After Waldorf - Maine Coast Waldorf School

A Waldorf education prepares students not only for what comes next, but for who they are becoming: capable, resilient, and inspired by purpose.

Empowered & Engaged Learners

Our graduates pursue opportunities at a wide variety of colleges and universities, while others take gap years rich with travel, service work, entrepreneurship and other meaningful experiences.

Waldorf alumni thrive in higher education because they arrive as self-motivated, engaged learners — already comfortable with intellectual discourse, meaningful relationships with faculty, and taking ownership of their education.

Ready for What's Next

Our graduates step into the world with confidence, curiosity, and purpose. Their hands-on, interdisciplinary education equips them to think critically, connect ideas, and apply learning in real-world contexts.

Waldorf alumni thrive in fields ranging from the arts and sciences to entrepreneurship, business and finance, social innovation, public policy, engineering, education, environmental work and beyond.

Skills That Matter, Impact That Lasts

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Students thrive when they’re supported and connected. Inquire now to discover how our relationship-based approach empowers academic achievement, personal growth, and confident, capable young adults.

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Post-Secondary Counseling

Beginning in their junior year, students work closely with our dedicated college counselor to explore post-secondary options, a relationship that continues through senior year and culminates with personalized support in the selection, application, and financial aid process. Because our faculty and college counselor know each student deeply, they are uniquely equipped to offer thoughtful, individualized guidance.

Students take the PSAT in the 10th and 11th grades to build confidence and readiness for the SAT. In the fall of senior year, a humanities course in composition focuses on crafting compelling personal essays, including those required for college applications.

College acceptances

Graduates from Maine Coast Waldorf School's Class of 2024 and Class of 2025 were accepted into the following colleges, universities and technical schools.

Bard College

Bates College

Bryant University

Bryn Mawr College

Carleton University

Clark University

Clarkson University

Colby College

College of the Atlantic

The College of Wooster

Colorado College

Connecticut College

DePaul University

Dickinson College

Drexel University

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Flagler College

Fordham University

Goucher College

Hampshire College

Hobart and William Smith College

Indiana University Bloomington

IYRS School of Technology & Trades

Johnson & Wales University

Lesley University

Macalester College

Marist College

Marymount Manhattan College

McGill University

Merrimack College

Mount Holyoke College

Northeastern University

Oberlin College

Ohio University

Reed College

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rhode Island College

Sarah Lawrence College

Smith College

St. Lawrence University

Temple University

Trinity College

University of Maine Orono

University of Connecticut

University of New England

University of New Hampshire

University of New Haven

University of Southern Maine

Warren Wilson College

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Western New England University

Wheaton College Massachusetts

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Voices of Maine Coast: Alum Reflections

Life after graduation means being part of something bigger. Our alumni community is vibrant, engaged, and supportive, full of opportunities to come home to campus, reconnect over beloved traditions, and contribute to a network that inspires and enriches.

Quinn '19
Nowell '13

Quinn '19

When I think back to my time at MCWS, what stands out the most isn’t one moment—it's the slow, steady growth that shaped who I am. I arrived soft-spoken and unsure, but over four years, something shifted.

Through close friendships, long runs with the cross-country team, and the creative space to be curious, I started to feel at home in myself. MCWS wasn’t just where I went to school—it was where I learned how to move through the world with purpose.

– Quinn, Class of 2019

Nowell '13

During my senior year at MCWS, reading Faust and discussing the nature of evil and temptation, or studying the transcendentalists and their reflections on nature and solitude, really opened up my mind to big questions. That same year, the Optics and Chaos Theory blocks lit a spark for science.

Those blocks made me see the beauty in everyday phenomena and understand how scientific revolutions happen. They definitely inspired my love of physics.

– Nowell, Class of 2013

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Open Houses

Place-based learning connects students to their community, environment, and real-world experiences. Come see it for yourself at our next Open House!

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Affordability

Our tuition adjustment program provides more than $1 million annually. Every family’s journey is different, and we take the time to understand yours.

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