Application instructions for the 2024–25 admissions cycle will be updated by August 31.
We look forward to getting to know you and your family. Our application review process is highly individualized. A committee of admissions counselors, current Concord Academy faculty members, and senior students gives thoughtful attention to each application.
CA has no minimum GPA or test score requirements. We thoroughly consider all pieces of the application, including your personal statement, comments from parents or guardians, your interview, letters of recommendation, and additional documents that you may submit. When reviewing applications, we hope to discover some of the following strengths:
View CA’s nondiscriminatory policy as detailed at the bottom of this page.
If you have questions about the application process, please email the Admissions Office at [email protected] or call (978) 402-2250.
All application materials must be submitted to the Admissions Office
Admissions decisions will be returned to applicants
All admitted students should notify us of their decision to enroll
New student registration and orientation begins
Concord Academy uses Ravenna Solutions, an online admissions system, to streamline the admissions process for families. After completing our inquiry form, please create an account when prompted. Use an email address that you will have access to throughout the admissions process, and save your login credentials.
Creating a Ravenna account will allow you to:
We want to get to know you better throughout the application process, so we require applicants to interview. Please visit our Interviews, Tours, and Events page for more information about scheduling an interview.
The family portion of the application includes basic biographical information, a student application, and a parent/guardian statement. These forms should only be completed on one application platform (Ravenna, Gateway, or SAO).
Your application includes documents you will need to request:
Applicants may choose to submit an official score report from the SSAT or ISEE.
Applicants who do not submit results from standardized testing must submit a graded writing sample and a graded math test. Ideally, the graded writing sample should be a two-to-three-page analytical or expository paper that includes teacher comments and the grade, if grades are given. The math test should be a unit or chapter test taken after November 1 of the current school year and graded by your current math teacher.
If English is not your primary language, we require you to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language exam (TOEFL IBT or ITS), the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or Duolingo, and submit an official score report. CA’s TOEFL code is 2255.
If an international applicant’s primary language is English or if the applicant has attended an English-speaking school within the United States for the past three years, please email [email protected] to request a waiver of this requirement.
Please view additional instructions for international students.
To optimize the visual and performing arts review, please submit all supplemental materials on the “Optional Supplemental Materials” form in Ravenna. This form accepts links only. Links should not be password-protected. Supplemental materials or links submitted through other means (e.g., through email or on the SAO or Gateway application) cannot be reviewed. If you are applying through SAO or Gateway, please email our office to request the “Optional Supplemental Materials” form.
CA also accepts applications from the Gateway to Prep Schools application, as well as the Student Application Online (SAO).* Applicants using the Gateway or SAO application do not need to complete the Ravenna application forms; however, regardless of which application you use, a Ravenna account is necessary.
*Applicants using the SAO should complete the CA supplemental form found on that application.
Concord Academy admits students of any race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. The school does not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, color, or national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational and admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletics and other school-administered programs and activities.