Students and Student Admission JFKS is an academically competitive college preparatory school. Admission is competitive and selective and is based on past school records and, where necessary, on testing.
All admissions are probational for one semester.
Qualified American applicants are admitted on a first come, first served basis, with certain priority exceptions. It is, therefore, crucial that student applications be submitted as early as possible, prior to arriving in Berlin, as there are only a limited number of places at each grade level. Priority is given to German and American children who represent the culture of the passport they hold, linguistically and culturally. Third nationals, children who are not either German nationals or American nationals, may be admitted only upon vote of the Educational Directorate and only on the basis that their admission does not block that of an American or German child. Children whose older sibling attended or attends the Kennedy School for at least one years will receive priority status for admission.