Admission Checklist

Complete and submit the Bullis inquiry form. Once you have received your password, click on Application Forms and complete and submit your application. Applications are available only online.
Call (301) 983-5724 for an interview and tour (applicants to grades 6 through 12) or a group visit and parent interview (applicants to grades 3 through 5).

Bullis requires interviews for applicants to grades 6 through 12 as well as for parents of applicants to the Lower School. All interviews must be completed prior to the February 1 deadline. Please call the Admission Office at (301) 983-5724 to schedule the interview and tour the school while it is in session.
Group tours are available to view the entire school, with a focus on the Upper School on Monday mornings at 9:00 a.m. On Tuesday mornings at 9 a.m., group tours that focus only on the Lower School and Middle School are available. These tours will provide an introduction to life at Bullis and will run on select Mondays and Tuesdays from October through mid-January. Please call the Admission Office at (301) 983-5724 to register for a tour. Spaces are limited. Upper School and Middle School students and parents of Lower School students who decide to apply will be required to return for an interview with a member of the Admission Office at a later date.

Complete and give the School Record Request Form to the applicant’s current school with stamped envelope addressed to the Director of Admission at Bullis.

For Applicants to Grades 3-5

Print student’s name and give one AISGW Common 2-12 Recommendation Form to your child’s current year primary classroom teacher with a stamped envelope addressed to the Director of Admission at Bullis.
Print student’s name and give one AISGW Common 2-12 Recommendation Form to another current year classroom teacher—you may choose any other subject teacher in addition to your child’s primary teacher. Include a stamped envelope addressed to the Director of Admission at Bullis.
Print student’s name and give one AISGW Common 2-12 Recommendation Form to last year’s classroom teacher with a stamped envelope addressed to the Director of Admission at Bullis.

For Applicants to Grades 6-12

Print student’s name and give the AISGW Common English Recommendation Form to the current English teacher with a stamped envelope addressed to the Director of Admission
at Bullis.
Print student’s name and give the AISGW Common Math Recommendation Form to the current math teacher with a stamped envelope addressed to the Director of Admission at Bullis.
Print student’s name and give AISGW Common 2-12 Recommendation Form to the student’s counselor, advisor or principal with a stamped envelope addressed to the Director of Admission at Bullis.

Applicants to grades 4 through 12 are required to take either the SSAT, the ISEE or the ERB. Applicants to grade 3 are required to take the Bullis Admission Test (BAT). All lower school applicants (grades 3-5) are required to submit the results of a recent Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) evaluation. For more information, please refer to the Testing Information link at left.

A group visit is mandatory for all applicants to grades 3, 4 and 5. Please call the Admission Office at (301) 983-5724 to reserve a spot. Available dates and times are listed at the Testing Information link at left.
A visit day is optional for applicants to grades 6 through 12. Once an application has been submitted, an optional visit to classes is available for each student. Please call the Admission Office at (301) 983-5724 to arrange a visit.

To request forms for financial aid, please call the Admission Office at (301) 983-5724. The financial aid deadline is February 15, at which time all forms must have been received by the Admission Office.

Applicants whose files are completed by our February 1 deadline receive notification of the Admission Committee’s decision by mid-March. Applicants whose files are not complete by the February 1 deadline will be considered on a space available basis in April.