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How to Apply

 

Thank you for your interest in Germantown Friends School!

We're here to help every step of the way.

The first step in the application process is setting up your account in Veracross, our admissions portal.

As you move through the process, please contact admissions with any questions you may have at admissions@germantownfriends.org or call 215-951-2345. Meet the admissions team here!

 

It's a beautiful community. No one is exclusive. Everybody's inclusive. You can be friends with anybody here.Cooper Jackson '24

NEW APPLICANTS

Ready to begin your application process? Click below to start. After completing the form, you’ll get an email with instructions on how to set up your admissions portal account.

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*Please note: We don’t generally accept applications to grade 12. If you are interested in grade 12 admission, please contact Admissions.

CURRENT APPLICANTS

If you’ve already applied or started an application, click below to go to the admissions portal. If you applied in a prior year, please begin a new application.

Application Requirements

Germantown Friends School is a member of the Philadelphia Region Independent School Enrollment Consortium (PRISEC).

As part of our shared commitment to a fair and transparent admissions process for families exploring independent schools across the Greater Philadelphia region, PRISEC member schools have agreed upon the following common admission process dates: 

  • Earliest Application Deadline: December 1
  • Earliest Notification Date: January 10 
  • Earliest Commitment Deadline: February 15

If you’ve been asked to reply to an offer of enrollment or scholarship that does not align with these “no earlier than” process dates, or a personal family circumstance requires an exception to the above, here are the next steps: 

1) Call the school that is asking you to reply earlier than the agreed-upon dates listed above and ask for an extension on your reply to their offer.  

2) If no extension is granted, call the other school(s) to which you have applied and ask for an exception and expedited review and/or decision.

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In keeping with the Quaker testimony of Equality and our school’s commitment to diversity, Germantown Friends School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, creed, political beliefs, or citizenship status in the administration of its educational policies, application for admissions or financial aid, or athletic and other school-administered programs.