STEM Admissions Information - Good Counsel

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Thank you for your interest in our nationally recognized STEM Program.

Good Counsel’s STEM program introduces students to engineering through a nationally recognized, hands-on, project-based curriculum called Project Lead the Way. Good Counsel has been recognized as a “Distinguished Project Lead the Way School” the past six years, a distinction given to only 3% of qualified schools nationally.

Students are admitted into the STEM Program prior to freshman year. For complete information about the program, visit our STEM page.

To apply for the STEM program for the Class of 2029, please follow the instructions here:

Archdiocese of Washington Middle School Student (STEM)

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Students must complete a Good Counsel online admissions application and submit it to Good Counsel with a non-refundable $70.00 application fee by Friday, December 6, 2024.
Applicants must take the High School Placement Test in their parochial school. Students who miss the test must email the Catholic Schools Office at hspt@adw.org to arrange a make-up test.
The Archdiocese sends choice cards to 8th graders in parochial schools, and each applicant uses these cards to select three high schools. Please select Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in order to have the proper information sent to us.
The parochial school then sends the applicant’s complete transcript to the selected high schools. The transcript consists of report cards, all testing results, and recommendations from the principal and teachers. Archdiocesan students do not need to submit the transcript release and Math/English recommendation requests to their school.
STEM applicants MUST ALSO SUBMIT a teacher recommendation request to their current science or STEM teacher. Middle schools do not automatically submit separate STEM recommendation forms to Good Counsel. This is a requirement that is specific to the STEM program. Recommendations must be submitted directly to Good Counsel by January 6, 2025.
All applicants will interview in January 2025. Information about sign-up procedures will be emailed to all applicants in December.

Non-Archdiocese Middle School Student (STEM)

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Applicants must complete a Good Counsel online admissions application and submit it to Good Counsel with a non-refundable $70.00 application fee by Friday, December 6, 2024.
Applicants must make arrangements with the Catholic Schools Office to sit for the High School Placement Test. For information about testing, visit the Archdiocese High School Placement Test (HSPT) web page.
At the end of the first quarter, parents must submit to the student's current school a transcript request. The transcript must include grades and testing information covering the student's prior two academic years.
Students must also provide recommendations from their current Math and English teachers. Recommendations must be requested in the Veracross portal and be submitted directly to Good Counsel by January 6, 2025. Students applying to STEM will be required to submit an additional recommendation from their current Science or STEM teacher within the Veracross portal. We recommend that families request these teacher recommendations no later than the end of first quarter.
All applicants will interview in January 2025. Information about sign-up procedures will be emailed to all applicants in December.