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Admissions Checklist

✓ Sign-up for a Tartan for a Day visit day!

✓ Attend our Open House on Sunday, November 6, 2022.

✓ In order to complete the online application you must, create your admissions account.

✓ Once you have access to the portal, you can submit your application using the link provided on the admissions checklist. 

✓ Online application and $60 fee due via admissions portal, by Friday, December 9, 2022.

Archdiocese of Washington Catholic School Students

✓  List The Academy of the Holy Cross as one of your choices when completing the Authorization Transcript Release form and High School Placement Test.

✓  Your school will automatically send over your academic transcript and recommendations to Holy Cross. 

✓  School records must be submitted to the Admissions Office.

Public or Non-Catholic School Students

✓  Transcript Request for 7th & 8th grade.

✓  Two (2) Letters of Recommendations from your (1) English/ Language Arts & (1) Math teacher. (These forms can be sent directly to your teachers using the application portal)

✓  School records must be submitted to the Admissions Office.

Standardized Test Scores

After careful consideration, The Academy of the Holy Cross will not require the submission of standardized test scores. Applicants are welcome to submit standardized test scores they may have taken within the last calendar year, such as the High School Placement Test (HSPT).  Submitted scores will be added to the admissions file.  Applicants who choose not to submit scores will not be penalized.  It is the preference of the applicant and her family. 

The HSPT will be administered at Holy Cross in December 2022. Registration forms are available at www.adw.org beginning in October 2022.

For those applicants interested in the Sancta Crux Scholarship, Gillespie STEM Scholarship, or Performing or Visual Arts Scholarships, evaluations will be scheduled in February. Learn more about our scholarship opportunities here.

Decision notification

Admissions decision notifications of completed applications are mailed on Thursday, February 23, 2023 and emailed on Friday, February 24, 2023. 

Transfer admissions will be considered on a rolling Admissions basis and do not adhere to the same timeline as 9th grade admissions. Contact the Office of Admissions to inquire about transfer availability.

Transfer Admissions Checklist 

✓ In order to complete the online application you must, create your admissions account. Once you have access to the portal, you can submit your application using the link provided on the admissions checklist. 

✓  Online application and $60 fee due via admissions portal.

✓  Request Transcript: Final grades from previous year & current grades from this year. 

✓  Submit Two (2) Letters of Recommendations from your (1) English/ Language Arts & (1) Math teacher. (These forms can be sent directly to your teachers using the application portal)
 

Standardized Test Scores

After careful consideration, The Academy of the Holy Cross will not require the submission of standardized test scores. Applicants are welcome to submit standardized test scores they may have taken within the last calendar year. Submitted scores will be added to the admissions file. Applicants who choose not to submit scores will not be penalized.  It is the preference of the applicant and her family. 

Applications will be reviewed by the Admissions Committee when all forms are completed and returned to the Academy. Applicants will then be notified of admissions decisions.

Transfers and Athletics

Please see the information here from the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) regarding eligibility. 

Applicants from China, South Korea, and Vietnam

Please see information here.

Applicants from All Other Countries

International Students from all other countries who are interested in attending The Academy of the Holy Cross should contact the Office of Admissions at (301) 929-6442 or admissions@academyoftheholycross.org.