Academics
All courses are taught at the Advanced Placement or Honors level. Most teachers at the school have a doctorate, and all have at least a master's degree. The school has placed in Newsweek's top ten schools in the State of Alabama in 2008 and 2009. The strong academic program, which is comprehensive in the sciences as well as the humanities, is complemented by varsity and intramural sports, residential life activities, and college counseling.
Admission is open to all Alabama high school students via a process akin to college admissions. Initially, students could enter only as high school juniors, but in September 1998 the school also allowed sophomores to apply for entry. Students have been admitted as seniors, but this is extremely rare.
Historically, the average student admitted raises his or her ACT score by five points from entry to the time of graduation.
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