Application Process

If you have already begun the admissions process at Visitation or are adding a new student, click below to access your application:

Admissions Portal

If you are applying as a transfer student

Step 1: Transcripts & Records

Students who are interested in transferring to Georgetown Visitation are required to first submit transcripts before completing an application. Academic transcripts from a student’s previous year(s) and current year of high school should be submitted. Your school will also share attendance records, disciplinary actions, and standardized test scores. Please submit the Transcript & Records Release Form to your school.

Step 2: Application

Once our Admissions Office has reviewed and approved your transcripts, continue to this step. Create a username on our Applicant Portal. The online application and $60 fee must be submitted for your application to be considered complete. A preview of the essay questions is in the tab below. As part of the application process, we request one or two scholarly writing samples that give insight into the applicant as a student and the applicant's recent standardized testing.

Step 3: Recommendations

Two faculty recommendations are required. Transfer applicants should provide email addresses for current math and English teachers via their individual admissions portal. The forms will be emailed to those individuals for completion.

Application & transcripts for transfer students are due by March 3.

Step 4: Interview/School Visit

Applicants are asked to attend a Cub for a Day visit. Exploring our campus provides insight into the vibrant daily life on 35th Street. As part of this experience, we look forward to a required interview with a member of our admissions office during your visit. Feel free to reach out to us at 202.337.3350 x2246, to arrange your visit and interview. If an in-person visit isn't possible, we extend an invitation to enjoy our online campus tour available on our website; please call to arrange your required interview.

If you attend a Catholic grade school in MD or D.C.

Step 1 - Discover Visitation by signing up to learn more about us!

Create your Admissions Portal account - you'll be added to our newsletter list and receive reminders and updates about the application process.

Please see here for directions for creating/logging in to your Admissions Portal.

If you already have created an Admissions Portal login for yourself or a previous applicant earlier, no additional login needs to be created. You can sign in with your original Admissions Portal information, and create a new student profile, if applicable.

Step 2 - Sign up for your Cub for a Day visit

Experience life as a Visi girl! Come spend the day with us by signing up for our Cub for a Day program, which is required as part of your application and is reserved through the Admissions Portal . . During your visit, you'll also have a short interview with a member of our faculty or staff. Visits run through early December.

Step 3 - Schedule your HSPT

Visitation requires the Archdiocese of Washington’s High School Placement Test (HSPT) as its entrance exam. Students attending an Archdiocese of Washington school will receive the high-school choice form and take the HSPT at school in November. If a student marks Visitation as one of her three choices on the HSPT application, her scores will be sent to Visitation automatically.

Step 4 - Submit your online application by December 6, 2024

A completed online application through our Admissions Portal and fee of $60 should be submitted on or before December 6, 2024. A preview of the essay questions is below.

Your school will give you the Archdiocese of Washington Authorization to Release Records form; please list Georgetown Visitation on that form to ensure your current school will send us required transcripts and teacher recommendations by our December deadline.

Step 5 - Submit financial aid application, if desired

The deadline to apply for financial aid is Monday, January 6, 2025 at noon. Please see more about our financial aid and scholarships here.

Step 6 - Notification of Decisions

All families may login to their Admissions Portal at the end of February to find out their Admissions status. Directions are located here.

If you attend a Catholic grade school in VA

Step 1 - Discover Visitation by signing up to learn more about us!

Create your Admissions Portal account - you'll be added to our newsletter list and receive reminders and updates about the application process.

Please see here for directions for creating/logging in to your Admissions Portal.

If you already have created an Admissions Portal login for yourself or a previous applicant earlier, no additional login needs to be created. You can sign in with your original Admissions Portal information, and create a new student profile, if applicable.

Step 2 - Sign up for your Cub for a Day visit

Experience life as a Visi girl! Come spend the day with us by signing up for our Cub for a Day program, which is required as part of your application and is reserved through the Admissions Portal . . During your visit, you'll also have a short interview with a member of our faculty or staff. Visits run through early December.

Step 3 - Schedule your HSPT

Visitation requires the High School Placement Test (HSPT) as its entrance exam. Eighth grade students at Arlington Diocese schools will take this exam in November. Please mark Visitation as your third school choice in order for our Admissions team to receive your scores.

Step 4 - Submit your online application by December 6, 2024

A completed online application through our Admissions Portal and fee of $60 should be submitted on or before December 6, 2024. A preview of the essay questions is below.

Step 5 - Submit your transcripts and recommendations

Transcripts from Grade 7 plus grades from the first quarter of Grade 8 should be submitted to our Admissions Office by our application deadline of December 6, 2024. Applicants must submit this Transcript Release Form to their school’s main office in order to have the transcripts released.

You can find an find an electronic teacher recommendation form on their individual admissions portal; no paper forms are accepted. Students will provide the math, English, and principal or counselor email addresses and the forms will be emailed to those individuals to complete. All recommendations are due by December 6, 2024.

Step 6 - Submit financial aid application, if desired

The deadline to apply for financial aid is Monday, January 6, 2025 at noon. Please see more about our financial aid and scholarships here.

Step 7 - Notification of Decisions

All families may login to their Admissions Portal at the end of February to find out their Admissions status. Directions are located here.

If you attend a public or private, non-Catholic grade school

Step 1 - Discover Visitation by signing up to learn more about us!

Create your Admissions Portal account - you'll be added to our newsletter list and receive reminders and updates about the application process.

Please see here for directions for creating/logging in to your Admissions Portal.

If you already have created an Admissions Portal login for yourself or a previous applicant earlier, no additional login needs to be created. You can sign in with your original Admissions Portal information, and create a new student profile, if applicable.

Step 2 - Sign up for your Cub for a Day visit

Experience life as a Visi girl! Come spend the day with us by signing up for our Cub for a Day program, which is required as part of your application and is reserved through the Admissions Portal . . During your visit, you'll also have a short interview with a member of our faculty or staff. Visits run through early December.

Step 3 - Schedule your HSPT

Visitation requires the High School Placement Test (HSPT) as its entrance exam. If you would like to take it at Visitation, we offer this test through the Archdiocese of Washington on December 7, 2024. When registering through ADW.org, you should request to take it here. If you choose NOT to take the HSPT at Visitation, see below:

If you live in DC or Maryland, you should visit ADW.org for registration information at other test sites. The HSPT registration must be sent directly to the Archdiocese. Please select Visitation to receive your scores.
If you live in VA, you should visit the Arlington Diocese website to see other test sites and . Students can select Visitation as their third choice to receive scores.

Step 4 - Submit your online application by December 6, 2024

A completed online application through our Admissions Portal and fee of $60 should be submitted on or before December 6, 2024. A preview of the essay questions is below.

Step 5 - Submit your transcripts and recommendations

Transcripts from Grade 7 plus grades from the first quarter of Grade 8 should be submitted to our Admissions Office by our application deadline of December 6, 2024. Applicants must submit this Transcript Release Form to their school’s main office in order to have the transcripts released.

You can find an find an electronic teacher recommendation form on their individual admissions portal; no paper forms are accepted. Students will provide the math, English, and principal or counselor email addresses and the forms will be emailed to those individuals to complete. All recommendations are due by December 6, 2024.

Step 6 - Submit financial aid application, if desired

The deadline to apply for financial aid is Monday, January 6, 2025 at noon. Please see more about our financial aid and scholarships here.

Step 7 - Notification of Decisions

All families may login to their Admissions Portal at the end of February to find out their Admissions status. Directions are located here.

Essay Questions Preview

As part of Georgetown Visitation's online application, students are asked to write an essay (not to exceed 500 words). They may choose one of the following topics:

1. St. Francis de Sales, co-founder of the Visitation Order, said, "The opportunity of doing great things does not come very often, but at every moment, we can do little acts with great love." As members of the Visitation Salesian community we are called to live this advice through the "Little Virtues": patience, simplicity, humility, gentleness, hospitality, and thoughtful concern for others. Using examples from your own life, how do you exemplify one of these Little Virtues?

2. Describe a meaningful experience or challenge in your life that has helped shape who you are today. What did you learn from it, and how will you apply those lessons to contribute to our community?

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