Le Rosey

For candidates for classes 9 to 4

(UK Years 3 to 9 / US Grades 2 to 8)

Rolling Admissions system:

Once online application forms and required documents have been received (details below), candidates are invited to spend a day on the campus as soon as possible after the start of September to get to know the school and to take entrance tests (in Mathematics, English or French and their mother tongue). They are interviewed by academic heads and they have the chance to ask questions.

The Admissions Committee meets every week to discuss completed dossiers and corrected entrance tests. One of four decisions is possible:

• Acceptance
• Deferral: In cases where the competition is fierce (because of linguistic quotas for example) or where the latest transcripts or reports have not been received, the Committee reviews all completed dossiers together at a later date before making a final decision. In such cases, parents are informed of the time that they may need to wait and of the date when the dossier will be re-examined.
• Waiting List: when all places for next year have been awarded, candidates with the level to be admitted are placed on a Waiting List and may be admitted as and when places become available, often in spring but sometimes as late as during the summer.
• Denial

Children develop in the course of a year and a candidate who has been refused a place can always re-apply for the following year.

To increase their chances of admission, candidates are urged to apply as early as possible after the beginning of September.

For candidates for classes 3, 2 and 1

(UK Years 10, 11 and 12 / US Grades 9, 10 and 11)

Admissions is by “rounds”; the application procedure is the same as for other students (required documents, visit, admission tests, interview) but decisions are taken at two sessions:

• 1st session for dossiers completed by November 15: the Committee announces one of three decisions at the beginning of December. These are: accepted, denied or deferred to the 2nd session
• 2nd session for dossiers completed by January 31: the Committee announces one of three decisions early March. These are: accepted, denied or wait listed.

Dossiers completed after 31 January are still considered by the Admissions Committee which will decide either to place candidates on the Waiting List or to refuse admission.