Applying - The Process

application

To obtain an admission application form, please contact Flintridge Prep and request an Admissions Packet. Admissions Packets will be available by the second week of September for the following school year. You may obtain an Admissions Packet through any of the following means:

In person: Packets are available the second week of September at the campus reception desk, located in the main office at 4543 Crown Avenue in La Cañada Flintridge (view map).
Download the Admission Packet & Financial Aid forms (2008 version): A printable .pdf version of the Admissions Packet, which includes the Admission Application form, the Request for Transcript form, two Teacher Recommendation forms, and the School & Student Service for Financial Aid forms, can be downloaded to your computer. (All application forms are located at the back of the Admission Packet.)
By telephone: Call the Admissions Office at (818) 790–1178, extension 5514 (Sue Julien)
By e-mail: E-mail your request to Admissions.
(Be sure to provide your name and mailing address in your email message.)
By mail: Write to us with your request. Our mailing address is
Flintridge Preparatory School
4543 Crown Avenue
La Canada Flintridge, CA 91011
Attention: Admissions
(Be sure to provide your name and the mailing address to which you would like the packet to be mailed.)

The completed application, along with a $75 application fee, must be returned by the application deadline date (see Checklist & Calendar for deadline information).

testing

Flintridge Prep is part of a consortium of Pasadena-area independent schools that provides a common admissions testing program through the Educational Records Bureau (ERB). Students seeking admission to Pasadena Consortium schools must take the ERB Independent School Entrance Examination(ISEE test).

You may register for the ISEE test in one of four ways: by mail, by phone, by fax, or online. A mail-in ISEE registration form is provided in the ISEE Student Guide included with your Admissions Packet. If you downloaded the Admission Packet, you can also download the ISEE Stude Guide and register for the ISEE test online at www.iseetest.org. ISEE test sites and dates are provided on their website. Detailed information regarding the three-week preregistration deadline, walk-in registration, registration verification, and late registration is also provided in the ISEE Student Guide and online at www.iseetest.org.

When registering for the ISEE test, be sure to request that the scores be sent to Flintridge Prep. Our school College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) number is 052375.

Learn more about the ISEE test.

the interview

Flintridge Prep's Admissions Office holds informal interviews with prospective students in January and February. Please be sure to complete and return the Student Interview Dates sheet with your application. The Admissions Office will contact you to confirm the date and time of the interview.

Following the interview, the parent(s) will have the opportunity to meet with the interviewer to ask questions about the school and/or to share insights into the student.

See Frequently Asked Questions for more details about the interview process.

transcripts

The Admissions Packet includes a Request for Transcript form. Parents should complete this form and deliver it to the student’s current school at the end of the first semester/trimester. Make sure that Flintridge Prep receives the transcripts by the due date listed in the Checklist & Calendar.

recommendations

The Admissions Packet includes two Teacher Evaluation forms
requesting recommendations from the applicant's current English and mathematics teachers. Parents should deliver the forms to the teachers and ask that they be completed and send it to Flintridge Prep at the end of the first semester/trimester. Make sure that Flintridge Prep receives the teacher recommendations by the due date listed in the Checklist & Calendar.

If a student has one teacher for all subjects, have the second recommendation completed by the student's teacher from the prior year.