Why RCS

List of 3 items.

• Where RCS Students Are Accepted for Secondary School

  Our students are evaluated alongside a remarkably talented pool of applicants from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut for independent day schools, and alongside an equally impressive global pool for boarding schools. After visiting schools during the admissions season, students often apply to multiple schools to maximize their options. The list below represents the secondary schools to which our students have gained admission for the 2023-24 school year.

   

  Boarding Schools

  Avon Old Farms

  Berkshire School*

  Blair Academy*

  Brooks School

  Canterbury School*

  Choate Rosemary Hall

  Deerfield Academy

  Episcopal High School*

  Frederick Gunn School

  Holderness School

  Hotchkiss School

  Kent School*

  Loomis Chaffee School*

  Millbrook School*

  Pomfret School*

  Proctor Academy

  Salisbury School*

  St. Andrew’s School*

  St. George’s School

  St. Paul’s School

  Suffield Academy*

  Taft School*

  Westminster School*

   

  Day Schools

  Brunswick School*

  Greens Farms Academy*

  Greenwich Academy*

  Greenwich Country Day School*

  Hackley School* 

  Hopkins School

  Iona Preparatory School

  King School*

  Masters School*

  Rye Country Day School

  Sacred Heart Greenwich*

  School of the Holy Child*

  St. Luke’s School*

   

  * Two or more students accepted

  
  

• Where RCS Students Matriculate for Secondary School

  Where students ultimately choose to go is as varied as their individual personalities. Some choose their local public school while others choose to travel across the country to attend special interest schools that help them hone skills like horseback riding, tennis, or skiing. Below is a list of schools where students have matriculated over the past five years.
  
                                                          Classes of 2018-22
  
  

  Boarding Schools	Day Schools
  Avon Old Farms*	Archbishop Stepinac HS*
  Berkshire School*	Brunswick*
  Blair Academy*	Byram Hills High School*
  Choate Rosemary Hall*	Columbia Grammar and Prep
  Deerfield Academy*	Dwight School
  Emma Willard School	Ethical Culture Fieldston School
  Gunnery School*	Fairfield College Preparatory School*
  Holderness Academy	Fordham Preparatory School*
  Hotchkiss School*	Fox Lane High School*
  Hill School*	Greens Farms Academy*
  Kent School*	Greenwich Academy*
  Lawrenceville School*	Greenwich Country Day School*
  Loomis Chaffee School*	Greenwich High School
  Millbrook School*	Horace Greeley High School
  Milton Academy*	Hackley School*
  Miss Porter’s School*	Harrison High School
  Northfield Mount Hermon*	Harvey School*
  Peddie School*	Horace Mann
  Phillips Academy Andover*	Iona Preparatory School*
  Phillips Exeter Academy	John Jay High School*
  Pomfret School*	Kennedy Catholic High School*
  Portsmouth Abbey School	King School*
  Proctor Academy	Mahopac High School
  Salisbury School*	Mamaroneck High School
  St. Andrew’s School	Masters School*
  St. George’s School*	North Salem High School
  St. Mark’s School*	New Fairfield High School
  St. Paul’s School*	Ossining High School
  Stoneleigh-Burnham School	Pleasantville High School
  Suffield Academy*	Rye Country Day School*
  Taft School*	Sacred Heart Greenwich*
  Thacher School*	School of the Holy Child*
  Trinity Pawling School	St. Luke’s School*
  Walnut Hill School for the Arts	Westhill High School*
  Westminster School*	Wilton High School
  	Wooster School
  	Yorktown High School
  	*indicates two or more students

  
  

   

  
  

   

• Where RCS Students Go to College

  The skills students learn at RCS last a lifetime. Alumni often credit their experiences at RCS as a key influencer in choosing a college. As high school seniors applying to college, RCS students have a distinct advantage over some of their peers as they experienced a similarly self-reflective and complex application process when they applied to secondary schools. Moreover, they often refer to their RCS coursework in their college essays and interviews, and they can count on RCS teachers for advice, written recommendations or general support as they continue their education.
  
  The following is a selection of colleges and universities at which RCS students have matriculated in the last five years.
  
  

  American University* American University of Paris Barnard College* Bates College* Boston College* Boston University* Bowdoin College Brown University Bucknell University* Claremont McKenna College Clarkson University Colby College* Colgate University* College of Charleston* College of the Holy Cross* Colorado College* Columbia University* Cornell University* Denison University* Dickinson College* Duke University* Elon University* Emerson College Emory University George Washington University* Georgetown University* Gettysburg College Hamilton College Hobart and William Smith Colleges Howard University Indiana University* Ithaca College* Johns Hopkins University Kenyon College* Lafayette College* Lehigh University* Marist College Marquette University Middlebury College* New York University* Northeastern University

  Northwestern University* Princeton University* San Diego State University Southern Methodist University* St. Lawrence University* Stanford University Syracuse University* Trinity College* Tufts University* Tulane University* Union College* University of California Berkeley University of California Santa Barbara University of Chicago* University of Colorado Boulder* University of Denver* University of Maryland University of Miami* University of Michigan University of Missouri University of North Carolina* University of Notre Dame* University of Oxford University of Pennsylvania University of Rhode Island University of Richmond* University of Southern California* University of St Andrews Scotland* University of Tampa* University of Texas University of Vermont* University of Virginia* University of Wisconsin* Vanderbilt University Villanova University* Virginia Tech Wake Forest University* Washington University in St. Louis Washington and Lee University* William & Mary Yale University*