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Introduction To Admissions

Park Tudor Admissions Process 

The admissions process at Park Tudor School is designed to optimize the exchange of information between prospective families and the school. With the ultimate goal of helping families make the best admissions decisions for their children, we are as interested in having families learn about us as we are in learning about them.

How Park Tudor makes admission decisions:

The admissions process at Park Tudor is demanding, requiring significant time and effort from our prospective families. For the school to make sound admissions decisions, we must learn all that we can about our applicants. In turn, we want prospective families to learn all that they can about Park Tudor.

Admission decisions at each division are made by committees composed of the Head of School, the school director, the admissions staff, and faculty. The respective admissions committee reviews each applicant’s completed file and renders one of the following decisions:

Accepted – the applicant is a good fit for our program and he/she will benefit from and contribute to the school. The applicant will receive enrollment materials in the mail and has two weeks to return them along with the enrollment deposit. If the school does not receive the contract by the specified date, the opening is offered to an applicant in the wait pool.

Wait Pool – the applicant is a good fit with Park Tudor but there are no places currently available. Instead of being offered an enrollment contract, the applicant is offered a spot in the wait pool. Wait pools are NOT prioritized waiting lists; if an opening arises in a particular grade, the respective Admissions Committee determines which candidate in the wait pool can best fill that spot. The wait pool is dissolved each year after the first week of school.

Deny – A denial letter means the Admission Committee believes Park Tudor and the applicant are not a good fit.

Diversity at Park Tudor 

We believe that an effective learning environment includes an appreciation for diversity. The school operates as a community, and its communal strength is derived from an understanding of differing backgrounds and points of view. We expect each member of our community to understand and value various perspectives, to identify and overcome stereotypes and prejudices, to strive for equity and justice within the school and the community at large, and to value the differences among families and individuals and all they have to offer and contribute. Moreover, as an educational institution, we believe that through instruction and modeling behaviors, we can cultivate in students a strong desire to go beyond the norm and assume leadership roles in promoting ethnic and cultural diversity as a means to making the world the a better place. As a member of the National Association of Independent Schools, Park Tudor School subscribes to the Principles of Good Practice for Equity and Justice.

• Twenty-three percent of Park Tudor students are racially or ethnically diverse.

• Park Tudor awards a number of Appleseed Academic Honor Awards to students entering grades 6-12. The purpose of the award is to increase the diversity of Park Tudor among entering freshmen. Full financial need is met, and an honor stipend of 10% of the annual tuition is awarded. The Park Tudor Admissions Office reviews the academic and extracurricular strengths of each applicant and selects the recipient.

• Park Tudor’s Upper School students sponsor a Diversity Club, and the parent Multicultural Association organizes a number of events and activities each year to increase cultural awareness, celebrate diversity, and support increased diversity within the school’s faculty, staff, and student body.