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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 1, 2025.
Marymount's Butler Scholarship is a nominal, merit-based grant. For families seeking financial aid, please be sure to complete a Clarity financial assistance application by December 1, 2025.
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 Timeline (nominated students only)
Clarity Financial Aid Application Opens | September 1 |
Butler Scholarship Principal Nominations Due | September 1 |
Butler Scholarship Nominees Information Session (via Zoom @ 4:30 p.m.) | September 20 |
Butler Scholarship Application Due | October 3 |
Butler Scholarship Exam (115 East 97 Street @ 9:00 a.m.) | October 4 |
Butler Scholar Semi-finalists Notification | October 24 |
Upper School Open House (115 East 97 Street @ 5:45 p.m.) | October 28 |
| Butler Scholar Semi-finalists Interview Day (115 East 97 Street @ 9:00 a.m.) | November 9 |
Clarity Financial Aid Application Due | December 1 |
Butler Scholarship Application Materials Due (transcripts & teacher recommendations) | December 1 |
Butler Scholar Finalists Notification | January 21 |
Butler Scholar Finalists Reply Deadline | March 12 |
Butler Scholarship Process (nominated students only)
All Butler Scholar nominee families will receive an email from Marymount in September 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 Saturday, September 20, 2025, at 4:30 p.m.
Butler Scholar nominees must submit recommendations from their principal, math teacher, and English teacher, as well as 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 October 4, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. Marymount accepts the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE). ISEE score reports are optional for Butler Scholarship semi-finalists.
All students named Butler Scholars receive a partial merit-based scholarship for each of their four years at Marymount. If your family would like to be considered for need-based financial aid in addition to the Butler Scholarship, please click here for more information and here to begin the process. Please note that all Clarity applications for Butler Scholar nominees seeking financial aid are due by December 1, 2025.
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.