Students have attended Maine Coast Semester from more than 270 independent and public schools around the country, including our fourteen member schools. Typically, one-third of our students in each semester come from our member schools, which are listed below. These schools were carefully chosen for their academic excellence, geographic diversity, and commitment to the type of experience Maine Coast Semester represents.

The Brearley School, New York, NY
The Charlotte Country Day School, Charlotte, NC
Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA
The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT
Miss Porter’s School, Farmington, CT
Noble and Greenough School, Dedham, MA
The Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
Princeton Day School, Princeton, NJ
Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh, PA
The Taft School, Watertown, CT
The Thacher School, Ojai, CA
Waynflete School, Portland, ME
The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, GA

Along with our close relationships with the member schools, we actively reach out to students from other schools, both public and private. We have a particular commitment to serving students from our home state. All interested and capable students are encouraged to apply to Maine Coast Semester.

Other schools that have regularly sent students to MCS include:
Brunswick High School, Brunswick, ME
Camden Hills Regional High School, Camden, ME
Cape Elizabeth High School, Cape Elizabeth, ME
The Chapin School, New York, NY
Collegiate School, New York, NY
Concord Academy, Concord, MA
Crystal Springs-Uplands School, Hillsborough, CA
The Dalton School, New York, NY
Falmouth High School, Falmouth, ME
The Fieldston School, Bronx, NY
Freeport High School, Freeport, ME
Friends Central School, Wynnewood, PA
Friends Select School, Philadelphia, PA
Friends Seminary, New York, NY
Garrison Forest School, Owings Mills, MD
Gilman School, Baltimore, MD
Greensboro Day School, Greensboro, NC
Havergal College, Toronto, Ontario
Hopkins School, New Haven, CT
Housatonic Valley Regional High School, Lakeville, CT
Milton Academy, Milton, MA
Mt. Ararat High School, Topsham, ME
Newark Academy, Livingston, NJ
The Nightingale-Bamford School, New York, NY
Orono High School, Orono, ME
Pace Academy, Atlanta, GA
Riverdale Country School, Bronx, NY
Roland Park Country School, Baltimore, MD
San Francisco University High School, San Francisco, CA
Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC
St. Paul Academy & Summit School, St. Paul, MN
Trinity School, New York, NY
Wiscasset High School, Wiscasset, ME
Yarmouth High School, Yarmouth, ME