Most ISSL secondary schools accept the Common Application form. Each school will provide you with their application procedure and deadlines. Parents may obtain a paper copy of the Common Application form from:

• ISSL elementary schools
• ISSL secondary schools; or
• download and complete the files using free Adobe Acrobat Reader (below, right)

If a family utilizes the paper form of the Common Application, the applicant's parents are to retain the original and submit copies of Section A (Parent Information) and Section B (Student Information) of the Common Application to the school(s) to which they are applying. Section C (Transcript Released Form) and Section D (Teacher Recommendation Form) should be given to your child's current school.

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There are two ways you can begin the application process for an Independent School:

You may apply electronically to Independent secondary schools through our partner, infosnap. The online Common Application is easy to use and allows the parent/student to review and modify the application prior to submission. Once completed, the application may be electronically submitted to one or multiple ISSL schools.

To begin the online application process, click on the link of one of the schools below.  After you apply online to one of these schools there will be instructions on how to apply online to additional schools on the list below:

You can download the Common Application right here from our website! The Secondary School Common Application is placed online in Adobe PDF format, which requires Adobe's free Acrobat Reader plug-in.

• Full Common Application (Sections A-D)
• Section A (Parent)
• Section B (Student)
• Section C (Transcript Release)
• Section D (Teacher Recommendation)

The full Common Application PDF file above is approx 176 KB
- Download time = approx. 29 seconds on a 56k modem