To begin the application process, create an account in Ravenna.                                                                           

Through the Ravenna account, you will be able to submit the application, register for an online tour and an online interview, email teacher recommendation forms directly to your child’s teachers and request school reports, submit all admissions materials, check the status of your application, and receive admissions decisions. 

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Submit the UNIS application into the Ravenna account.  After completing the application, you will be asked to pay the $75 application fee by credit card.  The application fee is waived for all financial aid applicants, and they should contact the Admissions Department for the waiver code.

Schedule the online student interview by choosing one of the available days and times, as shown in the Ravenna account. Students are interviewed online for half an hour, and parents are not interviewed separately as part of the application process, though students can decide whether the parents join the interview.  Some applicants will also take a half-hour math test, as described below in Step 5, Take an Admission Test.

Through the Ravenna account, request two letters of recommendation and school reports from the current school.  

For students in the United States or Canada:  All applicants must take the ISEE or SSAT, and they can do that at a Prometric testing center, at certain schools, or at home. For students applying in the regular application season (with applications due by 15 November 2020), we recommend that they take the test by the beginning of January 2021 in order for the test results to reach us by mid-January. 

For students in other countries:    All applicants must take the ISEE or SSAT, and they can do that in a Prometric testing center.  (Only rarely can students take either test in a school, and the tests cannot be taken at home by applicants outside the United States and Canada.) For students applying in the regular application season (with applications due by 15 November 2020), we recommend that they take the test by the beginning of January 2021 in order for the test results to reach us by mid-January. If applicants cannot find a nearby Prometric testing center, then they should submit an essay written during the current school year for English class, with the teacher's comments and grade; this essay will take the place of the English part of a standardized admission test. In place of the math part of that admission test, we'll give our own math test following the interview, and the interview and math test will each take half an hour. 

For 5th to 8th grade applicants:  For students who apply by 15 November 2020,  our admissions decisions will be sent to families through Ravenna on Tuesday, 9 February 2021.

For 9th to 12th grade applicants:  For students who apply by 15 November 2020,  our admissions decisions will be sent to families through Ravenna on Friday, 26 February 2021.