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 1, 2023.

Marymount's Butler Scholarship is a nominal, merit-based grant. For families seeking additional aid, please be sure to complete a TADS financial assistance application through www.tads.com by October 6, 2023.

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)

1. Submit Application

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.

2. Butler Information Session

Butler Scholar nominees and their families are required to attend this important virtual information session on September 22, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. Families can register using their checklist.

3. Request School Records

Butler Scholar nominees must submit principal, math, and English teacher recommendations and two years of school transcripts. Recommendation forms are available through your checklist and by clicking on the links above. Request that your child’s current school send school records directly to admissions@marymountnyc.org.

4. Butler Scholar Exam

All Butler Scholar nominees are required to take the Butler Scholar Exam, administered virtually on October 21, 2023, 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 12, 2024.

5. Applying for Financial Aid?

All students named Butler Scholars are awarded a nominal 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 TADs applications are due on October 6, 2023.


Butler Scholarship Timeline (nominated students only)

Butler Scholarship Principal Nominations Due 

September 1

TADS Financial Aid Application Opens 

September 1

Butler Scholarship Nominees Information Session
Virtual (4:30 p.m.)

September 22

Butler Scholarship Application, School Transcripts, and Teacher Recommendations Due

October 13 

TADS Financial Aid Application Due 

October 13 

Upper Middle and Upper School Open House 

115 East 97 Street (6:00 p.m.)

October 17

Butler Scholarship Exam
Virtual (9:00 a.m.) 

October 21

Butler Scholar Semi-finalists Notification Deadline 

November 3 

Butler Scholar Semi-finalists Interview Day
115 East 97 Street (9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.) 

November 18 

Butler Scholar Finalists Notification Deadline 

January 12 

Butler Scholar Reply Deadline 

March 14 

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.