Admission
Prospective students, who are usually freshmen in high school but in some cases can be students in eighth grade, fill out an application to gain admission to IMSA. The application can be completed online at here.
The applications consists of an official transcript from the student's last 2½ years of school, scores on the SAT I, several long and short essays totaling roughly four to five pages, three teacher recommendations in science, mathematics, and English, and a list of awards and extracurricular activities. Since it draws students from across the state, it is sometimes considered a magnet school.
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