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Free Harvard-Westlake admissions resources.
Guides to every part of the process, plus a free planner sent by email.
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Harvard-Westlake Admissions Overview
What the application includes, how testing works, and what the school asks for.
Read the guideKey Dates
The deadlines for this cycle, with a live countdown.
See the datesApplication Preparation
How to prepare each part of the application, with a week-by-week plan.
Plan preparationSchool Fit
What to weigh beyond selectivity before your student applies.
Think it throughTuition and Financial Aid
Where to find current tuition and how the aid application works.
Read about aidParent FAQ
Short answers to the questions families ask most.
Read the FAQFree Harvard-Westlake Application Planner
A one-page plan with a week-by-week checklist, sent by email.
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The Harvard-Westlake Application Planner
A one-page plan for every part of the application, with a step-by-step checklist. Free, and it opens right on this page.
Your Harvard-Westlake application planner
The dates and requirements that shape the year, then a plan to work through in order.
- Interview invitation deadline
- 7th and 9th grade applicants who submit the Application Form by November 13, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. PT are guaranteed an interview invitation.
- Application due
- The admission application and the financial aid application are both due January 15, 2027, at 11:59 p.m. PT.
- Testing
- All applicants for fall 2027 entry must take the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE).
- Test window
- For the 2026-27 cycle, scores must come from a single ISEE taken between August 1 and the January 15, 2027 application deadline.
- One sitting
- Harvard-Westlake accepts results from one ISEE administration only and does not combine scores across tests; if the ISEE is taken more than once, families tell the admission office which results to use, or the most recent are used.
- Questionnaire
- The Student Questionnaire responses are due at least two days before the applicant's interview.
- Recommendations
- Recommendations should be completed between November 1 and the application deadline.
- Decisions
- Admission and financial aid decisions are released March 12, 2027 at 5:00 p.m. PT.
- 01
If your student is applying for 7th or 9th grade, submit the Application Form by the interview invitation deadline above. Harvard-Westlake invites every 7th and 9th grade applicant who applies by then.
- 02
Register for one ISEE date in the window and list the school as a score recipient when you register.
- 03
Take one full timed practice test so test day holds no surprises about format or pacing.
- 04
Ask the three recommenders after November 1 and give them plenty of time before the deadline.
- 05
Draft the Student Questionnaire in the student’s own words, and finish it at least two days before the interview.
- 06
If you are applying for aid, apply at the same time as the application, since aid is not offered later.
- 07
Accept the assigned interview time if you can, and check that every piece shows as received before January 15.
Dates and rules can change. Check each one on the school's own admissions pages.