Applying to Loyola

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  Freshman Applicants

  The application process for incoming freshmen includes the following steps:
  
  Step 1: Complete an Inquiry Form—this allows us to stay in contact with you and creates both the student and parent or guardian My Loyola account within our system.
  
  Step 2: Register through the parent/guardian My Loyola account to take the take the Loyola Academy entrance exam on December 7, 2024. Click here for entrance exam information. Eighth grade students interested in applying to Loyola Academy for the 2025–26 year must take the entrance exam at Loyola Academy on December 7, 2024.  Information regarding testing accommodations for the HSPT (entrance exam) is available here.

  
  Step 3: Complete the online application through the parent/guardian My Loyola account. The online application will be available beginning December 7, and will close on December 16. Applications for admission are only distributed to students who test at Loyola. 
  
  Step 4: Upload school records and standardized testing scores through the parent/guardian My Loyola account.
  
  Step 5: Complete the optional Financial Aid applications.
  

  
  Admission to Loyola Academy is based on consideration of a combination of factors including, but not limited to, entrance exam scores, grade school academic performance and involvement, and relationship with the Academy, leadership, and cocurricular activities.
  
  Information for diagnosed learning differences and testing accommodations can be found here.
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  Transfer Applicants

  Loyola Academy offers a rolling admissions process for transfer students for the next academic year. Letters of decision will be emailed once all information is received. Loyola Academy reserves the right to limit the number of transfer students due to space limitations, even if the transfer student meets the criteria for admission. Loyola does not accept mid-year transfers or transfers into senior year.

   

  The application process for transfer students includes the following steps:

  
  Step 1: Complete an Inquiry Form—this allows us to stay in contact with you and creates both the student and parent or guardian My Loyola account within our system.

  
  Step 2: Complete the online Transfer Student Application Form through the student checklist on the parent/guardian My Loyola account. The transfer application will be available April 1, 2025.
  
  Step 3: Upload unofficial transcripts to the student checklist on the parent/guardian My Loyola account. Official transcripts are required after the applicant's current school year is completed.
  
  Step 4: Upload three letters of recommendation from current school to the student checklist on the parent/guardian My Loyola account:
  

  • • One letter from principal or assistant principal
    • Two letters from current teachers

  Step 5: Upload copies of most recent standardized tests (HSPT, PSAT, PLAN, ACT, SAT, etc.) to the student checklist on the parent/guardian My Loyola account.
  

  
  Loyola Academy accepts the most qualified applicants and only if space is available to accept the student. Acceptance is contingent upon space, academic fit and the successful completion of the applicant’s current school year.