International Applicants

All international students applying to the Upper School (Grades 9-12) must take the SSAT exam if English is not their first language. Additionally, students must take either the TOEFL exam or the Duolingo English test. All international students applying to the Middle School (Grades 5-8) must take the SSAT/ISEE and TOEFL Jr. exams if English is not their first language. Most successful applicants tend to score over 90 on the TOEFL or over 820 on the TOEFL Jr. 

Duolingo: englishtest.duolingo.com/applicants

SSAT: www.ssat.org 
Thayer SSAT code: 7654

TOEFL: www.ets.org
Thayer TOEFL code: C334

Thayer Academy will provide an I-20 form only for students who have gained admission and enrolled at Thayer Academy. Thayer requires international families to provide financial information before an I-20 can be administered.

Please feel free to contact the Director of Enrollment Management Jeff Dwyer P '31 (jdwyer@thayer.org or 781.664.2204) for more information.

An interview in not required but it is strongly encouraged. Interviews can be held via Zoom. 

The international program at Thayer Academy is highly selective and enrolls only a small number of international students each year.

No, Thayer does not offer ESL.

The application fee for international students is $100.

Yes, international students are able to apply for financial aid. 

Yes. The international student fee covers services involved in an international student such as coordination of international student visas and /I-20s, advising, safekeeping of international student documentation (passports and I-20s), additional postage, and phone charges for international correspondence.

A total of 20 international students are enrolled at Thayer this year from Canada, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Vietnam.