What is the composition of the admission committees?
The Director of Admission organizes and trains faculty and administrators to serve on admission review committees. The Director of Admission and the Director of Diversity sit on all committees. The Middle School Head sits on the four middle school committees. The Head of the Upper School and Dean of Students sit on the upper school committee. There are three committees at the middle school level, 5, 6, and combined 7 & 8. There is one upper school committee encompassing grades 9-12. Committees range from 7 to 10 members. In order to ensure the integrity of the process and to avoid the perception of a conflict of interest, faculty members serve on a grade-level Committee other than the grade level that they principally teach. Committee members also follow a recusal guideline which means that if a Committee member has a personal relationship with the applicant or the applicant family, they will decline the opportunity to evaluate the applicant’s file.
