Applications for the 2025-2026 school year are closed. Decisions for rising 6th grade (MS) and rising 9th grade (HS) were sent via email on February 28, 2025.  Be sure to check both spam and junk folders for updates.  If you have questions or need assistance click here to use our questions portal.

Policies & Admissions Decisions

On this Page:

  1. Admissions Decisions Details
  2. Enrollment Policy – Our pathways, program expectations, enrollment change requests, and academic standards
  3. Scores, Ranks and Offers – A 4-part Video Series
  4. Late Admissions Policy & Timeline (Entry in 7th and 10th Grade)
  5. Policy Overviews for 2025-2026 Admissions

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1. Admissions Decisions Details

2025-26 Admissions Details will be available after Round 1 Offers are complete. Patterns in scores, ranks, and offers are similar.

2. Enrollment Policy

This policy provides information on Ingenuity’s recruitment, admissions, academic pathways, program expectations, enrollment change requests, and academic standards.

–>> Click here for Ingenuity’s Enrollment Policy

3. Scores, Ranks, and Offers – 4-Part Video Series

These videos help you understand Ingenuity’s process for creating an Admissions Score, how we create ranks, and how we decide who is offered admissions. Click the images below to view the videos

Part I: Ingenuity Admission Score Calculations

Part II: Ranks & Offer Order

Part III: Middle School

Part IV: High School

4. Late Admissions (Entry in 7th or 10th Grade)

–>> Click here for the Late Admissions Policy

This policy helps you understand the process of applying for entry in 7th or 10th grade. Late admissions is dependent on the availability of a seat in the respective school and is typical for students seeking entry after 6th and 9th grades have started. Admissions criteria differ from the standard admissions process and can include the evaluation of current and prior year school assessments, Ingenuity administered tests, and grades. There is typically no entry in 8th, 11th, or 12th grade.

5. Policy Overview for 2025-26 Admissions

These 1-page overviews were shared in the fall to provide applicants with a general understand of the timeline and what’s included in the Ingenuity admissions process.

Still have questions?

–>> Submit your questions in our Admissions Portal

What's Happening

Student Achievements

Ingenuity Scholars Shine at Morgan State University Engineering and Science Fair

BALTIMORE – The Morgan State University Science-Mathematics-Engineering Fair was held… Read More

Ingenuity Students Awarded Fellowships by the Sandra Lee Heyman Foundation

Ingenuity Scholars Receive Fellowship PROGRAM SELECTS 41 MORE STUDENTS, EXPANDS… Read More

Poly’s Chess Team Wins 5th Place at US Chess National Competition!

Ingenuity students powered Baltimore Polytechnic Institute's Chess Team to a… Read More

Application Timeline

November 1, 2024Ingenuity Application OPENS
November 2024- March 2025Middle School Open Houses with Ingenuity Middle School Information Sessions (See Ingenuity Admissions Information page for registration details)
November 14, 2024Poly's Open House with Ingenuity High School Information Sessions (5:30 - 7:30 PM)
November 16, 2024 -SaturdayIngenuity Middle School Virtual Information Session (9:00 - 10:00 AM) - See Ingenuity Admissions Information page for registration details)
November 20, 2024-WednesdayIngenuity Middle School Virtual Information Session (7:00 - 8:00 PM) - See Ingenuity Admissions Information page for registration details)
December 14, 2024City Schools' Middle and High School Choice Fair (Baltimore Convention Center)
November 2024-January 2025Ingenuity High School Admissions Test Sessions (NO Middle School test for 2024-25 Admissions)
January 24, 2025Ingenuity Application DEADLINE (Same as Baltimore City Public Schools Choice Deadline)
February 28, 2025Ingenuity Admissions DECISIONS RELEASED
July 21-31, 2025Ingenuity Rising 6th Grade Summer Academy (for all accepted students)

Our Partners

Ingenuity Project Headquarters

1400 West Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD, USA

410-662-8665

James McHenry Elementary School

31 S Schroeder St, Baltimore, MD 21223, USA

(410) 396-1621

Baltimore Polytechnic Institute

1400 West Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21209, United States

410-396-7026

Hamilton Middle School

6101 Old Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21214, United States

410-396-6375

Mount Royal Middle School

121 McMechen St, Baltimore, MD 21217, United States

410-396-0864

Roland Park Middle School

5207 Roland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21210, United States

410-396-6420

Locations / Schools

Ingenuity Project Headquarters
1400 West Cold Spring Lane
410-662-8665


James McHenry Elementary School
31 S Schroeder St
(410) 396-1621


Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
1400 West Cold Spring Lane
410-396-7026


Hamilton Middle School
6101 Old Harford Road
410-396-6375


Mount Royal Middle School
121 McMechen St
410-396-0864


Roland Park Middle School
5207 Roland Avenue
410-396-6420