Founded in 1826 and located in historic Hudson, Ohio, Western Reserve Academy is a private, mid-sized coeducational boarding and day school for grades 9-12. Our 380 students, drawn from 23 states and 15 countries, have chosen Reserve for its fine academic, art, and athletic programs, and for the school's commitment to a set of fundamental values: excellence, integrity, compassion.

Western Reserve Academy's Merit Scholar Program offers a full scholarship for tuition, room, and board for one ninth-grade male boarding student and one ninth-grade female boarding student, as well as a $10,000 scholarship for one ninth-grade male day student and one ninth-grade female day student. Recipients of this program must have distinguished themselves as outstanding scholars that have also displayed additional talents in extracurricular areas (e.g. leadership, dance, music, athletics, acting, art, volunteerism, etc.). Each scholar will be given this scholarship for the entire tenure of his or her enrollment, as long as the student annually functions at a high level of achievement academically and in his or her extracurricular endeavors. In order to be considered for the Merit Scholarship, candidates must meet all requirements for admission to Reserve in addition to completing the application. The Merit Scholarship application must be submitted along with the regular application materials by our deadline (for day students: January 15th and for boarding students: February 15th).

School accreditations: NAIS, ISACS, TABS