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The International Student Experience
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Korean translation of this page
Charles Wright Academy offers the broadest, deepest, most challenging academic environment anywhere. The demands and the expectations are simply higher. Attending CWA is a unique opportunity for any child and every year a small group of international students thrive here. These students come from many countries but they share common traits: they are comfortable studying in English and they want an education that will prepare them to attend and succeed at America’s finest colleges and universities.
Most international students enter CWA in the ninth or tenth grade, although some come in Middle School. They live with host families in the communities surrounding the school. In addition to demonstrating their English fluency, they must show they are academically prepared for the challenges they face at Charles Wright.
Click here for information on CWA's application process for international students.
Click here to watch a video of Korean students speaking in Korean about their experiences as students at CWA.
Our Location
Charles Wright Academy is located in Tacoma, Washington. Tacoma is the third largest city in the state with a population of approximately 400,000. Tacoma is 18 miles from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, 36 miles from Seattle, 142 miles from Portland, Oregon, and 174 miles from Vancouver, British Columbia. The average temperature is 70 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer, 40-50 degrees in the winter and 55-65 degrees in the spring and fall. Tacoma's annual rainfall is 39.9 inches, less than the city of New York.
Our Campus
On CWA's beautiful 100-acre campus, the Lower, Middle and Upper Schools are linked by rolling lawns, athletic fields, tennis courts, two gymnasiums, the innovative Visuals Arts Center, and the brand new Language and Performing Arts Center. There is a network of three fully staffed campus libraries, and learning resources include state-of-the-art classrooms, technology labs, science labs and art studios.
College Admissions
In recent years, CWA’s international students have been accepted by many selective American colleges and universities.
Arizona State University
Binghamton University
Boston University
Brandeis University
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Colorado College
Columbia University
Duke University
Earlham College
George Washington University
Illinois Institute of Technology
Indiana University at Bloomington
Johns Hopkins University
Lawrence University
Marymount College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McGill University
New York University
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Pennsylvania State University
Pratt Institute
Purdue University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Santa Clara University
Seattle University
Skidmore College
Stony Brook University
Syracuse University
Trinity College
Tufts University
University of Chicago
University of Cincinnati
University of Connecticut
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Portland
University of Puget Sound
University of Rochester
University of Texas, Austin
University of the Pacific
University of Toronto
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Whitman College
Korean translation of this page
Charles Wright Academy offers the broadest, deepest, most challenging academic environment anywhere. The demands and the expectations are simply higher. Attending CWA is a unique opportunity for any child and every year a small group of international students thrive here. These students come from many countries but they share common traits: they are comfortable studying in English and they want an education that will prepare them to attend and succeed at America’s finest colleges and universities.
Most international students enter CWA in the ninth or tenth grade, although some come in Middle School. They live with host families in the communities surrounding the school. In addition to demonstrating their English fluency, they must show they are academically prepared for the challenges they face at Charles Wright.
Click here for information on CWA's application process for international students.
Click here to watch a video of Korean students speaking in Korean about their experiences as students at CWA.
Our Location
Charles Wright Academy is located in Tacoma, Washington. Tacoma is the third largest city in the state with a population of approximately 400,000. Tacoma is 18 miles from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, 36 miles from Seattle, 142 miles from Portland, Oregon, and 174 miles from Vancouver, British Columbia. The average temperature is 70 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer, 40-50 degrees in the winter and 55-65 degrees in the spring and fall. Tacoma's annual rainfall is 39.9 inches, less than the city of New York.
Our Campus
On CWA's beautiful 100-acre campus, the Lower, Middle and Upper Schools are linked by rolling lawns, athletic fields, tennis courts, two gymnasiums, the innovative Visuals Arts Center, and the brand new Language and Performing Arts Center. There is a network of three fully staffed campus libraries, and learning resources include state-of-the-art classrooms, technology labs, science labs and art studios.
College Admissions
In recent years, CWA’s international students have been accepted by many selective American colleges and universities.
Arizona State University
Binghamton University
Boston University
Brandeis University
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Colorado College
Columbia University
Duke University
Earlham College
George Washington University
Illinois Institute of Technology
Indiana University at Bloomington
Johns Hopkins University
Lawrence University
Marymount College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McGill University
New York University
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Pennsylvania State University
Pratt Institute
Purdue University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Santa Clara University
Seattle University
Skidmore College
Stony Brook University
Syracuse University
Trinity College
Tufts University
University of Chicago
University of Cincinnati
University of Connecticut
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Portland
University of Puget Sound
University of Rochester
University of Texas, Austin
University of the Pacific
University of Toronto
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Whitman College
