Application Procedures

Due to the overwhelming number of applicants and the increasing demand for financial aid, we encourage students to apply as early as possible in the fall of their eighth grade year and to submit their financial aid applications with their admissions application. 

US citizens are required to pay a $100 application fee. International students are required to pay a $150 application fee.

We offer rolling admissions and early admissions. Early Admissions application deadline is December 14, 2012. Decision letters will be mailed February 28, 2013.

Archdiocese of Washington Elementary School Students:
1. Students must submit all of the following.

• Application for Admissions
• Parental Acknowledgement Form
• Applicant Questionnaire
• Two (2) Teacher Recommendations
• Non-refundable $100 application fee

2. Students attending Catholic elementary schools in the Washington Archdiocese will have initiated the transfer of records and school recommendations by indicating Pallotti on the “ARCHDIOCESAN CHOICE FORM”.

3. 9th Grade applicants are required to take the Archdiocese of Washington High School Placement Test (HSPT) through their Archdiocesan elementary school. Please note that in order to have your scores sent to Pallotti, you must select Pallotti on your Choice Form and the test answer sheet.

4. All applicants will be interviewed by the Director of Admissions between January 21, 2013 - February 15, 2013. You will be contacted to schedule your Parent/Student Interview.

Students from Archdiocese of Baltimore schools and area public schools:
1. Students must submit all of the following.

• Application for Admissions
• Parental Acknowledgement Form
• Applicant Essay
• Fill out the Records Release Form and submit it to their current school
• Two Teacher Recommendations
• A non-refundable $100 application fee

2. Pre-register to take the Archdiocese of Washington High School Placement Test (HSPT). Please note that in order to have your scores sent to Pallotti, you must select Pallotti on your registration form and the test answer sheet. You may obtain a registration form at www.adw.org.

3. Applicants will be interviewed by the Director of Admissions between January 21, 2013 - February 15, 2013. You will be contacted to schedule your Parent/Student Interview. Not all applicants will be selected for an interview.

Selection, testing and interviewing play critical roles in the admissions process. The committee gives great consideration to educational performance, teacher recommendations, personal characteristics, and special talents or circumstances which warrant the admission of students who are likely to contribute to the vitality of the Pallotti community.

St. Vincent Pallotti High School encourages and welcomes applications without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin, and does not discriminate in its education policies, Financial aid program, or other school-administered extracurricular activities.