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Community Life

High School Placement

Leilani ’15

MCS gave me a core set of values that I will take with me through the rest of my life and use to guide my decision making. It has given me a sense of what’s right and wrong and taught me how to tackle things that are difficult. It has given me a second family and a home away from home.

Manhattan Country School students gain admission to highly-selective, best-fit high schools, very often their first choice selections. Our alumni attend a variety of schools throughout the New York City area, including public, Specialized, Catholic, independent day schools, and independent boarding schools.

The high school placement process begins in the seventh grade when parents meet with our High School Placement Director. The director works with students and families throughout the application and selection process. Admissions Directors often describe MCS students as “bright”, “dynamic”, having a “strong sense of self”, and “passionate advocates for social justice”.

High School Matriculation

Aviation Career & Technical Education High School
Bard High School Early College - Manhattan
Bard High School Early College - Queens
Beacon High School
Bishop O'Dowd High School
Brearley School
Brooklyn Friends School
Brooklyn High School of the Arts
Buxton School
Cardinal Hayes High School
Central Park East High School
Churchill School
Colorado Academy
Columbia Secondary School
Convent of the Sacred Heart
Darrow School

Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Essex Street Academy
Ethical Culture Fieldston School
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
Fordham Preparatory School
Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School
Grace Church School
Gramercy Arts High School
Hackley School
Harvest Collegiate High School
High School for Math, Science, and Engineering at City College
High School of American Studies at Lehman College
High School of Art & Design
Horace Mann School
Humanities Preparatory Academy

Institute for Collaborative Education
Leman Manhattan Preparatory School
Life Sciences Secondary School
LREI - Elisabeth Irwin High School
Manhattan / Hunter Science High School
Manhattan Center for Math & Science
Millennium High School
Northfield Mount Hermon School
NYC iSchool
NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies
Oakwood Friends School
Phillips Academy Andover
Repertory Company High School for Theater Arts
Rudolf Steiner School
Solebury School

St. Ann's School
The Berkeley Carroll School
The Calhoun School
The Clinton School
The Dwight School
The Fessenden School
The Frederick Gunn School
The High School of Fashion Industries
The Masters School
The Packer Collegiate Institute
The Spence School
The Ursuline School
Trevor Day School
Trinity School
York Preparatory School

College Matriculation

Amherst College
Bard College
Barnard College
Bennington College
Boston College
Brandeis University
Brooklyn College
Brown University
Carnegie Mellon University
City College of New York
Clark University
Colby College
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College

Emerson College
Emory University
Fashion Institute of Technology
George Washington University
Hamilton College
Harvard University
Haverford College
Holy Cross College
Howard University
Hunter College
John Hopkins University
Lehigh University
Lehman College
Loyola University of New Orleans

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Middlebury College
Morehouse College
New York University
Northeastern University
Oberlin College
Pitzer College
Sarah Lawrence College
Skidmore College
Smith College
Spelman College
Stanford University
St. John's University
Swarthmore College
SUNY Binghamton
SUNY New Paltz
Syracuse University

Temple University
Tufts University
Tulane University
Trinity College
University of Buffalo
University of Connecticut
University of Michigan
University of New Orleans
University of Pennsylvania
University of Rochester
University of Wisconsin
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Washington University
Wesleyan University
Wheaton College
Yale University

The High School Placement Director implements a holistic approach to ensure that all families receive the attention, degree of advocacy, and strong support necessary for every student. MCS is committed to providing opportunities for the advancement of young people and their families. If you have any further questions please email the High School Placement Director. Thank you