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1. Application and Application Fee - Deadline is Friday, January 2, 2009 by midnight
Applications for ninth grade admission for the 2009-2010 school year can be accessed online from this webpage and must be submitted on or before Friday, January 2, 2009 by midnight. Click on the link below to take you directly to the online application process. Once you have completed the application and it is electronically submitted, you will receive an email confirmation from infosnap. A non-refundable application and testing fee of $80 must accompany this application payable by credit card, or personal check made payable to ‘Saint Mary’s’ and mailed to: Admissions Office, Attention: Linda Yaris, Saint Mary’s College High School, 1294 Albina Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94706. Please note: Saint Mary’s
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2. Entrance Exam Reservation Form
All incoming freshman applicants must take the High School Placement Test (HSPT) as part of the application process. The HSPT exam will be given at Saint Mary’s on Saturday, January 10, 2009. This is the only date the exam will be given at Saint Mary’s. Students may take the exam only once at any Catholic high school in the Oakland Diocese provided they have an application on file at that school. Students can have the test scores sent to up to three schools on the day of the exam. The charge for this exam is included in the application fee.
3. Submission of Academic Information and Recommendations
Submission of seventh and eighth grade academic information and recommendation forms which each applicant must print out, have completed, and return to Saint Mary’s. Saint Mary’s should receive these forms on or before February 4, 2009. If your school does not already have these forms, you may select the forms needed and download them at the end of these instructions.
4. Class of 2013 Interviews
Saint Mary’s will be conducting on-campus interviews as part of application process. Freshman Student Interview Night for the Class of 2013 will take place at Saint Mary’s on Thursday, February 12, 2009 between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Parents are asked to reserve this date on their family calendar. Some students will be interviewed at their current school. Applicants will be notified by mail of their appointment time in January, or told if their interview will take place at their school.
5. Electronic Signature and Student Photograph
After electronic signatures are made and successful submission of the application, families will receive a confirmation email from infosnap. Families are asked to also email a photo of the applicant, in jpg. or gif. format, with student name, grade entering, and current school attending, to lyaris@stmchs.org, If a digital photo is unavailable, please mail in a 4x6 or smaller picture to the Admissions Office. Though recommended, absence of a photo will not affect the admissions process.
Financial Assistance
The Saint Mary’s College High School Financial Assistance Program helps make a Saint Mary’s education available to families that demonstrate financial need. For those that need assistance with filling out the financial assistance application forms, there will be a Financial Assistance Workshop held at Saint Mary’s on January 13, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. The deadline date to file an application for financial assistance is the same for both incoming freshman and prospective transfer students. That date is Friday, February 6, 2009.
Notification of Admission Decisions
Admission decision letters will be mailed on Friday, March 6, 2009. Upon acceptance, families will be asked to register by March 13, 2009.
Campus Information, Transportation Information and Directions to Saint Mary’s
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Application Policy
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International Students
Enrollment at Saint Mary’s is competitive and local student demand typically outweighs available spaces by two to one. Generally, international students are not considered for admission unless that student is coming from another international Lasallian educational institution, and only on a case-by-case basis. For individual questions regarding international students, please email Mr. Lawrence Puck, Director of Admissions, at lpcuk@stmchs.org.
Transfer Students
Transfer student applications for the 10th and 11th grades will be considered on a case-by-case basis depending on space availability. Saint Mary’s does not accept 12th grade transfers. To initiate consideration of your child’s transfer application, please fax a copy of the student’s current high school transcript, most recent standardized test scores, and a parent cover letter, to the Director of Admissions, Mr. Lawrence Puck, at (510) 559-6277.
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Links for Incoming Freshman Academic and Recommendation Forms:
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Links for Transfer Student Academic and Recommendation Forms:
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If you have questions about the high school application process for 2009-2010, please contact Linda Yaris, Associate Director of Admissions, at 510 559-6240 or lyaris@stmchs.org.