Is it hard to get into Bellarmine?
Bellarmine typically receives approximately 900 applications each year. Most of these applicants are talented and qualified. Bellarmine is able to accept 40 to 45 percent of these applicants. The Admissions Committee looks at the following criteria: grades from 7th and 8th grade classes (“A’s” and “B’s” are encouraged. Each “C” reduces an applicant’s chances of admission. A “D” or an “F” might eliminate an applicant from consideration.); committed involvement in at least two co-curricular activities; standardized test scores from 7th and 8th grade as well as an entrance exam score; and recommendations. Bellarmine gives preference to Catholic applicants although 25 to 30 percent of the student body is non-Catholic.
