Graduates from CSB go on to attend excellent independent and public high schools as well as boarding schools across the country. Finding a good match between our students and high schools involves a dialogue between family and school and a student’s diligent efforts to work to full potential and to fulfill the expectations of the high school admissions process. Competitive high schools have been receiving an increasing number of applications city-wide, yet many CSB students have been gaining admission at their first-choice school. Equally important, our students report back that they are well prepared both academically and socially for the rigors of high school.

The process of making the transition formally begins at the end of the 7th grade when every family attends an information evening followed by individual conferences with the Head of Upper School. These discussions provide families the opportunity to share their initial preferences, to learn about the full range of options available, and to review their child’s academic history.

Throughout the 8th grade year, families and students receive information and have continuing conversations with the Head of the Upper School. It is important for families to meet deadlines and follow guidelines, whether established by CSB or by the high schools to which their child has an interest in applying.

Our students select a variety of independent, public and boarding schools for their next academic experience. Recent CSB graduates were admitted and have chosen to attend the following schools:

High Schools
The Bay School
The Katherine Branson School
Drew College Preparatory
International High School
Lick-Wilmerding
Lowell
Marin Academy
Marin Catholic
The Marin School
Riordan
Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep
SOTA (School of the Arts)
St.Ignatius College Prep
Stuart Hall High School
University High School
The Urban School of San Francisco

Boarding Schools
Andover
Brooks
Cate
Cushing
Deerfield
Dunn
Hotchkiss
Kent
Middlesex
St. Mark’s
St. Paul's
Suffield
Salisbury
Taft School
The Thacher School
Western Reserve Academy

Colleges
Bowdoin
Brown University
Claremont McKenna College
Cornell University
Embry Riddle University
Georgetown University
Goucher
Pomona College
Harvard
Hobart and Smith
Loyola Marymount University
New York University
Oberlin
Oxford
Saint Mary's College
St. Andrews, Edinburgh
St. John’s College, Maryland
Stanford University
Syracuse University
UC Davis
UC Berkeley
UC Santa Cruz
University of Arizona
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Puget Sound
University of Rochester
University of San Francisco
Westminster College
Wheaton College
Yale