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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does this program work?  The beginning of this massively long thread notes "nomination" and then the end notes "application".  So what is it?  The website is very vague in terms of how one seeks entry.  (Unless I'm looking at the wrong page, which could be the problem.)[/quote]

Public and private high schools in Virginia nominate rising 11th & 12th graders for the program. There are limits per school/area, so depending on your school you may have a different application process. For example, if anyone had wanted to apply for the German World Language academy from our school, they could have applied. Many kids wanted to do some of the programs, like math and humanities, so those had an application process through the school/district before being sent to state. At the state level, the process is pretty opaque and no one seems to share the actual numbers of applicants. If students get in, they spend 3-4 weeks at on a Virginia college campus with other students and faculty who share their interest. [/quote]

Two of mine did governor's academy for Latin, roughly 6-7 years ago.  Their application process worked like this from a relatively large Nova public HS but it could have changed by now:  Based on the number of the students at the school, the Latin teacher could nominate 2 applicants (larger schools nominated 2, smaller schools 1).  She selected the applicants to nominate.  Those applications then went to someone at the state level who made the final selection.  We were told there were about 450 applicants from across the state.  Roughly 40-50 were offered spots and another group was essentially waitlisted. No clue how many that was.  The first time one of my kids applied she was waitlisted.  I do not think the waitlist moves much.  Both my kids loved the program.[/quote]

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