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School Overview

Data & methodology
Overall
B+
Matriculation A-
Academics B+
Extracurriculars B+
Community A
Reviews B
Winchester Thurston School leads the way in educational innovation, rigorous academics, scholarly standards, and a learning environment that better prepares students for the challenges of a changing world. Nationally recognized for work with gifted and talented students, distinctive campuses, and innovative programs, WT is a PreK - 12 private school in Shadyside and Allison Park where students achieve at the highest levels. Check out AP results, college placement, City As Our Campus, Mandarin Chinese at WT, and much more.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$37300
Enrollment
675
International Students
3%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
65%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:7
AP
16
Average SAT Score
1338
Average ACT Score
27
Class Size
15

Matriculation


Matriculation

(2020-2023)
Ranking University/College Students
#1 Princeton University 1
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1
#3 Harvard College 1
#3 Stanford University 1
#6 University of Chicago 1
#7 Johns Hopkins University 1
#7 University of Pennsylvania 1
#9 California Institute of Technology 1
#10 Northwestern University 1
#13 Brown University 1
#15 Washington University in St. Louis 1
LAC #3 Pomona College 1
#17 Cornell University 1
#18 Columbia University 1
#20 University of California: Berkeley 1
#22 Carnegie Mellon University 1
#22 Emory University 1
#22 Georgetown University 1
#25 New York University 1
#25 University of Michigan 1
#25 University of Southern California 1
#25 University of Virginia 1
LAC #5 Wellesley College 1
#29 Wake Forest University 1
LAC #6 Bowdoin College 1
LAC #6 Carleton College 1
#32 Tufts University 1
#34 University of California: San Diego 1
#36 Boston College 1
#36 University of Rochester 1
#41 Boston University 1
#44 Brandeis University 1
#44 Case Western Reserve University 1
#44 Georgia Institute of Technology 1
#44 Northeastern University 1
#44 Tulane University 1
#48 Hillsdale College 1
#51 Lehigh University 1
#51 Purdue University 1
#51 Spelman College 1
#55 Florida State University 1
#55 University of Washington 1
#62 George Washington University 1
#62 Syracuse University 1
#62 University of Pittsburgh 1
#62 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1
#67 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1
#72 American University 1
#72 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1
#72 Indiana University Bloomington 1
LAC #15 Grinnell College 1
#76 Allegheny College 1
#76 College of Wooster 1
#77 Michigan State University 1
#89 Elon University 1
#89 Howard University 1
LAC #18 Barnard College 1
LAC #18 Colgate University 1
LAC #18 Haverford College 1
#105 Drexel University 1
#105 Miami University: Oxford 1
#105 Rochester Institute of Technology 1
#111 Goucher College 1
#120 Hampshire College 1
LAC #24 Colby College 1
Arizona State University 1
#121 University of Vermont 1
#130 Eckerd College 1
LAC #27 Colorado College 1
#137 DePaul University 1
#137 University of Central Florida 1
#137 University of Kentucky 1
#151 Duquesne University 1
#151 Fisk University 1
#166 Xavier University 1
LAC #39 Denison University 1
LAC #39 Trinity College 1
LAC #45 DePauw University 1
#234 Georgia State University 1
#234 West Virginia University 1
#250 West Chester University of Pennsylvania 1
LAC #51 Dickinson College 1
#263 Point Park University 1
#317 Morgan State University 1
Babson College 1
Barry University 1
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania 1
College of Charleston 1
College of William and Mary 1
Daemen College 1
Emerson College 1
Franklin & Marshall College 1
Full Sail University 1
Ithaca College 1
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 1
Oberlin College 1
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1
Otis College of Art and Design 1
Penn State University Park 1
Robert Morris University: Chicago 1
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 1
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 1
Towson University 1
Union College 1
University of British Columbia 1
University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 1
University of North Carolina School of the Arts 1
University of St. Andrews 1
University of Toronto 1
University of West Florida 1
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2023 2019-2022 2017-2021 2016-2019 2016-2018 Total
All schools 59 60 62 157 53
#1 Princeton University 1 1 + 1 + 4 1 +admitted 8
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 1 + 1 + 1 1 +admitted 5
#2 Harvard College 1 1 + 1 + 1 1 +admitted 5
#2 Columbia University 1 1 + 1 + 2 1 +admitted 6
#5 Yale University 1 + 1 + 3 1 +admitted 6
#6 Stanford University 1 1 + 1 + 1 1 +admitted 5
#6 University of Chicago 1 1 + 1 + 2 1 +admitted 6
#8 University of Pennsylvania 1 1 + 1 + 5 1 +admitted 9
#9 Duke University 1 1 +admitted 2
#9 Northwestern University 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 1 + 1 +admitted 3
#9 California Institute of Technology 1 1 + 2
#13 Dartmouth College 1 +admitted 1
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 1 1 + 3 1 +admitted 6
#14 Brown University 1 1 + 1 1 +admitted 4
#14 Vanderbilt University 1 +admitted 1
#17 Cornell University 1 1 + 1 + 1 1 +admitted 5
#17 Rice University 1 +admitted 1
#19 University of Notre Dame 1 +admitted 1
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +admitted 1
#21 Emory University 1 1 + 1 + 1 1 +admitted 5
#22 University of California: Berkeley 1 1 + 1 + 1 1 +admitted 5
#23 Georgetown University 1 1 + 1 + 2 1 +admitted 6
#23 University of Michigan 1 1 + 1 + 2 1 +admitted 6
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 1 1 + 1 + 14 1 +admitted 18
#25 University of Virginia 1 1 + 1 + 2 1 +admitted 6
#27 University of Southern California 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#28 New York University 1 1 + 1 + 9 1 +admitted 13
#28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 +admitted 1
#28 Wake Forest University 1 1 + 1 + 3 1 +admitted 7
#28 Tufts University 1 1 + 1 + 4 1 +admitted 8
#34 University of Rochester 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 1 + 1 + 4 7
#36 Boston College 1 1 + 1 + 2 1 +admitted 6
#38 University of California: Davis 1 + 1 2
#38 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#42 Case Western Reserve University 1 1 + 1 + 2 1 +admitted 6
#42 Boston University 1 1 + 1 + 4 1 +admitted 8
#42 Tulane University 1 1 + 4 1 +admitted 7
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 3
#42 Brandeis University 1 1 + 1 +admitted 3
#49 Lehigh University 1 1 + 1 + 1 4
#49 Purdue University 1 1 + 1 + 1 4
#49 Northeastern University 1 1 + 1 + 4 1 +admitted 8
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 1 + 1 + 1 1 +admitted 5
#55 University of Miami 1 + 1
#55 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 1 +admitted 2
#55 Florida State University 1 1 + 2
#59 University of Washington 1 1 + 2
#59 University of Maryland: College Park 1 + 4 1 +admitted 6
#59 Syracuse University 1 1 + 1 + 4 1 +admitted 8
#62 University of Pittsburgh 1 1 + 1 + 21 1 +admitted 25
#63 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#63 George Washington University 1 1 + 1 + 10 1 +admitted 14
#68 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 1 1 + 1 + 3
#68 Texas A&M University 2 2
#68 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 1 + 2
#68 Indiana University Bloomington 1 1 + 1 + 3 1 +admitted 7
#68 Fordham University 1 + 1 2
#75 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#79 American University 1 1 + 1 + 2 1 +admitted 6
#83 Michigan State University 1 1 + 2
#83 Elon University 1 1 + 1 + 1 4
#83 Howard University 1 1 + 1 + 3 6
#89 University of Colorado Boulder 1 +admitted 1
#103 Drexel University 1 1 + 1 + 1 4
#103 University of Arizona 1 + 1 2
#103 University of California: Santa Cruz 1 + 1 + 1 3
#103 Temple University 1 + 1 + 2 4
#103 Miami University: Oxford 1 1 + 1 + 3
#117 Arizona State University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#117 University of Vermont 1 1 + 1 + 2 1 +admitted 6
#117 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 1 + 1 + 3 6
#122 Illinois Institute of Technology 1 1
#127 DePaul University 1 1 + 1 + 1 4
#127 University of Kentucky 1 1 + 1 + 1 4
#148 Duquesne University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#148 University of Cincinnati 1 + 1 2
Penn State University Park 1 1 + 1 + 4 1 +admitted 8
College of William and Mary 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2023 2019-2022 2017-2021 2016-2019 2016-2018 Total
All schools 17 16 19 22 25
#3 Swarthmore College 1 + 3 1 +admitted 5
#4 Pomona College 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#5 Wellesley College 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#6 Bowdoin College 1 1 + 1 + 1 1 +admitted 5
#9 Carleton College 1 1 + 1 + 1 4
#9 Middlebury College 1 +admitted 1
#13 Davidson College 1 +admitted 1
#13 Grinnell College 1 1
#16 Haverford College 1 1 + 1 1 +admitted 4
#17 Barnard College 1 1 + 1 + 3
#17 Colby College 1 1 +admitted 2
#17 Colgate University 1 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#17 Wesleyan University 1 +admitted 1
#22 Vassar College 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#22 University of Richmond 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 3
#25 Bates College 1 + 1 1 +admitted 3
#26 Colorado College 1 1 + 1 + 1 1 +admitted 5
#27 Macalester College 1 +admitted 1
#28 Harvey Mudd College 1 + 1 + 1 3
#30 Bryn Mawr College 1 +admitted 1
#30 Mount Holyoke College 1 +admitted 1
#30 Kenyon College 1 +admitted 1
#38 Bucknell University 1 + 1 1 +admitted 3
#38 Lafayette College 1 + 1 2
#38 Skidmore College 1 +admitted 1
#42 Denison University 1 1 + 1 + 1 4
#46 Trinity College 1 1 +admitted 2
#46 DePauw University 1 1 + 2
#50 Dickinson College 1 1 + 1 + 2 1 +admitted 6
#62 Bard College 1 + 1 1 +admitted 3
Union College 1 1 + 1 + 3
Franklin & Marshall College 1 1 + 1 1 +admitted 4
Oberlin College 1 1 + 1 + 6 1 +admitted 10

AP Scores

(2019)
Number of students took AP test
164
Number of tests taken
365
71%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

AP

(16)
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
Computer Science A
English Language and Composition
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
Computer Science A
English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition
French Language and Culture
Macroeconomics
Spanish Language and Culture
Statistics
United States History
Physics C: Mechanics
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
European History
Art History
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Sports

(11)
Basketball
Crew
Cross Country
Fencing
Field Hockey
Lacrosse
Basketball
Crew
Cross Country
Fencing
Field Hockey
Lacrosse
Rowing
Soccer
Squash
Tennis
Western
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(56)
Asian Student Union (ASU)
Black Student Union (BSU)
Desi Student Union (DSU)
Feminist Student Union
Gender and Sexuality Student Union (GSSU)
Jewish Student Union
Asian Student Union (ASU)
Black Student Union (BSU)
Desi Student Union (DSU)
Feminist Student Union
Gender and Sexuality Student Union (GSSU)
Jewish Student Union
Latinx Student Union
Acapella & Music Club
Art Club
Beartalk
Black Buddies
Book Lovers United (BLU)
Botany/Mycology Club
Chess Club
Children of Steel
Climate Changers
Comedy Club
Cooking Club
Debate Club
Dungeons and Dragons Club
Fiber Arts Club
Film Club
The Forum
Friendship Circle x Winchester
Furiend Helper
Gaelic Culture Club
Game Club
International Film Club
Investment Club
Language and Linguistics club
Med Club
Media on Morewood
Mental Health and Wellness Club
Mock Trial
Model UN
Mu Alpha Theta
Peer Tutoring
Ping Pong Club
Plaid - Art & Literary Magazine
Political Student Association
Programming Club
Quiz Bowl
Science Olympiad
Sigma Academic Journal
Service Club
Ski Club
Sports Analytics Club
Soccer Club
STEMinists
Student Ambassadors
Team Seas Club
Video Game Club
Voices
WT Math Team
WT Students Demand Action For Gun Sense
Yearbook
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Arts

(12)
Chorus
Dance
Guitar
Jazz
Music
Music Technology
Chorus
Dance
Guitar
Jazz
Music
Music Technology
Music Theory
Orchestra
Production
Songwriting
Theater
Theater Design
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Basic Info

Co-ed
Day S. Grades: PreK-12
Rural
IB: No
ESL: No
Year Founded: 1887
Campus Size: 7 acres
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 12/02
Interview: Skype
Other Accepted Scores: Duolingo English test
Recommended
4.3
Recommended
4.5

Frequently Ask Questions about Winchester Thurston School

Tell me a bit about Winchester Thurston School.
Winchester Thurston School is Co-ed private day school located in Pennsylvania, US. It was founded 1887 , and currently has about 675 students, 3.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.winchesterthurston.org.
Does Winchester Thurston School have rigorous academic requirements?
Winchester Thurston School is offering 16 AP courses.

Winchester Thurston School also have 65% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Winchester Thurston School students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 5.16% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 9.52% go to top 25, and about 2.38% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for Winchester Thurston School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Winchester Thurston 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 Winchester Thurston School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Winchester Thurston School in 2024 is $37,300 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@winchesterthurston.org .
Where is Winchester Thurston School located?
Winchester Thurston School is located in the State of Pennsylvania of USA.
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The overall rating for Winchester Thurston School is B+.

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

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Population (2022) 433,748
Cost of Living Lower than the national average 6%

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