Step-by-Step Application

Over the summer, you may create your account on Ravenna-Hub and make your 8th grader a profile, in preparation for scheduling events starting August 27. Please make sure to use your preferred email address, as we will utilize it for communication throughout the application process.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR ALL URBAN EVENTS!

Admissions events are only open to 8th graders and their families. All events are optional and may be scheduled in your Ravenna-Hub account. After creating a Ravenna-Hub account and profile for your student, you will be able to begin exploring Urban and scheduling events after you click Apply (beginning August 27).

To see the various virtual and in-person events being offered by Urban this fall, please go here.
 

Recommendations are needed from your current English and math teachers, as well as your current principal or counselor. Through Ravenna, you will be directed to a message center where you can enter your teacher or principal/counselor's email address. Once you've assigned a delegate (the current teacher or principal/counselor) to complete the form, a message with instructions and the recommendation form will be sent to them, all through Ravenna.

Complete the Transcript Request Form for your current year and previous year transcripts. Official transcripts must be scanned and uploaded to Ravenna or sent in a sealed envelope to Urban by the application deadline. Sending the transcripts electronically is strongly preferred and will be processed much faster than paper documents. The Transcript Release Form must accompany the official transcripts. Transcripts can be emailed to admissions@urbanschool.org.

Submit the online Parent/Guardian Form and the non-refundable $100 application fee (waivers available upon request) on your Ravenna-hub.

After submitting the Parent/Guardian Application form and the application fee (waivers available upon request), students may schedule an optional one-on-one student Zoom interview, OR submit an optional student video interview. Students may choose only one of these options or choose not to participate in either; it is truly up to the applicant!

The purpose of both of these events is for prospective students to tell us more about themselves. We are able to learn about applicants thoroughly and holistically in the many components of their application; these additional, optional opportunities just provide another touch point for the student should they choose to participate

Submit the Student Application Form and the separate Student Activity and Interest Form on your Ravenna-hub account by the application deadline on January 6. Other important admissions deadlines include:

Thursday, January 6, 2022
 - Admission Application Due (for 2022-23)
 - Admission Application #1 for Financial Aid Due

Thursday, February 3, 2022
 - Admissions: Financial Aid Application #2 Due

Friday, March 18, 2022
 - Admissions Decisions Posted to Ravenna-Hub

Thursday, March 24, 2022
 - Financial Aid recipients contract and deposit due

Friday, March 25, 2022
 - All other contracts and deposits due

If applying for financial assistance: that application is due through SSS by NAIS the same day as the student application. More details can be found on the Financial Assistance section of our website and this Financial Assistance Factsheet