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The Lawrenceville School

Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA
Co-Ed, No Religious Affiliation

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Through House and Harkness, Lawrenceville challenges a diverse community of promising young people to leave lives of learning, integrity, and high purpose. Our mission is to inspire the best in each to seek the best for all.

 

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2500 Main Street, P.O. Box 6008
Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA 08648

(609) 896-0400

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Director of Admissions: Greg Buckles
Admissions Phone:(609) 895-2030Toll-Free Admissions:(800) 735-2030Fax:609-895-2217
Email: [email protected] Website:
www.lawrenceville.org


  • Application Deadline: January 15
  • Application Fee: $50
  • International Application Fee: $100
  • Accepts SSAT Standard Application Online (SAO): Yes
  • Accepts Gateway to Prep Schools Application: Yes
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  • Founded: 1810
  • Campus Size: 700 acres
  • Grades Offered: 9th-post-grad
  • Accredited by: MSA
Student Body
Boarding
Grades 9th-post-grad
Day
Grades 9th-post-grad
Total
Girls     260 133 393
Boys     306 133 439
Total     566 266 832

Tuition and Financial Aid
  • 7-Day Boarding: $69,420
  • 5-Day Boarding: N/A
  • Day Tuition Fee: $57,140
  • Payment Plans: Offered
  • Need-Based Aid: Offered
  • Students Receiving Aid: 31.00%
  • Average Awarded: $52,434
School Finances
  • Merit Scholarships: Not Offered
  • Students Receiving Merit Scholarships: 0.00%
  • Average Merit Scholarship: $0
  • Current Endowment: $459,800,000
  • Per Student Endowment: $552,644
 

Summary: A Lawrenceville education builds on a tradition of intellectual and civic engagement and prepares students to be responsible leaders in the 21st century. Ever since James Cameron Mackenzie championed the house system in the 1890s and Edward Harkness and Allan Heely implemented discussion based, Harkness teaching in the 1930s, a Lawrenceville education has been marked by close faculty-student interactions and deep intellectual engagement. Lawrenceville faculty members are expert in their disciplines and committed to teaching well. They work closely with students to help them discover and develop their intellectual passions and think critically and creatively about the world around them and about the challenges and opportunities before them.

Department Director: David Laws

Average Class Size: 12

Full Time Teachers: 110

Teachers Holding Advanced Degrees: 68.00%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 8:1

Summer Programs Offered: Offered

Academic Schedule: Trimester

Saturday Classes: Most or All

Notable Achievements: 2019-20: 80 percent AP test takers scored 4-5, 2019-20: 2 National Merit Scholar winners

Advanced/Enrichment Programs
  • Post Graduate Year
Support Programs
  • College Counseling
  • Evening Study Assistance
  • Learning Differences Support
  • Peer Tutoring
  • Study Skills Assistance
  • Subject Tutoring
  • Technology Center
English:
  • Classics
  • Creative Writing
  • Honors
  • Literature
  • Playwriting
  • Poetry
History:
  • Classical History
  • European History
  • United States History
  • World History
Foreign Languages:
  • Chinese-Mandarin
  • Chinese-Cantonese
  • French
  • Japanese
  • Spanish
  • Latin
  • Arabic
Religion/Philosophy:
  • The Bible
  • Ethics
  • Faith
  • Moral Philosophy
  • Philosophy
  • Religious Studies
  • Social Justice
  • Theology
  • World Religions
Humanities/Social Sciences:
  • Anthropology
  • Economics
Sciences:
  • Astronomy
  • Biology
  • Botany
  • Chemistry
  • Earth Science
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Science
  • Physical Science
  • Physics
  • Physiology
Math:
  • Algebra
  • Calculus
  • Functions
  • Honors Math
  • Geometry
  • Probability
  • Statistics
  • Trigonometry
Computer Studies:
  • Computer Applications
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Multimedia
  • Web Design
Music:
  • Band
  • Choral Music
  • Composition
  • Electronic Music
  • History of Jazz
  • History of Music
  • Individual Instructions
  • Music History
  • Music Theory
  • Orchestra
  • Principles of Arranging
  • Recording
  • Voice
Performing/Visual Arts:
  • Acting
  • Art
  • Art History
  • Ceramics
  • Choreography
  • Dance
  • Debate
  • Design
  • Directing
  • Drama
  • Drawing
  • Film and Video
  • Graphic Design
  • History of Theater
  • Journalism
  • Lighting Design
  • Metal
  • Modern Dance
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Portfolio
  • Pottery
  • Printmaking
  • Production
  • Public Speaking
  • Screen-printing
  • Screenwriting
  • Stagecraft
  • Textiles
  • Theater Arts
Special Programs:
  • Community Service
  • Exchange Programs
  • Independent Study
  • Internships
  • Leadership
  • Outdoor Education
  • Semester/Year Off-Campus
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Summary: Lawrenceville offers a series of more formal programs addressing issues and topics that fall outside of the classroom. Personal Development classes cover critical topics including time management, sleep, and substance use; in addition, six times per year, all-school presentations and discussions address issues such as honor, sustainability and ethical decision-making. Less-structured opportunities such as house meetings and weekly lunches with faculty regularly address non-academic questions and topics, from current events to everyday ethics. Through a school culture that deliberately engages these issues, as well as through ongoing discussions with faculty and peers in Harkness-sized groups, students are taught to think critically about personal decisions, encouraging informed and considered choices that foster engaged and meaningful lives.

Department Director: Blake Eldridge '96

Dorm Life

Number of Dorms: 20

No. of Girls Dorms: 9

No. of Boys Dorms: 11

Dress Code: Other

Student Life

Summary: A Lawrenceville student finds the hours of the day crowded with academic, social, athletic, and community activities. The challenge and goal of a Lawrenceville education is to learn to enjoy the many opportunities available here while managing time in a healthy way. Students are encouraged to choose from a wide range of activities outside their academic requirements, and the daily life of the residential school continues well into the evening as academics and athletics give way to club activities, quiet study, and the many friendships of house life.

Facilities

  • All-weather track
  • Baseball field(s)
  • Basketball court(s)
  • Fitness Center
  • Technology Center
  • Volleyball court(s)
  • Football field
  • Indoor basketball court(s)
  • Pool
  • Indoor pool
  • Squash Courts
  • Golf Course

Clubs and Organizations

  • Amnesty International
  • Asian Club
  • Chess Club
  • Classics Club
  • Community Service
  • Computer Club
  • Debate Club
  • Diversity Club
  • Dorm Proctors
  • Drama Club
  • Environmental Club
  • Fencing
  • Food Council
  • Foreign Language Clubs
  • Free Tibet
  • Future Bus. Leaders of Am.
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Honor Council
  • International Clubs
  • Investment Club
  • Jewish Student Org
  • Literary Magazine
  • Math Club
  • Mock Trial
  • Model UN
  • Newspaper
  • Outing Club
  • Peer Tutoring
  • Photography
  • Quiz Bowl
  • Science Bowl
  • Sexualities Club
  • Student Activities
  • Student Government
  • Student Publications
  • SADD
  • Theater
  • Woodworking Club
  • Yearbook
  • Young Democrats
  • Young Republicans
  • More than 150 clubs are available
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Summary: ATHLETICS
Lawrenceville regards athletics as yet another educational opportunity for students and a necessary and valuable complement to our rigorous academic expectations. The importance of commitment; the satisfaction of selfless teamwork; the hard lessons of failure; the courage to surmount pain, fatigue, and frustration for a common goal; the virtue of physical conditioning; the imperatives of sportsmanship; and the sheer joy of healthy competition are values that our athletic program is uniquely suited to teach.

PERFORMING ARTS
We explore education through doing by offering courses that challenge students to apply the theory they learn in the classroom, to the practice of art in performance. This requires them to find creative solutions to real-life problems, to develop sophisticated communicative skills in order to convey their ideas effectively, and to work among themselves in close collaboration.

Arts Department Director: Derrick Wilder

Athletics Department Director: Tripp Welborne

Arts
  • A Cappella Group
  • Art Club
  • Brass Ensemble
  • Chamber Choir
  • Chamber Ensemble
  • Chamber Orchestra
  • Choral Music
  • Dance
  • Drama Club
  • Glee Club
  • Gospel Choir
  • Guitar Ensemble
  • Improvisation Group
  • Jazz Ensemble
  • Pep Band
  • Rock Band
  • Stage Band
  • String Ensemble
  • Tech Crew
  • Theater
Interscholastic Sports
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Crew
  • Cross-Country Running
  • Dance
  • Fencing
  • Field Hockey
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Ice Hockey
  • Lacrosse
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Squash
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Track and Field
  • Volleyball
  • Water Polo
  • Wrestling
 

Summary: The goal of the College Counseling Office is to support, inform and encourage students and their families as they navigate the exciting, complex and ever-changing process of college admissions. The counselors educate students and families about the nuances of admissions, advise students about appropriate and interesting college options that best suit their individual needs, and support and encourage students as they successfully complete the application process.

Department Director: Holly Burks-Becker

College Information

Percentage of Graduates Who Attend College: 100.00%

Colleges attended in the past 5 years by our graduates:

Brown University 20 graduates
Columbia University 18 graduates
Cornell University 22 graduates
Georgetown University 21 graduates
New York University 35 graduates
Princeton University 31 graduates
Tufts University 16 graduates
University of Chicago 24 graduates
University of Pennsylvania 27 graduates
Yale University 17 graduates
Notable Alumni

Bobby Sanguinetti (Class of 2006) NHL player, New York Rangers

Michael Eisner (Class of 1960) Former CEO, The Walt Disney Company

Meredith Whitney (Class of 1988) Founder, Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, LLC

Huey Lewis (Class of 1967) Musician/singer

Horace Porter (Class of 1854) Brigadier General in Civil War, Medal of Honor Winner, Grant's White House Secretary

Dierks Bentley (Class of 1993) Country singer

Jay Carney (Class of 1983) White House Press Secretary

Fox Butterfield (Class of 1957) Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, The New York Times

Joakim Noah (Class of 2004) NBA player, Chicago Bull

James Merrill (Class of 1943) Author, The Changing Light at Sandover


 

Summary: The goal of The Lawrenceville Summer Scholars Program is to provide an educational summer program that produces innovative leaders, breakthrough thinkers, and imaginative problem solvers. We challenge students to learn in powerful new ways, engage in active inquiry and develop a life-long commitment to personal, environmental and community responsibility.

Department Director: Bernadette Teeley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary: While Lawrenceville accepts both the Standard Application Online (SAO) and the Gateway to Prep School Application, we recommend using the Gateway application. Please refer to the Gateway checklist to make sure you've submitted all required documents for the Lawrenceville application process:

-Official School Reports and Transcripts (current and past 2 years)
-Principal/Counselor Recommendation (current year)
-English Teacher Recommendation (Humanities - English/History/Social Studies/Social Sciences) This can now be completed by teachers in the current or previous year.
-Math Teacher Recommendation (STEM - Math/Science/Engineering) This can now be completed by teachers in the current or previous year.

Application Fee:
$50 for domestic candidates
$100 for international candidates

Domestic candidates please email our office at [email protected] to request an application fee waiver if you are experiencing financial hardship.

 
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