Prospective parents and students are invited to join us for a visit this fall. We look forward to getting to know your family and sharing all of the unique opportunities that Gilman School has to offer. Please click here for additional information and to register for upcoming events. We also encourage you to take a Virtual Tour of our Middle School!

Creating an account in our Admissions Portal is the first step in the admissions process. You will complete your son's online application through the Admissions Portal, and a non-refundable $50 application fee is paid when his application is submitted.

Applications become available in mid August and are due by Wednesday, December 15, 2021. We encourage you to begin the application process early to have ample time to complete the necessary steps.

Once you create your Admissions Portal account, you will want to use this login page to gain access to a dynamic checklist. The portal checklist is an excellent tool to keep track of where you are in the admissions process.  

Application fee waivers are available for siblings of currently enrolled students and sons of alumni. Please contact Jamie Frieman to obtain your code.

Please note: All Gilman students are required to have age-appropriate vaccinations. Only medical exemptions will be considered.

Once you have submitted an application, please use the Admissions Portal to schedule a time to meet with a member of our team either in person OR over Zoom.

In-Person Visits
In-person visits allow families to spend some time on campus. Upon arrival, parents will have the opportunity to speak with a member of the Admissions Team during a campus tour, lasting approximately one hour. Applicants will attend classes alongside a current student and have a one-on-one conversation with a member of the Admissions Team prior to the end of his visit.  

Zoom Conversations
Members of the Admissions Team will also be available to meet over Zoom. Lasting approximately 45 minutes, this time will be used to further introduce families to Gilman, talk with applicants about their interests, and provide an additional opportunity to answer questions about the application process or Gilman Middle School.

To complete the required testing component for the 2021-2022 admissions season, all Middle School applicants have the option to take the ISEE, SSAT Middle Level Test, or our In-House Assessment.

If your son chooses to take the ISEE between the months of October 2021 and January 2022, you may sign up for any host school/site online at www.iseetest.org. A searchable database of dates and locations is available as part of the registration process. You also have the option to sign-up to take the ISEE at home. Please include Gilman's school code (210095) when registering so that we receive a copy of the results.

If your son chooses to take our In-House Assessment in January, additional information (including date and registration) will be available on our website in the coming months.

Gilman School requests that all assessments are complete by Monday, January 24, 2022.

As part of the application process, our Admissions Office requires three years worth of report cards. Please use the Record Release Form to authorize your son's current school to send us his academic records, including any standardized test scores. Report cards may also be uploaded directly to the Admissions Portal. 

All applicants for grades 6-12 need to submit three Common Referral Forms (teacher recommendations): one from his current English/Language Arts teacher, one from his current Math teacher, and one from  a primary teacher for the 2020-2021 school year. Other subject area teacher recommendations are welcomed but not required. Common Referral Forms can be shared with your son's teacher(s) after Monday, November 15, 2021. As a required element of our application, these forms will be marked complete on your son’s Application Checklist once received by the Admissions Office.

Student transcripts and Common Referral Forms must be submitted by Monday, January 24, 2022. Gilman retains an applicant's information in the strictest confidence, as defined in the Association of Independent Maryland and DC Schools (AIMS) Policy Statement on Confidentiality of Student Recommendations.

The Admissions Committee will review all applications and make decisions during the month of February. You will learn our decision on Thursday, February 17, 2022.

Families who accept our offer of admission will need to complete an enrollment contract in the Admissions Portal for each accepted student. Enrollment contracts and deposits are due on Friday, March 4, 2022. The enrollment deposit is ten percent of your son's yearly tuition.