Applying to MCA

Dates to Spend the Day

COVID 19 UPDATE: Campus Visits

We can't wait to meet you, but safety is our top priority. Spend the Day visits will return when the city of New Orleans enters Phase Three.

Application cards will be made available to Catholic elementary schools, Catholic high schools, and online. Catholic elementary schools will give their students the application cards.  Students from a non-Catholic school may download one from our website or pick one up from the front office.

Students from Catholic Elementary Schools
High School application cards must be turned into Catholic elementary schools by December 11, 2020.

Students from Non-Catholic Elementary Schools
Applicants from non-Catholic schools, please send the following information to Mount Carmel Academy by Tuesday, December 15, 2020:

• Application Card
• Transcripts (from 5th grade forward)
• Standardized Test results (from 5th grade forward)
• Report Card for first quarter of present year

January 9, 2021 at 8 a.m.

Prospective students must attend Application Day at Mount Carmel Academy's Mother Therese Chevrel Assembly Center on Louisville Street.

The HSPT is a nationally-recognized private school entrance examination taken by students as part of the private school application process. The exam covers: Verbal Skills, Quantitative Skills, Reading Comprehension, Mathematics and Language. The exam typically takes 3 hours to complete with breaks.

Applicants should bring their $30 Application Fee and two (2) sharpened No. 2 pencils with erasers. Do not bring calculators.

Casual attire is appropriate.

January 16 and 23, 2021
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Louviere Dining Center

Applicants and their parents will attend one of these dates for an interview.

Letters of acceptance will be mailed on February 26, 2021.