Royal West Academy (commonly referred to as Royal West or RWA) is a semi-private alternative anglophone secondary school in Montreal, Quebec. Royal West has limited enrollment, and prospective students are only admitted after an entrance examination and interview. It is situated on Easton Avenue in Montreal West, but its students come from all parts of the Greater Montreal Area. Royal West Academy is part of the English Montreal School Board (EMSB).
The EMSB allows Royal West to choose the first 180 students who score the highest points on the entrance exams held, usually, in October. The first 50 students with the highest grades get an "early acceptance"; the next 200 do an interview, where they choose the next 130 that get to attend Royal West Academy the following school year. Royal West has also placed high in scholastic math competitions, including its rank of first in Quebec in 2006.
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