International Students

All Applicants:  

1. Submit an application for admission via our VES online application or Standard Application Online (SAO).  First time users of the VES online application, please click here for instructions.

2. Submit official test scores.

• TOEFL iBT score (school code 8110) - Minimum required score: 85

• In addition to the TOEFL, students are now able to submit results of their DuoLingo Test.  In some cases, the DuoLingo test results will be accepted in the place of the TOEFL iBT.  For questions about DuoLingo, please click here.

• SSAT for ninth and tenth graders (SSAT school code 7972). SAT, PSAT or ACT for 11th and 12th graders are encouraged but not required.

3.  Complete a request for official transcript and school recommendations and submit to your current school. We require recommendations from your current math and English teachers and one from your principal or guidance counselor.
4.  Schedule a campus visit or a Skype interview with Mary Stuart Battle, Director of International Admissions, at msbattle@ves.org (Chinese Applicants - see information above regarding Vericant).

Chinese Applicants Only: All Chinese applicants must complete a Vericant interview prior to scheduling a campus visit or participating in a Skype interview with a representative of the Admissions Office. Please contact Vericant either before or after submitting an application to VES. The professionals at Vericant will not evaluate you as a candidate for admission, but rather will conduct an interview at one of ten sites around China. Information obtained from the Vericant interview will enable VES to assess proficiency in both oral and written English and cultural fit. Based on the results, VES will invite select applicants to an on-campus or Skype interview.

International Boarding Student tuition for the 2019-20 academic year is $60,650.

• December 15: Deadline for Vericant interviews (Chinese students only)

• February 1: Deadline for submitting an application 

• First week of March: All completed international student applications receive final review

• March 10: Applicants will be notified of our decision 

• After March 10: Our school has a rolling admission policy, so the admission office will continue to review applications as long as spaces are available for the following year. If you are not granted acceptance in the first round of admission decisions, you may be put on a “waitlist” in the event that additional openings become available.

VES has an extensive College Counseling program. Our college counselors work with all students throughout their career at VES to assist them in finding the right college match. 

Our school also serves as a national testing site for the SAT, PSAT, and ACT. The TOEFL test is administrated in the surrounding area as well. 

Our international students have attended top tier U.S. colleges, including Georgetown, Duke University, Columbia University, Emory University, Boston College, Brandeis University, Carnegie Melon University, Cornell University, MIT, NYU, Purdue University, Princeton University, Stanford, University of California at Berkeley, University of Illinois, University of Virginia, University of Wisconsin, Wake Forest University, Wesleyan University and Washington University in St. Louis.