Secondary School Placement

Life after Renbrook...
How will I find the right school for my teen?

Renbrook students receive:

Guidance beginning in seventh grade in a class taught by the Director of Secondary School Placement
Advice on every step of the application process
Personal consultations with the Director of Secondary School Placement
Opportunities to personally connect with representatives from over 70 secondary schools at Renbrook's Secondary School Fair held every October
Free SSAT strategy sessions to help improve SSAT scores
The opportunity to take the SSAT Flex Test in a familiar school setting
Application essay-writing assistance
Mock interviews to prepare for visits to schools
Parent information sessions regarding the placement process
Opportunities to meet with secondary school admission representatives when they visit campus
Teacher recommendations that reflect the relationships teachers build with students throughout their Renbrook years

What Does Secondary School Placement Look Like?

Our Secondary School Placement Office guides students and families through the process of finding the right school for every child. Starting in January of seventh grade, students begin to take classes with the placement director. In Secondary School Seminar, students reflect on their strengths, interests, skills, and achievements and plan for their eighth-grade leadership year.
Each family has an individual consultation in the spring, learning about possible school matches and how to use the summer to plan for the application process. In the fall, eighth-graders continue taking Secondary School Seminar, where they receive coaching on how to tour and interview, guidance on application essays, continued support in determining where to apply, and assistance navigating the financial aid process.
By the end of their eighth-grade year, students have more than an acceptance to a school; they have discovered themselves and come to understand their potential.

Where Do Renbrook Students Go for Secondary School?

Renbrook is proud of the established relationship that we have built with admission representatives in 100 plus schools throughout New England and beyond. Renbrook’s eighth graders are accepted to their top choice school 90% of the time, and these relationships are a contributing factor. Renbrook students were accepted at the following secondary schools from 2017-2020:

Andover Phillips Academy	Pomfret School
Avon Old Farms	Portsmouth Abbey
Berkshire School	Salisbury School
Brewster Academy	South Kent School
Brooks School	St. Paul's School
Canterbury School	Suffield Academy
Cheshire Academy	Tabor Academy
Choate Rosemary Hall	The Ethel Walker School
Deerfield Academy	The Frederick Gunn School
East Catholic High School	The Governor's Academy
Episcopal High School	The Hotchkiss School
Exeter Academy	The Loomis Chaffee School
Groton School	The Putney School
Holderness School	The Taft School
Kent School	Tilton School
Kingswood Oxford School	Vermont Academy
Middlesex School	Watkinson School
Millbrook School	Westminster School
Milton Academy	Westover School
Miss Porter's School	Wilbraham & Monson Academy
New Hampton School	Williston Northampton
Northfield Mount Hermon	Worcester Academy
Northwest Catholic High School

BEVERLY FITZSOUSA
Director of Secondary School Placement;
Grade 8 Team Coordinator

What Colleges and Universities Do Renbrook Graduates Attend?

Renbrook alumni from the Classes of 2012 - 2020 have attended the following colleges and universities:

Arcadia University	Dartmouth College	Muhlenberg College	Tufts University
Art Institute of Chicago	Dickinson College	New York University	Tulane University
Bates College	Elon University	Northeastern University	Tunxis Community College
Bentley College	Emerson College	Northwestern University	Union College
Boston College	Endicott College	Occidental College	University of Arizona
Boston University	Florida Gulf Coast University	Pace University	University of Connecticut
Bowdoin College	Fordham University	Parsons School of Design	University of Hartford
Brandeis University	Franklin & Marshall College	Pennsylvania State University	University of Illinois
Brown University	George Washington University	Pratt Institute	University of Louisville
Bryant College	Georgetown University	Princeton University	University of Miami
Bryn Mawr College	Georgia Institute of Technology	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	University of North Carolina
Bucknell University	Hamilton College	Rhode Island School of Design	Univ. of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
Carnegie Mellon University	Harvard University	Roger Williams College	University of Richmond
Central Connecticut State University	Hobart & William Smith College	Sacred Heart University	University of Southern California
Centre College	Ithaca College	Santa Clara University	University of Tampa
Champlain College	Johns Hopkins University	Skidmore College	University of Vermont
Clarkson University	Keene State College	Southern Methodist University	Ursinus College
Colby College	Lafayette College	Springfield College	Villanova University
Colgate University	Lasell University	St. Lawrence University	Washington & Lee University
College of the Holy Cross	Lehigh University	St. Michael's College	Washington University
Colorado College	Liberty University	Stanford University	Wellesley College
Colorado University Boulder	Loyola College (MD)	Stevens Institute of Technology	Wesleyan University
Columbia University	Manchester Community College	Suffolk University	Wheaton College
Connecticut College	Marist College	Syracuse University	Williams College
Cornell University	McGill University	Trinity College

Renbrook School

2865 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
860-236-1661
860-231-8206 FAX
admission@renbrook.org
webmaster@renbrook.org

Renbrook School is a co-ed private day school serving students in Preschool through Grade 8 in West Hartford, CT.