Student Body
Emerson has a diverse student population, with students as young as 10 and as old as 20 years old, as well as students from all parts of the world. The Emerson environment is casual and friendly. It is not uncommon for students to leave larger schools because of social or academic issues, come to Emerson, feel comfortable, and quickly find themselves able to manage what was too hard or overwhelming before. Emerson is welcoming and flexible. Each new student is hand-selected, so Emerson is able to select students based on more than just transcripts and reports. Emerson admits many teenagers who have struggled in other school settings, when the admissions team is confident that the student will be able to succeed in the very nurturing and manageable Emerson environment.
A student must earn a minimum of 24 units of credit to graduate from Emerson Preparatory School. Emerson is a tuition based school. The current tuition is $25,000 per school year. Students graduate within three years and over 95% of them go straight on to college. Other graduates take a gap year following graduation in order to pursue other interests before enrolling in college. Emerson has a limited number of formal scholarships available each year. Emerson admits students from a wide variety of racial, ethnic, religious, and economic backgrounds.
During its early history, Emerson had sports and drama, teams when it was first founded and later under the direction of Dean John J. Humphrey, the school's headmaster from 1939–1999, but since 1946 Emerson's main focus and strength has been on academics and preparing students for college level work. Emerson encourages its students to form clubs. At the moment there is an Ultimate Frisbee Club which meets a few times per week.
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