Admission

After LFCDS

Secondary School Placement Process

Graduation and matriculation to secondary school serve as the formal end of the academic program at LFCDS. The groundwork for this transition is laid at the end of 7th Grade when families begin meeting with LFCDS' Director of Secondary School Placement, who provides individualized counseling to each student and family as they prepare to navigate their crosswalk into high school. Just as instruction is tailored to meet each student at their level, Secondary School Placement is designed to support each student in differentiated ways. From assistance identifying a list of schools to consider to providing guidance with developing applications to staging mock interviews with admission counselors, our Secondary School Placement process is deliberate in addressing every element of the transition to high school. 

Other unique features of our process include an annual Boarding School fair, campus visits from secondary school representatives, and the newly developed Young Alumni Secondary School Forum, which invites recent graduates attending a diverse cross-section of schools back to LFCDS to share with 7th and 8th Graders insight and anecdotes that equip them to matriculate to high school with confidence.

Recent Secondary School Acceptances & Matriculations

Andover Academy
Avon Old Farms
Beacon Academy
Berkshire School
Brooks School
The Chicago Academy of the Arts
Choate Rosemary Hall
Cranbrook School
Deerfield Academy
Ethel Walker School
Glenbrook North High School
Gulliver Prep
The John Cooper School
Kent School
Lake Forest Academy
Lavern High School
Latin School of Chicago
Lawrenceville School
Libertyville High School
Loyola Academy
Loomis Chaffee School
Miss Porter's School
Mount St. Charles Academy
North Shore Country Day School
Niles North High School
Park Tudor School
Phillips Academy Andover
Phillips Exeter Academy
Pomfret School
The Prairie School
Rochelle Zell Jewish High School
Saint Andrew's School
Saint Paul's School
Saint Ignatius College Prep
Wolcott School
Woodlands Academy

Recent Alumni College Acceptances

American University
Amherst College
Auburn University
Babson College
Bard College
Bennington College
Berklee College of Music
Boston College
Boston University
Bradley University
Brooks University
Brown University
Bucknell University
Butler University
Calvin College
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Chapman University
Claremont McKenna
Clemson University
Colby College
Colgate University
College of Charleston
College of the Holy Cross
College of Lake County
College of William & Mary
Colorado College
Columbia University
Conneticut College
Cornell University
Creighton University
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Denison University
DePaul University
DePauw University
Dickinson College
Duke University
Elon University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Emerson College
Emory University
Fordham University
Franklin University Switzerland
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Goucher College
Hamilton College
Harvard University
High Point University
Hobart College
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois State University
Illinois Wesleyan
Indiana University
Ithaca College
Johns Hopkins University
Lake Forest College
Lawrence University
Liberty University
Loyola University
Marquette University
McGill College
Miami University
Miami University, OH
Michigan Technological University
Middlebury College
Montana State University
Mount St. Mary's University
Mt. Holyoke College
New York University
North Central College
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Notre Dame University
Paris University of Art
Parsons School of Design
Penn State University
Pepperdine University
Princeton University
Regis University
Rhodes College
Rice University
Rollins College
Rose-Hulman University
Santa Clara University
Sarah Lawrence College
Savannah College of Arts and Design
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Sewanee: The University of the South
Southeastern University
Southern Methodist University
St. Louis University
Stanford University
Swarthmore College
Texas Christian University
Trinity College
Tufts University
United States Military Academy at West Point
United States Naval Academy
University of Alabama
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Chicago
University College, London
University of Colorado
University of Dayton
University of Denver
University of Hartford
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Maine
University of Maryland
University of Miami, FL
University of Michigan
University of Mississippi
University of Missouri
University of Montana
University of New Hampshire
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Puget Sound
University of Rhode Island
University of Richmond
University of San Diego
University of Southern California
University of St. Andrews - Scotland
University of Tampa
University of Tennesse
University of Vermont
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Ursinus College
Vanderbilt University
Villanova University
Wake Forest University
Washington University
Wesleyan University
Western Illinois University
Western Michigan University 
Wittenberg University
Xavier University, Ohio
Yale University
A co-educational independent private school for students age 2 through Grade 8.
Graduating students of strong character with a passion for learning since 1888.

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