Sandy Spring Friends School

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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Current School

Tuition

$67650

Enrollment

700

International Students

Faculty with Advanced Degrees

81%

Teacher-Student Ratio

1:8

Average SAT Score

1290

Average ACT Score

Class Size

Boarding %

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	72	34	72	16	47
#1	Princeton University	1 +					1
#6	University of Pennsylvania			1 +			1
#9	Johns Hopkins University					1 +	1
#9	Northwestern University	1 +					1
#9	Brown University			1 +	1 +	1 +	3
#12	Cornell University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +		1 +	4
#15	University of California: Los Angeles	1 +				1 +	2
#15	University of California: Berkeley			1 +			1
#20	University of Notre Dame	1 +					1
#21	University of Michigan	1 +		1 +		1 +	3
#22	Georgetown University		1 admitted			1 +	2
#22	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1 +		1 +		1 +	3
#24	Emory University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1 +	1 +	5
#24	Carnegie Mellon University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1 +	1 +	5
#24	Washington University in St. Louis	1 +		1 +			2
#24	University of Virginia	1 +					1
#28	University of California: San Diego			1 +		1 +	2
#28	University of California: Davis	1 +					1
#28	University of Southern California	1 +					1
#33	University of California: Irvine					1 +	1
#33	Georgia Institute of Technology		1 admitted				1
#35	New York University	1 +		1 +		1 +	3
#35	University of Wisconsin-Madison	1 +		1 +			2
#35	University of California: Santa Barbara			1 +		1 +	2
#38	University of Texas at Austin	1 +				1 +	2
#39	Boston College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1 +	1 +	5
#40	Rutgers University	1 +		1 +		1 +	3
#40	University of Washington			1 +		1 +	2
#40	Tufts University					1 +	1
#43	Boston University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1 +	1 +	5
#47	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	1 +				1 +	2
#47	Texas A&M University			1 +			1
#47	University of Georgia					1 +	1
#47	Wake Forest University	1 +		1 +		1 +	3
#47	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1 +		1 +		1 +	3
#47	University of Rochester	1 +					1
#47	Lehigh University	1 +	1 admitted				2
#49	Purdue University			1 +		1 +	2
#53	Case Western Reserve University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1 +	1 +	5
#53	Northeastern University	1 +		1 +			2
#53	College of William and Mary	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1 +	1 +	5
#57	Penn State University Park	1 +		1 +		1 +	3
#58	University of Connecticut	1 +		1 +			2
#59	University of Maryland: College Park	1 +		1 +		1 +	3
#60	Michigan State University			1 +		1 +	2
#60	Brandeis University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +		1 +	4
#60	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute			1 +			1
#60	Santa Clara University	1 +					1
#67	University of Miami	1 +		1 +		1 +	3
#67	George Washington University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1 +	1 +	5
#67	University of Pittsburgh	1 +		1 +		1 +	3
#67	Syracuse University	1 +					1
#67	University of Massachusetts Amherst			1 +		1 +	2
#67	Villanova University	1 +				1 +	2
#73	SUNY University at Binghamton			1 +			1
#73	Tulane University	1 +		1 +			2
#73	Indiana University Bloomington	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1 +	1 +	5
#76	Stevens Institute of Technology			1 +			1
#76	SUNY University at Buffalo					1 +	1
#76	University of Delaware	1 +		1 +		1 +	3
#82	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	1 +		1 +		1 +	3
#89	Temple University	1 +		1 +			2
#89	University of South Florida			1 +			1
#89	Southern Methodist University					1 +	1
#89	Fordham University	1 +	1 admitted			1 +	3
#93	Loyola Marymount University		1 admitted				1
#98	Rochester Institute of Technology	1 +		1 +			2
#98	University of San Diego	1 +		1 +			2
#98	University of Oregon	1 +					1
#98	Illinois Institute of Technology	1 +	1 admitted	1 +			3
#98	Drexel University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1 +		4
#105	Arizona State University			1 +			1
#105	American University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1 +	1 +	5
#105	University of Colorado Boulder	1 +				1 +	2
#105	George Mason University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +			3
#115	University of New Hampshire	1 +		1 +			2
#115	University of San Francisco	1 +		1 +			2
#115	Howard University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1 +	1 +	5
#124	University of Denver	1 +		1 +			2
#124	James Madison University		1 admitted				1
#133	Elon University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1 +		4
#133	Miami University: Oxford					1 +	1
#133	SUNY University at Albany	1 +					1
#133	University of Vermont	1 +		1 +		1 +	3
#133	Chapman University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1 +		4
#142	Clarkson University	1 +	1 admitted				2
#142	Clark University		1 admitted	1 +	1 +	1 +	4
#142	Oregon State University			1 +			1
#142	University of Cincinnati			1 +			1
#142	Loyola University Chicago	1 +	1 admitted				2
#151	DePaul University		1 admitted				1
#170	University of Hawaii at Manoa			1 +			1
#170	Quinnipiac University			1 +			1
#178	Catholic University of America		1 admitted	1 +	1 +		3
#185	Hofstra University	1 +	1 admitted				2
#201	The New School College of Performing Arts	1 +					1
#216	Texas Tech University	1 +		1 +			2
#227	Widener University	1 +		1 +			2
#227	Nova Southeastern University	1 +					1
#227	Georgia State University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +			3
#249	Suffolk University	1 +		1 +			2
#249	Pace University	1 +					1
#260	Loyola University New Orleans		1 admitted				1
#269	Florida Institute of Technology		1 admitted	1 +			2
#280	Hampton University	1 +	1 admitted				2
#304	University of Hartford	1 +		1 +			2
#320	Cleveland State University			1 +			1
#332	Morgan State University	1 +		1 +			2
#352	Point Park University			1 +			1
#361	Clark Atlanta University		1 admitted				1
	Kennesaw State University			1 +			1

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2020-2023	2019-2022	2018-2021	2017-2020	2015-2018	Total
	All schools	34	36	35	11	19
#1	Williams College	1 +					1
#2	Amherst College				1 +	1 +	2
#4	Wellesley College	1 +					1
#4	Swarthmore College					1 +	1
#9	Carleton College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1 +		4
#9	Bowdoin College		1 admitted	1 +	1 +		3
#11	Grinnell College		1 admitted				1
#11	Middlebury College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +			3
#16	Vassar College	1 +		1 +		1 +	3
#16	Smith College	1 +		1 +		1 +	3
#16	Hamilton College	1 +	1 admitted			1 +	3
#21	Haverford College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1 +		4
#21	Washington and Lee University			1 +			1
#21	Colgate University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +			3
#24	Bates College					1 +	1
#25	Colby College		1 admitted				1
#25	University of Richmond			1 +			1
#27	Macalester College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1 +		4
#27	College of the Holy Cross		1 admitted				1
#30	Bryn Mawr College	1 +	1 admitted			1 +	3
#30	Lafayette College	1 +	1 admitted			1 +	3
#30	Bucknell University		1 admitted			1 +	2
#33	Colorado College		1 admitted	1 +	1 +		3
#34	Mount Holyoke College	1 +		1 +			2
#35	Scripps College	1 +					1
#35	Occidental College					1 +	1
#35	Franklin & Marshall College		1 admitted			1 +	2
#36	Oberlin College			1 +		1 +	2
#38	Skidmore College	1 +		1 +		1 +	3
#39	Denison University	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1 +	1 +	5
#39	Kenyon College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1 +		4
#39	Pitzer College					1 +	1
#39	Spelman College	1 +		1 +			2
#45	Union College					1 +	1
#46	Dickinson College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +	1 +		4
#46	Connecticut College		1 admitted	1 +	1 +	1 +	4
#46	DePauw University		1 admitted	1 +	1 +		3
#51	St. Olaf College			1 +			1
#51	The University of the South					1 +	1
#56	Wheaton College	1 +					1
#63	Gettysburg College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +		1 +	4
#67	Reed College	1 +		1 +			2
#70	Muhlenberg College	1 +		1 +			2
#70	Hobart and William Smith Colleges		1 admitted	1 +			2
#72	Bard College		1 admitted				1
#75	Allegheny College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +			3
#75	Lawrence University		1 admitted				1
#82	St. Mary's College of Maryland	1 +					1
#82	Juniata College		1 admitted	1 +			2
#86	Beloit College		1 admitted				1
#86	Ursinus College	1 +		1 +			2
#93	Whittier College	1 +					1
#93	Lewis & Clark College		1 admitted				1
#93	Drew University		1 admitted	1 +			2
#100	Sarah Lawrence College	1 +		1 +			2
#100	Morehouse College	1 +					1
#100	Earlham College		1 admitted	1 +			2
#112	Bennington College		1 admitted				1
#124	Hollins University		1 admitted				1
#124	Goucher College	1 +	1 admitted	1 +			3
#130	Roanoke College	1 +		1 +			2
#130	Eckerd College	1 +	1 admitted				2
#154	University of Mary Washington	1 +					1
#156	College of the Atlantic		1 admitted	1 +			2
#167	Guilford College		1 admitted	1 +			2
	Warren Wilson College	1 +					1

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2020-2023	2019-2022	2018-2021	2017-2020	2015-2018	Total
	All schools	4	0	0	0	0
#9	University of Waterloo	1 +					1
#18	Carleton University	1 +					1
#21	Concordia University	1 +					1
#26	University of New Brunswick	1 +					1

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2020-2023	2019-2022	2018-2021	2017-2020	2015-2018	Total
	All schools	1	0	0	0	0
#23	Lancaster University	1 +					1

Academics

AP

(15)

Calculus AB	Environmental Science
Music Theory	Spanish Language and Culture
Statistics	Chemistry

Sports

(13)

Baseball	Basketball
Cross Country	Golf
Lacrosse	Soccer

Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(25)

A Capella Club	Align
Art Activism	Art Club
Asian Culture Club	ASL Club

Arts

(20)

Dance	Music
Music Production	Play Production
Production	Ceramics

School Link

Official website

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

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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Washington, District of Columbia

Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital, is a vibrant city located along the Potomac River, bordered by Maryland and Virginia. Known for its neoclassical monuments and buildings, the city is home to the iconic landmarks of the U.S. government, including the Capitol, White House, and Supreme Court. Washington also boasts renowned museums like the Smithsonian and cultural venues such as the Kennedy Center. As the nation’s political and cultural hub, it attracts millions of visitors each year to experience its rich history and diverse attractions.

Population (2022) 591,833

Cost of Living Higher than average 39%

Nearby Airport Washington Dulles International Airport

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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

Baseball	Basketball
Cross Country	Golf
Lacrosse	Soccer
Softball	Track and Field
Volleyball	Climbing
Farming	Fitness
Swimming

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

Dance	Music
Music Production	Play Production
Production	Ceramics
Digital Media	Digital Photography
Studio Art	Weaving
Woodworking