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The Butler Scholar Program provides opportunities for academically gifted students with outstanding leadership potential and exemplary personal values to attend Marymount's Upper School. The program seeks to enrich its community by attracting a diverse student body from parochial schools and Catholic parishes in Manhattan, the five boroughs, and beyond.
In order to be eligible for the Butler Scholarship, students must attend a parochial school or be baptized Catholic. In addition, they must be nominated or approved by their school principal in the spring of seventh grade. As this is a highly competitive process, we advise principals to reserve this nomination for their highest achieving students. All nominations are due September 6, 2024.
Marymount's Butler Scholarship is a nominal, merit-based grant. For families seeking additional aid, please be sure to complete a Clarity financial assistance application by November 1, 2024.
100-150
annual nominees for the Butler Scholarship
48%
average percentage of nominees who move to the semi-finalist round
15
average number of Butler Scholars who join Class IX each year
$457,000
average amount of grant money awarded to Butler Scholars each year
Butler Scholarship Process (nominated students only)
All Butler Scholar nominee families will receive an email from Marymount with confirmation of your daughter’s nomination and a link to finish setting up your account. Once you create an account and log in, you will be able to begin your application. Within 48 hours of submitting your application, you will have access to your online application checklist.
Butler Scholar nominees and their families are required to attend this important virtual information session on September 16 2024, at 4:30 p.m. Families can register using their checklist.
Butler Scholar nominees must submit principal, math, and English teacher recommendations and two years of school transcripts. Recommendation forms are also available through your checklist. Request that your child’s current school send school records directly to admissions@marymountnyc.org.
All Butler Scholar nominees are required to take the Butler Scholar Exam, administered in person on November 2, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. In addition to taking our internal exam, we encourage applicants to take the ISEE. You can learn more about this test here. The deadline for submitting an ISEE score report is January 9, 2025.
All students named Butler Scholars are awarded a partial merit scholarship for each of their four years at Marymount. If you are interested in receiving additional financial assistance please click here for more information and here to begin the process. It is important to note that in order to be considered for additional financial assistance, all Butler Scholar nominee Clarity applications are due on November 1, 2024.
Butler Scholarship Timeline (nominated students only)
Clarity Financial Aid Application Opens | September 1 |
Butler Scholarship Principal Nominations Due | September 6 |
Butler Scholarship Nominees Information Session (via Zoom @ 4:30 p.m.) | September 16 |
Butler Scholarship Application Due | October 7 |
Upper School Open House (115 East 97 Street @ 6:00 p.m.) | October 29 |
Clarity Financial Aid Application Due | November 1 |
Butler Application Materials Due (transcripts, teacher recommendations, writing sample, activity form) | November 1 |
| Butler Scholarship Exam (115 East 97 Street @ 9:00 a.m.) | November 2 |
Butler Scholar Semi-finalists Notification Deadline | November 15 |
Butler Scholar Semi-finalists Interview Day | November 23 |
Butler Scholar Finalists Notification Deadline | January 22 |
Butler Scholar Reply Deadline | March 12 |
Applicants should log into their Marymount admissions portal regularly through the "Apply Now" button to keep track of pending items on their admissions online checklist and for information, deadlines, and updates. Admissions decisions will also be shared through the online portal. We invite you to contact the Admissions Office at 212-744-4486 or at admissions@marymountnyc.org with any questions.