1. Request a full admission packet
- containing our viewbook and application forms - from
the Office of Admission via online
inquiry or by calling (800)
462-5247.
2. Visit Blair for a campus tour and
personal interview. Visiting the school and meeting
Blair students and faculty is a critical, required part
of the application process as it affords applicants
the opportunity to gain an intimate sense of our school community.
Please call the Office of Admission (800) 462-5247
to schedule an appointment. Save the date for our
Autumn Open House: October
16, 2010. Check back soon for more information.
3. Register for and take appropriate
required standardized test(s). All candidates for 9th
and 10th grade are required to take the Secondary School
Admission Test (SSAT). PLEASE NOTE: For domestic applicants,
the Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) will
now be accepted as an alternative to the SSAT. All candidates
for 11th grade or the postgraduate year are required to
provide results of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test
(PSAT), the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), the American
College Testing Program (ACT) or the SSAT. Applicants for
whom English is not their first language are also expected
to take one of the above mentioned examinations in addition
to an
appropriate test of their ability to communicate in
English, such as the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign
Language). Please visit the International Application Information section for complete international application details. Registration material for all testing may be acquired
through the Office of Admission or via the following web
sites: www.ssat.org,
www.collegeboard.com, www.toefl.org.
The school code for Blair Academy is 1720.
4. Submit a completed required application
(including application fee, Part I, Part II, English
and Math Recommendations, Official School Transcript, Test
Results, and optional Special Interest and Parent Statement
forms) via mail, online,
or print and submit the PDF
application to: Blair
Academy Office of Admission, 2 Park Street, Blairstown,
NJ, 07825. Admission
applications must be postmarked by February 1st.
5. Applicants who would like to apply
for financial aid should complete and return Part I
of the application as soon as possible following November
1st. Upon receipt of Part I, the Office of Admission will
forward the remaining materials required to process financial
aid applications. Please call the Financial Aid Office (908)
362-2024 with questions regarding aid at Blair and visit
the financial
aid section for further information. Financial
aid applications must be postmarked by February 1st.