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B+ 4.1 Maryland, US
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Overall
B+
Matriculation B+
Academics B+
Extracurriculars A-
Community A
Reviews B+
Sandy Spring Friends School (SSFS) is located in Maryland, 16 miles north of Washington DC. We have over 600-day students and 40 boarding students living on our campus; Sandy Spring Friends School's unique location allows students to enjoy the benefits of living near a large city while still experiencing the safety of a rural campus. Our international students enjoy mid-week excursions and a robust weekend schedule.

SSFS offers a college-preparatory curriculum, including 14 Advanced Placement (AP) courses. SSFS. has a competitive athletic program with over 10 Varsity sports options and over 30 teams in total. In the 2022-23 school year, SSFS teams won over 15 championships! Sandy Spring Friends School believes every student should have a creative outlet. Our Arts program features 20 class offerings in the performing, visual, or digital arts.

SSFS is a Quaker school that values each person and seeks to nurture personal and social responsibility. Our graduates have gone on to noable universities such as Cornell, NYU, and UPenn.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$67650
Enrollment
700
International Students
4%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
81%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:8
AP
15
Average SAT Score
1290
Average ACT Score
27
Class Size
16
Boarding %
8

School Materials

Boarding Brochure 2023

Matriculation

(2020-2023)
Ranking University/College Students
#1 Princeton University 1 +
LAC #1 Williams College 1 +
#9 Northwestern University 1 +
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 1 +
#17 Cornell University 1 +
#19 University of Notre Dame 1 +
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +
#21 Emory University 1 +
#23 University of Michigan 1 +
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 1 +
#25 University of Virginia 1 +
LAC #5 Wellesley College 1 +
#27 University of Southern California 1 +
#28 New York University 1 +
#28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 +
#28 Wake Forest University 1 +
#34 University of Rochester 1 +
#36 Boston College 1 +
#38 University of California: Davis 1 +
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 +
#40 College of William and Mary 1 +
#42 Boston University 1 +
#42 Brandeis University 1 +
#42 Case Western Reserve University 1 +
#42 Tulane University 1 +
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 +
LAC #9 Carleton College 1 +
LAC #9 Middlebury College 1 +
#47 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 +
#49 Lehigh University 1 +
#49 Northeastern University 1 +
#49 Villanova University 1 +
#51 Spelman College 1 +
#55 Santa Clara University 1 +
#55 University of Miami 1 +
#57 Penn State University Park 1 +
#57 University of Pittsburgh 1 +
#59 Syracuse University 1 +
#59 University of Maryland: College Park 1 +
#62 Rutgers University 1 +
#63 George Washington University 1 +
#63 University of Connecticut 1 +
#63 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 +
LAC #13 Hamilton College 1 +
#68 Fordham University 1 +
#68 Indiana University Bloomington 1 +
#72 Reed College 1 +
#72 Sarah Lawrence College 1 +
#75 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 +
#76 Allegheny College 1 +
#76 College of Wooster 1 +
#76 Muhlenberg College 1 +
#79 American University 1 +
LAC #16 Haverford College 1 +
#83 Elon University 1 +
#83 Howard University 1 +
LAC #17 Colgate University 1 +
LAC #17 Smith College 1 +
#89 St. Mary's College of Maryland 1 +
#89 Ursinus College 1 +
#93 University of Delaware 1 +
#93 University of Denver 1 +
#93 University of San Diego 1 +
#99 University of Oregon 1 +
#103 Drexel University 1 +
#103 Loyola University Chicago 1 +
#103 Temple University 1 +
#103 University of San Francisco 1 +
#104 University of Colorado Boulder 1 +
#107 Whittier College 1 +
LAC #22 Vassar College 1 +
#111 Goucher College 1 +
#117 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 +
#117 University of Vermont 1 +
#120 Roanoke College 1 +
#122 Chapman University 1 +
#122 Illinois Institute of Technology 1 +
#124 Morehouse College 1 +
#127 Clarkson University 1 +
#130 Eckerd College 1 +
LAC #27 Macalester College 1 +
#136 University of New Hampshire 1 +
#137 George Mason University 1 +
#149 University of Mary Washington 1 +
LAC #30 Bryn Mawr College 1 +
LAC #30 Kenyon College 1 +
LAC #30 Mount Holyoke College 1 +
LAC #30 Scripps College 1 +
#166 Hofstra University 1 +
SUNY University at Albany 1 +
LAC #38 Lafayette College 1 +
LAC #38 Skidmore College 1 +
LAC #42 Denison University 1 +
#219 Hampton University 1 +
#219 Nova Southeastern University 1 +
#219 Texas Tech University 1 +
#219 Widener University 1 +
#234 Georgia State University 1 +
#234 Pace University 1 +
#234 Suffolk University 1 +
#234 University of Hartford 1 +
LAC #50 Dickinson College 1 +
LAC #61 Gettysburg College 1 +
#317 Morgan State University 1 +
Carleton University 1 +
Coastal Carolina University 1 +
College of Charleston 1 +
Concordia University 1 +
Eastern Mennonite University 1 +
Elmhurst College 1 +
Emerson College 1 +
Fashion Institute of Technology 1 +
Germanna Community College 1 +
Howard Community College 1 +
Ithaca College 1 +
Lancaster University 1 +
Louisiana State University at Eunice 1 +
Loyola University Maryland 1 +
McDaniel College 1 +
Milwaukee School of Engineering 1 +
Montgomery College Rockville 1 +
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 1 +
Saint Joseph's University 1 +
Salisbury University 1 +
Salt Lake Community College 1 +
Savannah College of Art and Design 1 +
Stevenson University 1 +
The New School College of Performing Arts 1 +
Towson University 1 +
University of Maryland: Baltimore County 1 +
University of New Brunswick 1 +
University of New Haven 1 +
University of North Carolina School of the Arts 1 +
University of Waterloo 1 +
Warren Wilson College 1 +
Waynesburg University 1 +
Wheaton College 1 +
York College of Pennsylvania 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2023 2019-2022 2018-2021 2017-2020 2015-2018 Total
All schools 60 26 59 16 47
#1 Princeton University 1 + 1
#8 University of Pennsylvania 1 + 1
#9 Northwestern University 1 + 1
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 + 1
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 1 + 1 + 2
#14 Brown University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#17 Cornell University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#19 University of Notre Dame 1 + 1
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 + 1 + 2
#21 Emory University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#22 University of California: Berkeley 1 + 1
#23 Georgetown University 1 admitted 1 + 2
#23 University of Michigan 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#25 University of Virginia 1 + 1
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#27 University of Southern California 1 + 1
#28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#28 Tufts University 1 + 1
#28 Wake Forest University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#28 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 + 1 + 2
#28 New York University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 + 1 + 2
#34 University of Rochester 1 + 1
#36 Boston College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#36 University of California: Irvine 1 + 1
#38 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 admitted 1
#38 University of California: Davis 1 + 1
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 + 1 + 2
#42 Case Western Reserve University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#42 Brandeis University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#42 Boston University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 + 1 + 2
#42 Tulane University 1 + 1 + 2
#47 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#48 University of Georgia 1 + 1
#49 Purdue University 1 + 1 + 2
#49 Lehigh University 1 + 1 admitted 2
#49 Northeastern University 1 + 1 + 2
#49 Villanova University 1 + 1 + 2
#55 Santa Clara University 1 + 1
#55 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1
#55 University of Miami 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#57 University of Pittsburgh 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#57 Penn State University Park 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#59 University of Maryland: College Park 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#59 University of Washington 1 + 1 + 2
#59 Syracuse University 1 + 1
#62 Rutgers University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#63 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#63 University of Connecticut 1 + 1 + 2
#63 George Washington University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#68 Southern Methodist University 1 + 1
#68 Texas A&M University 1 + 1
#68 Fordham University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#68 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 + 1 + 2
#68 Indiana University Bloomington 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#75 Loyola Marymount University 1 admitted 1
#75 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 + 1 + 2
#79 American University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#83 Stevens Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#83 Howard University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#83 SUNY University at Binghamton 1 + 1
#83 Elon University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#83 Michigan State University 1 + 1 + 2
#93 SUNY University at Buffalo 1 + 1
#93 University of San Diego 1 + 1 + 2
#93 University of Delaware 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#93 University of Denver 1 + 1 + 2
#99 University of Oregon 1 + 1
#103 University of San Francisco 1 + 1 + 2
#103 Drexel University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#103 Loyola University Chicago 1 + 1 admitted 2
#103 University of South Florida 1 + 1
#103 Temple University 1 + 1 + 2
#103 Clark University 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#103 Miami University: Oxford 1 + 1
#104 University of Colorado Boulder 1 + 1 + 2
#117 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 + 1 + 2
#117 University of Vermont 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#117 Arizona State University 1 + 1
#122 Illinois Institute of Technology 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#122 Chapman University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#127 DePaul University 1 admitted 1
#127 Clarkson University 1 + 1 admitted 2
#136 University of New Hampshire 1 + 1 + 2
#136 Catholic University of America 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#148 University of Cincinnati 1 + 1
#162 Oregon State University 1 + 1
#172 SUNY University at Albany 1 + 1
College of William and Mary 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2023 2019-2022 2018-2021 2017-2020 2015-2018 Total
All schools 19 22 20 11 19
#1 Williams College 1 + 1
#2 Amherst College 1 + 1 + 2
#3 Swarthmore College 1 + 1
#5 Wellesley College 1 + 1
#6 Bowdoin College 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#9 Middlebury College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#9 Carleton College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#11 Washington and Lee University 1 + 1
#13 Hamilton College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#13 Grinnell College 1 admitted 1
#16 Haverford College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#17 Smith College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#17 Colby College 1 admitted 1
#17 Colgate University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#22 University of Richmond 1 + 1
#22 Vassar College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#25 Bates College 1 + 1
#26 Colorado College 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#27 Macalester College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#30 Bryn Mawr College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#30 Scripps College 1 + 1
#30 Mount Holyoke College 1 + 1 + 2
#30 Kenyon College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#35 College of the Holy Cross 1 admitted 1
#35 Pitzer College 1 + 1
#36 Oberlin College 1 + 1 + 2
#38 Skidmore College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#38 Lafayette College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#38 Bucknell University 1 admitted 1 + 2
#39 Union College 1 + 1
#42 Denison University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#42 Occidental College 1 + 1
#46 DePauw University 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#50 The University of the South 1 + 1
#50 Dickinson College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#50 Connecticut College 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#54 Gettysburg College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#62 Bard College 1 admitted 1
Franklin & Marshall College 1 admitted 1 + 2

Academics

AP

(15)
Calculus AB
Environmental Science
Music Theory
Spanish Language and Culture
Statistics
Chemistry
Calculus AB
Environmental Science
Music Theory
Spanish Language and Culture
Statistics
Chemistry
English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition
French Language and Culture
United States History
Calculus BC
European History
World History
Comparative Government and Politics
Physics C: Mechanics
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Sports

(13)
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Golf
Lacrosse
Soccer
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Golf
Lacrosse
Soccer
Softball
Track and Field
Volleyball
Climbing
Farming
Fitness
Swimming
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(25)
A Capella Club
Align
Art Activism
Art Club
Asian Culture Club
ASL Club
A Capella Club
Align
Art Activism
Art Club
Asian Culture Club
ASL Club
Astronomy Club
Board Game Club
Bookclub
Business Club
Chess Club
Chinese Culture Group
Difference Makers
Dungeons and Dragons Club
Engineering Club
Entomology Club
Equestrian Club
Heart and Paw
Jedi High Council Math Club
Men’s Volleyball
Music Production Club
Quiz Bowl
SSFS4Change
Students Demand Action Video Game Club
Writer's Workshop
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Arts

(20)
Dance
Music
Music Production
Play Production
Production
Ceramics
Dance
Music
Music Production
Play Production
Production
Ceramics
Digital Media
Digital Photography
Studio Art
Weaving
Woodworking
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School Link

Contact Info

http://www.ssfs.org
16923 Norwood Road Sandy Spring, MD 20860
301-774-7455
admission@ssfs.org
Maryland

Basic Info

Co-ed
Boarding Grades: 9-12
Urban
IB: No
ESL: Yes
Year Founded: 1961
Campus Size: 140 acres
Boarding Rate: 8%
Religious Affiliation: Quaker

Application Info

Deadline: 01/15
Interview: On Campus, International Admission Visits, Zoom
Pre Interview: Required Vericant
Other Accepted Scores: SSAT,TOEFL,TOEFL Junior
School Code:
TOEFL: 7529
SSAT: 7090
ISEE: 210937
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Frequently Ask Questions about Sandy Spring Friends School

Tell me a bit about Sandy Spring Friends School.
Sandy Spring Friends School is Co-ed private boarding school located in Maryland, US. It was founded 1961 , and currently has about 700 students, 4.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.ssfs.org.
Does Sandy Spring Friends School have rigorous academic requirements?
Sandy Spring Friends School is offering 15 AP courses.

Sandy Spring Friends School also have 81% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Sandy Spring Friends School students typically go for their colleges?
In 2020-2023, some students attended Princeton University, Williams College, Northwestern University, Washington University in St. Louis and Cornell University.
What is the application requirement for Sandy Spring Friends School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Sandy Spring Friends School’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Sandy Spring Friends School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Sandy Spring Friends School in 2024 is $67,650 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.

For more information, please contact school’s admission team at admission@ssfs.org .
Where is Sandy Spring Friends School located?
Sandy Spring Friends School is located in the State of Maryland of USA. The closest major city is Washington, which is about 15 miles away from school. Most families can choose Washington Dulles International Airport to travel in and out of school.
How popular is Sandy Spring Friends School on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, Sandy Spring Friends School is among the most popular schools, within top 128 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also Sandy Spring Friends School has been favorited by 209 users.
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The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about Sandy Spring Friends School. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit Sandy Spring Friends School’s official site: http://www.ssfs.org or call them at 301-774-7455.
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Yes, here are few: Georgetown Preparatory School, The Madeira School and St. Albans School.

The closest major city is Washington. You can find out more schools near Washington here.
What is the FindingSchool rating for Sandy Spring Friends School?
The overall rating for Sandy Spring Friends School is B+.

The section ratings of Sandy Spring Friends School are:
B+ for Matriculation
B+ for Academics
A- for Extracurriculum
A for Community
B+ for Students and Parents reviews

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Washington, District of Columbia
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Population (2022) 591,833
Cost of Living Higher than average 39%
Nearby Airport Washington Dulles International Airport

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