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 2022-23 school year.

   

  Boarding Schools

  Andover (Phillips Academy Andover) 

  Avon Old Farms School

  Berkshire School*

  Blair Academy*

  Brewster Academy

  Canterbury School*

  Choate Rosemary Hall*

  Deerfield Academy

  Exeter (Phillips Exeter Academy)

  Frederick Gunn School

  Hill School

  Holderness School

  Hotchkiss School*

  Kent School*

  Lawrenceville School

  Loomis Chaffee School*

  Marvelwood School

  Millbrook School*

  Miss Porter’s School*

  Northfield Mount Hermon School*

  Pomfret School

  Portsmouth Abbey School

  Proctor Academy

  Putney School

  Salisbury School

  St. George’s School*

  St. Mark’s School

  St. Paul’s School

  Suffield Academy*

  Tabor Academy*

  Taft School*

  Trinity Pawling School*

  Westminster School*

  Williston Northampton School

   

  Day Schools

  Brunswick School

  Ethical Culture Fieldston School

  Fordham Preparatory School

  Greens Farms Academy

  Greenwich Academy*

  Greenwich Country Day School*

  Hackley School 

  Harvey 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.
  
  
  

  College Matriculation

  RCS Classes of 2014-19

  
  

  American University*	Hamilton College	University of California Santa Barbara
  American University of Paris	Hobart and William Smith Colleges	University of Chicago*
  Amherst College	Howard University	University of Colorado Boulder*
  Barnard College*	Indiana University*	University of Connecticut
  Bates College*	Ithaca College	University of Delaware*
  Bentley University	Johns Hopkins University	University of Denver*
  Boston College*	Juilliard School	University of Louisville
  Berklee College of Music	Kenyon College*	University of Maryland
  Boston University*	Lafayette College*	University of Miami*
  Bowdoin College*	Lehigh University*	University of Michigan
  Brown University*	Marist College	University of Mississippi
  Bucknell University*	Middlebury College*	University of Missouri
  Claremont McKenna College	New York University*	University of New Hampshire
  Colby College*	Northeastern University	University of North Carolina*
  Colgate University*	Northwestern University*	University of Notre Dame*
  College of Charleston*	Penn State University	University of Oxford
  College of the Holy Cross*	Pitzer College	University of Pennsylvania*
  Clemson University	Princeton University*	University of Rhode Island
  Colorado College*	Rhode Island School of Design	University of Richmond*
  Columbia University*	Roger Williams University	University of Southern California*
  Cornell University*	San Diego State University	University of St Andrews Scotland*
  Dartmouth College	Santa Clara University*	University of Tampa*
  Denison University	Skidmore College	University of Texas
  Dickinson College	Southern Methodist University*	University of Vermont*
  Dublin Institute of Technology	St. Lawrence University*	University of Virginia*
  Duke University*	Stanford University	University of Wisconsin*
  Elon University*	Suffolk University	Vanderbilt University
  Emerson College	SUNY Oneonta	Villanova University*
  Emory University	SUNY New Paltz	Wake Forest University*
  Fairfield University	Syracuse University*	Washington University in St. Louis
  Fordham University*	Temple University	Washington and Lee University*
  George Washington University*	Trinity College*	Wheaton College
  Georgetown University*	Tufts University*	William & Mary
  Georgia Tech	Tulane University*	Williams College
  Gettysburg College*	Union College*	Yale University*
  Gordon College	University of Albany
  		*indicates two or more students