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High School & College Placement

Wondering about High School and college placement after Burgundy? Our graduates move on to attend a broad array of excellent independent, parochial, and public schools, which prepare them for an incredible set of colleges and universities. 

Our high school students distinguish themselves as engaged learners and confident and outgoing community members and strong advocates for themselves, for others, and for causes. A number of our graduates have become valedictorians or salutatorians of their high school graduating classes, as well as artists, athletes, debaters, and founders of new clubs, student organizations, and service efforts. Burgundy alumni attend a tremendous range of fine colleges and universities and choose rewarding careers and lives of leadership and service, reflective of Burgundy’s core values and spirit of academic exploration. 

Burgundy’s Head of School and Middle School Head, along with support staff, work to help families achieve the best placement for each graduating 8th grade student. Burgundy provides excellent step-by-step support to families throughout the high school application process, which formally begins in the spring of 7th grade.

Academically, we have been impressed by the focus on collaborative projects and cooperative learning that are expected and encouraged in the classroom. An emphasis on learning how to learn goes hand in hand with learning core knowledge in subject areas. Our oldest daughter, now a graduate of Burgundy, has gone on to a very competitive academic environment that she is thriving in. She attributes much of her success to her years at Burgundy where her teachers spent time encouraging her, challenging her and giving her a sense of independence and confidence to pursue her own goals.

– Alexa S. and Greg H., current and alumni parents

​Burgundy Graduates’ Secondary Schools

We are very proud of our graduates and their accomplishments. With acceptance at many area schools, Burgundy is represented in independent, public, parochial, co-ed, single-sex and boarding schools. Recent graduates attend the following high schools:

Alexandria City High School
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School
Bishop Ireton High School
Bishop McNamara High School
Bishop O’Connell High School
Bullis School (MD)
Commonwealth Academy
Edmund Burke School
Episcopal High School
The Field School
Flint Hill School
Georgetown Day School
Gonzaga High School
Hayfield Secondary School
James Madison High School
Justice (formerly J.E.B. Stuart) High School
Lake Braddock High School
Landon School
The Madeira School
Maret School
McDonough High School (MD)
McLean High School

Miller School
National Cathedral School
The New School of Northern Virginia
Potomac School
Rock Ridge High School
St. James School
St. John’s College High School
St. Paul the Great High School
St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School
Sandy Springs Friends School
Shady Side Academy (PA)
Sidwell Friends School
Solebury School (PA)
South County High School
Thomas Edison High School
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Washington-Lee High School
West Nottingham Academy (MD)
West Potomac High School
West Springfield High School
W.T. Woodson High School

​Burgundy Alumni College Choices

Following are the colleges and universities that Burgundy alumni have attended in the past five years:

American University
Amherst College
Belmont Abbey College
Belmont University
Boston University
Bucknell University
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Catholic University of America
Christopher Newport University
Claremont McKenna College
Clemson University
College of Charleston
College of William and Mary
Colorado College
Columbia University
Dickinson College
Drew University
Drexel University
Eckerd College
Elon University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Eugene Lang School of Liberal Arts
Florida Institute of Technology
Fordham University
George Mason University
Georgetown University
Georgia Tech University
Graceland University
Harvey Mudd College
Howard University
ITT Tech University
James Madison University
Kenyon College
Lafayette College
Longwood University
Loyola University
Muhlenberg College
New York University
North Carolina State University
Northeastern University
Northern Virginia Community College
Ohio Wesleyan University
Pennsylvania State University

Princeton University
Reed College
Rhodes University
Rice University
Sarah Lawrence College
Seton Hall University
Sewanee: The University of the South
Skidmore College
Southern Methodist University
Spelman College
Stanford University
Temple University
The New School
Tulane University
Tuskegee University
University of the Arts
University of Chicago
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Cuba-Havana
University of Delaware
University of Edinburgh
University of Georgia
University of Long Island (Costa Rica)
University of Mary Washington
University of Miami
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame
University of Oregon
University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rhode Island
University of San Diego
University of Vermont
University of Virginia
Ursinus College
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Virginia University of Lynchburg
Wake Forest University
Washington University
Wesleyan University
West Texas A & M University
Williams College
Xavier University

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Spring Sports Recap from Jerad

Our spring teams have become more competitive; the teamwork throughout the school day and during games is beautiful to see, and the leadership from our 8th graders has been phenomenal.

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Alexandria, VA 22303
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