8th Grade Application Process

All admissions materials can be submitted via the admissions portal!

Class of 2025 - Entrance-Scholarship Exam Dates - The High School Placement Test (HSPT) is for 8th graders applying for 9th grade admissions for the 2021-2022 academic year. This year's exam will take place on Saturday, October 3rd and Sunday, October 4th!

Registration is completed via the admissions portal.

Please contact the admissions office for further details regarding our late applicant process at 215-646-8815 ext. 306.

Register here!

Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School requires the submission of the following application materials:

• An unofficial copy of your daughter's academic transcript that should include all marks and standardized test scores

• One recommendation from a teacher who knows the applicant especially well and can speak to her academic ability and character. Your recommendation request will be sent as part of your application. 

Please submit all request materials through the admissions checklist via the admissions portal.

All application materials are due on or before Thursday, October 8, 2020.

An Admissions decision cannot be made until we have received all materials.

8th graders (for the Class of 2025) applying to Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School can submit a Financial Aid/Tuition Assistance application via our Financial Aid application page. Any prospective student who wishes to be considered for Financial Aid/Tuition Assistance, must submit a completed Financial Aid application with all supporting documents through FACTS.  If the applicant meets this deadline, decisions about financial awards will be communicated before the Confirmation Deadline.

Click Financial Aid for more information (including deadlines). 

All returning Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School families and transfer students will apply for Financial Aid starting in January, each year.

All 8th grade students who apply to Gwynedd are encouraged to come spend the day!

Visitation Days run annually from September through December for all 8th grade students who are interested in applying to Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School. 

Important Information - Class of 2025 
-Registration for the 8th Grade Visitation Day is completed via the admissions portal (after an application is submitted)
-A limited number of 8th grade visitors will be able to join us this fall for an in-person visitation day 
*All visitors are required to wear masks and complete a COVID-19 health screening form prior to entering the building.
-8th Graders are also welcome to join us for a virtual visit!
-8th Graders and their parents are invited to join us for a personal tour in lieu of an 8th grade visitation day (please see further details in the tab below).

Please contact the admissions department at 215-646-8815 ext. 306 regarding late applicants/individual appointments.

To best serve Class of 2025 applicants and their families who wish to visit our campus, while being mindful of our COVID-19 visitor restrictions, we are pleased to offer personal tours this fall!

Personal Tours may be scheduled in lieu of an applicant's 8th Grade Visitation Day. A personal tour is limited to three people (student and two parents/guardians). All visitors to GMAHS are required to wear a mask. A submission of COVID-19 screening form is required prior to entrance into the building.

Gwynedd Personal Tours

 Register here

Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School
Accelerated Scholars Program (ASP)

Congratulations, Class of 2025 ASP Candidates!

The Accelerated Scholars Program will provide high achieving seventh graders the opportunity for early admittance - apply, be accepted, and enroll - into Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School before the start of eighth grade.  Seventh grade students who take our seventh grade practice test, score really well and show a strong desire in attending Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School will be invited to participate. The Accelerated Scholars Program will also offer academic scholarships.

Accelerated Scholars who elect to participate in our early admittance program will be required to complete the ASP Application process. 

The ASP Application process includes:

 - Invitation to the ASP (sent with 7th grade practice test results) - August 2020
- Completed online application (including ASP essay)
- Teacher recommendation
-  6^th and 7^th Grade transcript, including grades and standardized test score
- An interview with the Admissions Office                                                     

Any Accelerated Scholar who is seeking early admittance and would like to apply for financial aid or be considered for additional merit based scholarships:

 - May apply for financial aid beginning August 2020.
 - Must take the 8th Grade Entrance/Scholarship Exam at Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School in October.