Incoming Freshmen

To create your personal Blackbaud account and apply online, please click Blackbaud Account. 

All applicants are required to send a request to some of your current teachers and/or administrators asking them to complete a recommendation form. This entire process is initiated by the applicant from their checklist. Select “Start” next to a Recommendation step to open the request details. In there, the applicant can add the Recommender Name, their Email address, and any additional comments for the faculty member. A preview is available for use before the request is sent out which displays what the notification looks like to the individual receiving it. When everything looks good, select “Send Request”. The status of the request displays on the checklist as well as the timestamp to keep the applicant up to date on the process. After a form is sent to the faculty member, the status displays as “Requested”, then changing to “Completed” once the form has been completed by the faculty member. 

In your Blackbaud Admissions Portal, please click the "Online Transcript Request" button to request your transcripts from your student's current school. We will need grades for 6th - 8th grade. If your school does accept digital requests, we have also included the Transcript Release Form as a downloadable document. Please download the Transcript Release Form, fill it out, and present it to your student's current school so that they may send us transcripts. All academic records will be reviewed and processed in January. A Blue check mark will indicate it has been completed, reviewed, and processed in your checklist. Please allow time for processing. 

If you would like to apply for financial aid, please click here to find out more about the process. Applying for financial aid is completely separate from the admissions application process. 

To apply for financial aid, please click Financial Aid. If you have additional questions, please contact the NDHS Business Office at financialaid@ndhs.org.