Hello future applicants to the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy,
This forum is for discussion relating to admissions for the class of 2021. The discussion can involve chances, questions. etc. I wish everyone good luck with admissions for this school!
Hi! I’m a current IMSA junior. I don’t know too much about chancing, but I’m willing to answer questions about academics, res life, and life at imsa in general!
I was wondering my chances of getting accepted
STATS:
Ethnicity: Asian
Grade:8th
Region: Chicagoland
GPA: 3.85 (4.0-6th Grade - 4.0 - 7th grade 3.85 - 8th grade)
SAT: 690 Math and 520 Reading
ECS (I lack a lot in this)
Swimming (8 hours weekly)
Math Team (2 hour weekly)
Band (5 hours weekly)
Awards (I lack a lot in this):
2nd Place team contest Latin School
9 Noetic Medals
Honor Roll 7th-8th
I will probably do 2-3 more math contests and get regional times in swimming before I apply.
Hi! Could anyone tell me if i have a shot at IMSA or not?
STATS:
Ethnicity: Asian
Region: Central
Grade: 9th
GPA: 4.0 for the past 3 years
SAT: 750 math and 660 reading
ECS: (most of these extracurriculars I just joined freshman year of high school)
Tennis
Track
Math club
Girls Who Code club
Robotics club
Science club
Speech club
Band
A selective orchestra that meets once every week
40 hours of volunteering at the food bank and at soup kitchens
Awards:
literally have nothing except for one or two really small awards because I’m pretty average at everything… yikes
High School Course Load: Honors Geometry, Honors Biology, Honors Literature, PreAP Spanish 2, Band, and two required classes
Would appreciate anyone telling me what they think! Thanks! =D
I would say @tiredandhangry your chances seem very high, I would not stress about getting in, however @shield8788 your chances seem very high as well, but to secure a spot I suggest to try and bring up the math into the 700’s, I got in with a 690, but I had a lot of out of school awards and activities. I believe in both of you!!!
Awards:
Best in Category Health Science at IJAS Region 1 Regional Science Fair
Selected to compete in Broadcom Masters (national science fair)
Final Four at Mathcounts Mathletic Tournament
ECS:
VEX Robotics: 6 hours per week
Robotics mentoring: 4 hours per week
Ultimate Frisbee: 3 hours per week
Boy Scouts: 1.5 hours per week
Science Olympiad: 1.5 hours per week
Piano: 4 hours per week
Scratch-building remote controlled airplanes/aerodynamics (hobby)
Awards:
2016 Illinois Middle School VEX Robotics State Championship Tournament Finalists and Amaze Award
2017 Illinois Middle School VEX Robotics State Championship Tournament Champions, Excellence Award, and Robot Skills Winner.
6-9th grade honor roll
3rd place from 3 separate piano competitions
I will be participating in more high school robotics tournaments and Science Olympiad competitions and will probably be getting some more awards from those. There is also a balsa wood bridge competition that I am considering participating in.
High School Courses: AAA (Honors Advanced Algebra 2), Honors Models of Physics, Honors World History, Principles of Engineering, Honors English, Acting 1, and one other required class (gym)
I forgot to mention that for awards, I also was one of the two people in my school to receive a parent teacher organization sponsored award ($100 gift card for an art store) for outstanding performance in the applied arts
Wondering if I have a chance of getting in @ IMSA?
STATS:
Ethnicity: Indian-American (Asian)
Region: Exempt (I am currently in Canada, but I used to live - and the rest of my family lives - in Northern Chicago (nearby Elgin))
Grade: 9th
GPA: 4.0 9th grade, 4.0 8th grade, 4.0 7th grade (basically I have more credits than usual b/c I took HS credits in 8th grade + 10/11 grade courses in 9th now)
SAT: 680 Math, 630 Reading (but I’m writing the March SAT exam as well?)
ECS:
Entrepreneurship
Senior Math Club
Exec of Kids Lit Club
Choir
Orchestra + Jazz Band (Trombone)
FLL Robotics
Library Council
DECA - HR Management, Orals
Volunteering at homeless shelters, women in STEM camps, and conferences
Taekwondo
Figure Skating
Student Council Representative
School Newspaper (+ a few other publications)
JA Central Ontario
Outreach (we do charity funding for the school)
Awards, Recognition, and Distinctions:
Outstanding Student Award
English and Library Award
Taekwondo - IL State Intermediate 3rd level Sparing/ Weapons/Forms
Top 15 of Beaver Computing Challenge
FLL Best Robot Design Award
FLL Core Values Award
Honorable Mention in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2016-17
Academic Achievement
Conrad Spirit of Innovation Challenge Finalist - 2016-2017
Perfect Score in Gauss Grade 8 Contest (150/150)
Top 3% of Caribou Cup Scores
Top 1% of CNML
Top 5% of AMC 8 - Honor Roll
Award of Distinction
Math Stars 2017 - Top 3 in Team Round
Math Stars 2017 - Top 10 in Individual Round
Conrad Spirit of Innovation Challenge Semi-Finalist - 2017-2018
Distinguished Honor Roll
Presented at major conferences such as EDIT, ElevateAI, TakeOverTO, TKS Showcase, etc.
Invited for ProveIt! Math Academy and IDEA MATH
CEO of a start-up, a non-profit, and VP of HR in another
Classes:
Honours 10th-grade Algebra II + Trigonometry + Geometry
Honours 10th grade World History (from World War I onwards)
Honours English
Honours 10th grade Spanish
Honours 10th grade Science
Honours 11th grade Latin
Honours Drama (Directing and Acting)
My teacher recs should be pretty good (I got E’s and G’s for behavior in their courses, and 90%+ on their classes.)
Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone could answer a few questions for me and let me know my chances of getting into IMSA.
STATS:
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian
Region: Schaumburg (don’t know what region that fall under, appreciated if anyone knows)
Grade: 9th
GPA: 7th-4 8th-3.7 9th-3.7
SAT: 660 math and 560 reading ( I know I can increase my scores but what would be an ideal score?)
ECS:
Soccer
Math team
Speech club
Scholastic Bowl
Chess Team
Religious work every week
Awards:
Nothing special
High School Course Load: AP Seminar, Honors Biology, Honors English, AP Computer Science Principals, Honors algebra 2, Spanish 2
ECS:
Model UN
Cross Country
Track
Drug prevention club
Diversity club
Girls robotics Team
I mentor a Robotics team
Medical club
Dance
NJHS
Student Leadership
(more that I can’t remember off the top of my head)
Awards:
Many awards for my robotics team
many running awards
many dance awards
a speech challenge award
award for extraordinary math and science
High honor roll
Classes:
AP world history
Honors Biology
Honors Pre-Calculus
Honors English
Band
Intro to Engineering
Spanish 2
When I visited IMSA, an admissions counselor said that they didn’t look at weighted GPA, but they will see that you took a Honors / AP class and acknowledge that.
@BhattM when I visited they said the average SAT for accepted applicants for class of 2020 was 685 for math, and 648 for reading and writing, but that category is also combined with GPA, plus they look at all parts of the application, so try to get the scores up, but don’t stress
