist to request a recommendation electronically.
  3. Register for the Archdiocesan High School Placement Test at least two weeks prior to test date. (Registration forms are available at www.adw.org)

  Test dates: December 3 and December 10, 2022

• For Transfer Students

  REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSFER ADMISSION:  
  
  Grades
  

  • • If you are applying for 10th grade, please send your final 8th-grade transcript and freshman-year, first-semester grades.
      
      
    • If you are applying for 11th grade, please send your final 9th-grade transcript and sophomore-year, first semester grades.  

  
  Recommendations from two current teachers of academic subjects.   
  
  Reports from any standardized tests you have taken this school year or last (optional).   
  
  2023–2024 Application  
  
  If space permits, we will begin review of transfer applications in April and applicants will be notified on a rolling basis.

• De La Salle Scholars

  There is no separate application for the De La Salle Scholars Program. 
  
  

  Once you have answered “yes" to the question “Do you plan to apply for the De La Salle Scholars Program?" on the application, the required Scholars essay question will appear at the end.

• Benilde Program

  In order to apply for the Benilde Program, you must:
  
  Fill out the online application on or before December 2, 2022. 
  
  Submit a recent psycho-educational evaluation that has been completed within the last three years. There are no exceptions made to the requirements to submit a recent evaluation. This evaluation must include: 

   

  • • The WISC-V (measure of overall cognitive ability).
      
      
    • The Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement (measure of academic skills).
      
      
    • The IVA, BRIEF, or WRAML-2 (measure of processing speed, fluency and executive functioning).
      
      
    • Provide the remaining information required of all students, including standardized testing, grades, and teacher recommendations.

• Essay Requirement for 9th-Grade Applications

  In order to apply for 9th grade, you must submit an essay as part of the application. During the online application process, you will be asked to respond to the following prompt: Describe yourself to the Admissions Committee and indicate why you wish to attend St. John's College High School.