<p>Anyone know whether your religion play a role in the admission in some religion-affiliated schools? for example, Groton, SPS etc?</p>
<p>I say no; for example, we’re Episcopalian and my kid applied to 2 highly competitive Episcopal schools and one non-affiliated school. He was waitlisted at the Episcopal schools and accepted at the other.</p>
<p>Would they even know your religious affiliation? I don’t remember them asking. I suspect that if there IS any correlation, it has more to do with legacy than current religious affiliation.</p>
<p>You would have to look at the individual school, but I think in general the answer is “no.”</p>
<p>DS applied (and was accepted) to Ridley College, a school rooted in Anglican traditions. His religious beliefs or church affiliation (or lack thereof) were not a factor at all in his application or interview. HE had questions for them about Chapel requirements; THEY did not have any questions for him about his faith.</p>
<p>In the case of Ridley, I know that they welcome and embrace religious diversity, and I have read similar things about St. Marks, SPS and others. </p>
<p>Ridley school was founded by Anglican clergy and laypeople, and the Chapel is still associated with the Anglican diocese. Students are required to attend Chapel three times a week, but as the Headmaster states, “at Chapel, some 25 different faith groups and Christian denominations co-mingle as the Chaplain juggles an ecumenical balancing act bestriding belief through doubt to unbelief, all from the life-enhancing base of Ridley’s Anglican Tradition.”</p>
<p>I think it does play a role at Quaker schools.</p>
<p>I don’t think at Quaker schools it matters…I applied to George School and I am not Quaker!</p>
<p>I applied to a Catholic school, am far from Catholic, and still got accepted with additional benefits. I honestly don’t think religion is a huge factor at those kinds of schools.</p>
<p>I don’t think it makes a difference at Episcopalian boarding schools. I don’t know if it makes a difference at Catholic schools, but I’m sure you can ask.</p>
<p>I think it might make a difference at Quaker schools, in that they may “like” Quaker applicants. However, I don’t think there are enough Quakers in the country to make a huge difference. [Frequently</a> Asked Questions for Quakers](<a href=“http://www.quakerfinder.org/faq.php]Frequently”>http://www.quakerfinder.org/faq.php)</p>
<p>Quakers have an advantage when applying to Quaker schools, but the schools admit children of all backgrounds. Some schools have very clear restrictions: Regis High School in New York City is open only to boys baptized Catholic, for example.</p>
<p>I could see an Episcopal school perhaps giving extra attention to an applicant who has a strong background in an Episcopal choir or who is the child of Episcopal clergy, but Episcopal schools are open to applicants from all religions (and to those with no religious affiliation as well).</p>
<p>I think that Quaker students have an advantage in both admission and financial aid awards at Quaker Schools. Two Quaker boarding schools that I know of have a goal of enrolling Quaker students to make up 15 percent of the student body, and I believe it is a challenge to attain that goal. Some financial aid funds at Friends schools are designated for Quaker applicants.</p>
<p>I got to SPS and I know religion doesn’t matter, but we have chapel on every week day except for Wednesday. Hymns are generally sung, we have a performance of the nativity near Christmas, and there are frequently readings from the bible, though there have also been readings from other pieces of holy literature not affiliated with Christianity. Unless a school is really Christian, like Stony Brook, I don’t think it matters. They don’t ask anyways.</p>