In the 2021-22 admissions cycle we received a record number of 230 applications for a Freshman class that is limited to 40 students. Our admissions rate is now only 40%. But what determines whether someone is accepted or not may surprise you!

All are smart, but we don’t look only for the academically most gifted. It would be boring to have a class made up only of geniuses!

We don’t look for the highest TACHS scores. That would be robotic, and our admissions process is far more personal. In fact the TACHS score is a relatively small part of our admissions process because at Montfort, no candidate is a number or is reduced to numbers. Every candidate has a name. Every candidate is a whole young man or woman with passions, interests, talents, ambitions, drive, and more. And that leads to great achievements. BUT . . .

We don’t even look for the longest list of achievements.

What do we look for in a candidate?

We look for genuine curiosity. . . a desire to know the how and why of things. A curious person can be inspired to dream and work hard to achieve those dreams.

We look for passion and expression. . . an expressive person—even a shy but expressive person—can be inspired and trained to speak and write well. And a person who speaks and writes well can lead. The successful candidate is passionate about the things he or she loves.

We also look for an openness to faith. . . a person who is open to God—who is love and truth—can see the good, beauty, and truth in things, and can be led to God and to a life of virtue.

Above all, we look for decency and character. Decency is the hallmark of a Montfort Knight.

In the Class of 2026, we have speakers of English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Albanian, Greek, Tagalog, Polish, Hausa, Indonesian, Ilocano, Hindi, Gujarati, Vietnamese, Arabic, and Sign Language. One of our Freshmen lived in Chile for three years and authored several chapters of a book on the Saints in Spanish. We have a member of the National Junior Honor Society, a Vice President of the National Junior Honor Society, a Yellow Belt in Ju Jitzu who is also a Boy Scout on his way to Eagle, a Brown Belt in Karate, a horseback rider, a hair bow designer, a voiceover actor, a CCD teacher, a gamer, a stock market observer, a collector of model steam trains, a Girl Scout who participates in pro-life Rosaries, competitive swimmers and life guards, a bowler, two aspiring veterinarians, an internet thumbnail image artist, a computer coder, several enrollees in college courses, a puzzle solver, a flag football player, a Gaelic football player, a soccer league champion, alter servers, volunteers in hospitals including a cancer hospital, players fo the guitar, violin, clarinet, piano, trumpet, saxophone, drums, and steel pan, singers, state-qualifying gymnasts, ice skaters, ballet dancers, cheerleaders, and actors and actresses as well as outdoorsmen.

We want to get to know you, the whole you. So apply to Montfort! Become a Montfort Knight!