Candidate Profile (Common)

• Academic, Athletic and Personal Achievements (1,500 characters)
  • Please note your interests and activities in areas such as music, drama, art, community service, debate, writing, athletics, employment, or hobbies. We understand that some candidates have more opportunities for organized activities than others, but we are interested in how you spend your time outside of the classroom. Please only submit information from the past two years. Please use the “Add More” button below the first two listings if you would like to enter additional activities. If you still need more space, please use the “Additional Information” section. 
  • Academic, Athletic and Personal Achievements-List or briefly describe any academic or personal achievements of which you are especially proud. Use this area to note any academic honors you have received. (1,500 characters)
• Additional Information/Explanation (6,000 characters)
  • If you would like to provide any additional information that was not specifically requested or did not fit in the spaces provided, you may use the space below or upload a PDF (files must be under 1MB). Please only submit relevant information from the past two years. Do not upload grades, official test scores or transcripts in this section.
  • If you have a document in a format other than PDF, you can download an official add-in for the latest versions of Microsoft Word that can convert Word documents to PDF. View the Gateway Knowledge Base article at https://www.gatewaytoprepschools.com/articles/6-creating-and-reducing-size-of-pdf-files for more information on creating PDFs. Please do not add pictures or scan printed documents. Doing so will potentially cause your file to be too large to upload.
  • Provide Additional Information (6,000 characters)
• Multimedia Description 1&2 (1,500 characters)
  • Please check with the school to see if they have other ways of accepting multimedia.
  • Students who have a very strong interest in a particular area are invited to submit up to two links to multimedia content. Examples of multimedia content that students have provided in the past include YouTube videos, music files, and art portfolios. Be sure to provide a description of the content in the space provided. Many schools no longer accept CDs, DVDs, videotapes or portfolios. Links are the simplest and most commonly accepted way to send multimedia to schools.
  • NOTE: If you have more than two links you may add them to the “Additional Information” section above along with a description. Please limit additional link submissions in the “Additional Information” section to no more than three multimedia links.
  • If your multimedia will not be available until later, do not delay in submitting your Candidate Profile now. Each school participating in the Gateway system has alternative means of accepting multimedia later in the application process. Consult each school for directions.
  • Description (1,500 characters)

Candidate Statement – Short Answers

• Describe an academic achievement or challenge that had a meaningful impact on you. What did it take to accomplish the achievement or overcome the challenge, and what did you learn from that experience? (Suggested length 100-200 words) (1,500 characters) (*)
• If someone wanted to understand you better, which item in your room would you show them first? Why? (Suggested length 100-200 words) (1,500 characters) (*)
• Tell us about a character in a book, movie, or TV show to whom you particularly relate. (Suggested length 100-200 words) (1,500 characters) (*)
• If there is any additional information that you would like to share about yourself, please feel free to do so. (This is optional.) (1,500 characters) 

Candidate Statement – Essay

Please select ONE of the following questions. Please enter your response to the question of your choice below (Suggested length 250-500 words). (*)

• Prompt 1 – Imagine you are writing your autobiography. Submit page 179. (Please feel free to be imaginative!) (3,000 characters)
• Prompt 2 – Concord Academy’s mission states that we are a community that fosters “Purposeful collaboration and creative engagement.” Tell us about an experience where a group or a team you were a part of worked together to achieve a goal. What role did you play? What did you learn about leadership, teamwork, and collaboration? (3,000 characters)

Candidate Additional Information

Please use this space to provide any additional information. (2,500 characters)

Parent Statement – Short Answers

• What are your educational goals for your child (long-range and/or short-range) and how do you imagine Concord Academy will contribute to reaching these goals? (700 characters)
• What three (3) things about your child make you most proud? (700 characters)
• Has your child been expelled, required to withdraw, suspended, or otherwise the subject of formal discipline at another school? If yes, please describe the disciplinary action and the circumstances leading to it. (700 characters)
• Is there any other information about your child that we should know about? (700 characters)

Graded Writing Sample

Your graded writing sample should be an assignment, written in English, from this academic year (preferably from English class). View the Gateway Knowledge Base article at Link for more information on creating PDFs.

• Briefly describe the assignment (500 characters) (*)

Recommendation

• Current Principal/Counselor Recommendation (*)
• Current English Teacher Recommendation (*)
• Current Mathematics Teacher Recommendation (*)
• Personal Recommendation
• Special Interest Recommendation