Please note: With our application deadline of January 15, we wanted to share an update regarding the application process. At this time, we are receiving an abundance of information from individuals as they submit their applications. We appreciate your patience as we work diligently to update the Admission Portal to reflect the information we have for applicants. When reviewing your SAO portal, if you see information received that has not been checked off in your Admission Portal at Williston, please know we have likely received the information and are processing it at this time. If your Admission Portal indicates we are missing pieces after February 4, please feel free to contact your admission interviewer or the Admission Office at admission@williston.com.

To learn about Williston’s academics, arts, athletics, and more, please fill out our inquiry form, and we will mail you a viewbook and get you into our system. Once you do this, you will receive instructions on how to create a username and password to access our Admission Portal, which will allow you to track your progress along the way.

It is Williston’s expectation that prospective students within two hours drive of campus will visit Williston for an in-person tour and interview, barring extenuating circumstances. Our interview schedule is located on our Visit page. For prospective students who cannot make the trip to campus for an in-person tour and interview, a limited number of Zoom interviews will be made available – to request an interview via Zoom, please contact the Admission Office at (413) 529-3241 or email admission@williston.com.

While Williston will not require applicants to submit standardized test scores when applying, students are welcome to submit a standardized test score to satisfy our testing requirement. We also recognize that standardized testing is a strength for some of our applicants – applicants are welcome to submit any scores and encouraged to submit educational testing as part of their application.

For proper class placement purposes, we require students who do not identify English as their first language to submit results from the TOEFL, Duolingo, or a similar English language proficiency test (we do not accept the SLEP or Junior TOEFL). We also recommend that these students take the SSAT, but individual students can also communicate with their admission interviewer about a possible waiver of the SSAT. If a student has studied in an English-speaking school for three or more years, the English language proficiency testing requirement can also be waived.

Our application deadline is January 15. You can apply to Williston using the Standard Application Online (SAO) . Candidates for Financial Aid must complete financial aid forms by January 15 (to read more about Williston’s Financial Aid process, visit our Tuition and Financial page.) All applicants to Williston are required to complete the following requirements as part of their application:

• Student essays
• Parental statement
• Application fee of $50 and $100 for international applicants
• Interview
• School report form completed by counselor
• Current English teacher recommendation
• Current math teacher recommendation
• An official school transcript (with a minimum of two years of credits)
• Grades from at least the first two quarters or first trimester for the current school year
• Testing information (see above)
• Williston Addendum Essay through SAO
• Financial Aid Application (if applicable)

Decision letters will be mailed from the Admission Office on March 10, with email notification being sent on the afternoon of March 10. Accepted students are invited to our Admitted Student Programs during March and April, with detail to be sent directly to admitted students and their families on March 10.

Williston’s enrollment deadline is April 10. Decisions are made on a rolling admission basis for any student who finishes the application process after March 10. We encourage applicants who plan to apply after March 10 to call us directly at 413-529-3241 regarding the availability of spaces for the coming academic year.