Applying to EPS
Eastside Prep is one of the Seattle/Eastside area schools using a web-based application called Ravenna Admit to submit online applications. Through Ravenna, you will be able to manage your applications online and complete the core application and supplemental forms such as teacher evaluations, student essays, and parent/guardian statements. Many of these additional forms are common forms shared among multiple schools. This means you will only need to complete these common forms once and then electronically submit them to the schools that use Ravenna or print the forms and mail them to schools that don’t use Ravenna.
Important Admissions Dates for the 2023-2024 School Year:
- Applications open in Ravenna on September 1, 2022
- Application Deadline is January 12, 2023
- Financial Aid Application Deadline for Existing EPS Families is December 5, 2022
- Financial Aid Application Deadline for Prospective Families is February 2, 2023
- Upper School Decisions communicated on February 24, 2023, at Noon, via Ravenna
- Upper School Family Responses due to EPS on March 3, 2023
- Middle School Decisions communicated on March 17, 2023, at Noon, via Ravenna
- Middle School Family Responses due to EPS on March 24, 2023
Click on the boxes below to learn more about each of these specific topics regarding the EPS application.
- Complete Student and Household Profile
- Application fee – $75 (If your family needs financial assistance with the application fee, please use waiver code PSIS2022.)
Family Forms (completed online with Ravenna Hub)
- Parent / Guardian Statements*
- Student Interests and Activities*
*Puget Sound Independent School (PSIS) Common Form (forms used by multiple PSIS schools)
Student Records (completed online with Ravenna Hub)
- Grades/Transcripts for three years, including the current school year
- Past standardized test results (if available)
Teacher Evaluation Forms (completed online with Ravenna Hub)
- You need two teacher evaluations. These evaluations should come from educators who know your student best and/or with whom they have had the most contact in-person or remotely who have taught your student in the following school years: 2022-2023, 2022-2021, and 2021-2020.
- Fifth and sixth grade applicants: Preference to hear from homeroom/primary teachers. Ideally, the teachers would be from two different disciplines.
- Seventh through eleventh-grade applicants: Preference to hear from teachers from core subjects such as English, history, math, and science. Ideally, the teachers would be from two different disciplines.
ISEE or SSAT See ‘Admissions Testing’ in the Expandable Menu Below
Admissions Preview Event
- This event is available to families in the applied status only.
- (If your family needs financial assistance with the application fee, please use waiver code PSIS2022)
- If you are currently in the exploring or inquiry stage and are not quite ready to hit the apply button, we invite you to choose an evening or weekend timeframe to take an interactive self-guided campus tour in person. When you arrive on campus, you will see the maps of tour stops at which you can use QR codes to access photos and videos of EPS. (this tour will be available after October 15)
- Admissions Previews provide students and families with a sense of the EPS experience in a two-and-a-half-hour visit. Included in the experience are:
- Students directly engage with EPS teachers through two EPS mini-classes
- Parents and guardians attend an interactive Q&A panel of EPS faculty, current parents, and students
- Both students and parents experience what makes EPS unique through a self-guided tour with “hubs” around campus that are hosted by EPS teachers, students and current parents, or a Student Ambassador-led tour
- For international applicants or families applying from outside of the local area, we are offering one virtual Admissions Preview.
Online Student Assessment: Interview and Writing Sample
- After attending an Admissions Preview Event, applicants will be invited to complete the online assessment via an email to your Ravenna account email address. Students will record video responses to interview prompts, and they’ll also complete a writing sample.We’ll share further instructions when you receive your invitation link, but to summarize: students will register with the assessment platform, complete a “tech check” to make sure cameras and microphones are working, and they’ll answer some practice questions to get comfortable before beginning their interview. You can learn more about the online assessment process here – please note that your student’s assessment type will be an asynchronous assessment.
Parent/Guardian Interview (Register on Ravenna Hub)
- A 30-minute session designed to learn about students through the parent/guardian lens and provide an opportunity to ask questions about EPS.
- We strongly encourage families to attend an EPS Admissions Preview event before they complete their interview. If possible, please make sure that you register for an interview date after your Preview event date.
Note: This is a required component for all applicants to register for the SSAT or ISEE. However, this is not a Ravenna-required step because registration and score submission takes place directly through SSAT or ISEE, not through Ravenna.
Eastside Prep uses admissions testing as one component of our holistic admissions review. We do not have minimum scores for admissions consideration. We review student-written essays as well as the admissions test scores on multiple choice sections. We understand that admissions testing provides a ‘snapshot’ of students’ performance on the tests on just one day in time, and that some students may have more experience with these types of tests. We encourage students to be familiar with the testing format through taking a practice test, however extensive test preparation is not an expectation or requirement. We recommend that students endeavor to have the best night’s sleep possible before the test, have a good breakfast the day of the test, and to pack snacks and water to enjoy during the testing breaks.
SSAT/ISEE Testing Deadlines
Upper School Deadline to Receive Score: January 27, 2023
Middle School Deadline to Receive Score: January 27, 2023
SSAT Information
For more information, visit https://www.ssat.org/
SSAT offers in-person testing for 5th-12th grade
SSAT offers at-home testing for 6th-12th grade
You can register for the SSAT here: http://www.ssat.org
Eastside Preparatory School’s code is 2949
ISEE Information
ISEE offers in-person testing for 5th-12th grade
ISEE offers at-home testing for 5th-12th grade
If you have questions about the ISEE, how to register, or technological requirements for at-home testing, please get in touch with ERB’s ISEE Operations Office at 1 (800) 446-0320 or iseeoperations@erblearn.org.
Eastside Preparatory School’s code is 48171
Questions About Admissions Testing
Please contact the Admission Team with any testing-related questions you may have. If test fees or a space for remote testing outside of your home are concerns for your family, please reach out to us at admissions@eastsideprep.org. We are happy to help with testing fee waivers and arranging safe testing spaces if needed.
Student Records (completed online with Ravenna Hub)
- Transcripts for homeschool: If you have a transcript of your student’s homeschool experience that is provided by their program (e.g. an internet-based school) then please send these records along. If you have created your own program as a family, we recommend that you briefly list some topics/skills/experiences by academic discipline areas. For example:
History
Topics: Pacific Northwest history, US History to 1845
Skills: Reading primary source documents, writing reflective essays on critical thinking prompts, creating interactive history timelines
Experiences: Visiting Washington State History Museum online, visiting Fort Nisqually
- We recommend including any and all disciplines/subjects included in the homeschool experience. Please include any physical education and creative expression as these are part of our EPS core program.
Teacher Evaluations:
- It is most helpful to hear from a parent or guardian about their student in the Parent/Guardian Statements component of the admissions application. Rather than also completing the teacher evaluation as a parent, we recommend that you delegate the teacher evaluation forms to anyone who knows your student in an educational context outside of your family. This could include current or prior year teachers, tutors, coaches, or anyone who has taught a unit or module of study to your student that has been part of their homeschooling. If your student has solely had you as their educator, then it would be appropriate to complete a teacher evaluation as a parent/guardian.
International Student Housing
While attending Eastside Preparatory School, all international students must reside with an immediate family member. Eastside Prep will not consider international applicants if they plan to live on their own, in an independent dorm environment, or at a homestay.
The Application Fee for an International Application is $100.
International Student Applicant Checklist
In addition to the items required on the standard applications, International Applications require the following:
Student Records (completed online with Ravenna Hub)
- International Applicants must provide translated grade reports if the reports are not already in English.
English Language Proficiency Testing
- Take an English Proficiency Test
- Eastside Prep does not have an ESL program, so students must demonstrate highly proficient ability to both speak English and learn in English. Applicants must submit English proficiency test scores as part of the application process. Eastside Prep prefers the TOEFL or TOEFL Jr., but all of these test options are acceptable. The scores listed are the typical score range for accepted students.
- TOEFL: Typical score range for an accepted student is iBT 70 to 90
- TOEFL Jr.: TOEFL Jr. is an option for 9th and 10th grade applicants. Typical score range for an accepted student is 850-1100
- IELTS: Typical score range for an accepted student is 6.0 to 6.5
- iTEP-SLATE: Typical score range for an accepted student is 5.5 to 6.0
- EIKEN: Typical score range for an accepted student is Grade Pre-1 to 1
- Eastside Prep does not have an ESL program, so students must demonstrate highly proficient ability to both speak English and learn in English. Applicants must submit English proficiency test scores as part of the application process. Eastside Prep prefers the TOEFL or TOEFL Jr., but all of these test options are acceptable. The scores listed are the typical score range for accepted students.