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September-February

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. Our Admission Autumn Open House will be held on October 3. Please visit our web site for registration and additional details.

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). 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. International Applicants: please click here to view additional admission requirements. 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.

March – April

6. Admission decisions are mailed on March 10th to applicants who have completed all required steps of the application process.

7. April 5th and April 9th: Revisit Days at Blair Academy for accepted students. Please visit our web site for registration and additional details.

8. April 10th: Candidate reply deadline. New student enrollment contracts and deposits due to Business Office.

April – June

Applications completed after the deadline will be considered on a rolling basis depending upon available openings. Please note that the Admission Committee cannot guarantee full consideration to late applicants.

Blair Academy does not discriminate on the basis of sex, age, creed, race, color, sexual orientation or national and ethnic origin in the administration of its education policies, admission, scholarships, loans or other school-administered programs. Each Blair student is afforded the rights, privileges and social, academic and athletic opportunities that are generally accorded or made available to students of the school.

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