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. A $50 application fee is paid when you submit your online application. The deadline for application is December 14, 2018.

Applications become available in mid-August. We encourage families to begin the application process early so that they have ample time to complete the necessary steps.

Once you create your Admissions Portal login, you will have 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, reapplying families, and sons of alumni. Please contact Jessica McDonald to obtain your code.

Once you have submitted your application, please sign up for a day to visit campus through the Admissions Portal. Parents will receive a morning campus tour and meet with an admissions officer. Your son will visit classes alongside a current Gilman student, who will help provide your son with an authentic snapshot of a day in the life of a Gilman student as well as receive an interview with a Gilman admissions officer. The visiting day concludes at 1:30 p.m., at which point our admissions team would be more than happy to answer additional questions or to provide more information about our school.

As part of the application process, all prospective students grades 6-12 will take the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE). Students may take this standardized admission test at any school who offers it, including, but not limited to, Gilman School. Sign up at www.isee.org and search their database for dates of testing sites as part of the online registration process. Please remember to include Gilman’s school code (210095) to ensure that we receive a copy of the results.

Also please note that ISEE recommends registering for the test at least three weeks prior to the test date. We also advise that you take the test as early as possible, as tests sites fill up and studies have shown that there is minimal, if any, benefit to waiting later in the season. All ISEE tests must be completed by January 25.

Those families who are unable to pay the ISEE registration fee may request a waiver by contacting Jamie Frieman at 410.323.7169. Eligibility for these waivers is determined by family income.

Along with ISEE testing results, our admissions office will need to review your son's report cards from the most recent three-year span. These report cards may be uploaded to the Admissions Portal.

All applicants are required to get two teacher recommendations from current math and English subject areas; other subject area teacher recommendations are welcomed but not required. To acquire transcripts and request teacher recommendations from current schools, please sign the Record Release Form and submit to current school’s main office.The record release authorizes his current school to send us his records.

The Common Referral Form should be given to your son's current principal or guidance counselor along with the Record Release Form. Your son's school will give this form to his teacher(s) to fill out and return to Gilman.

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 February 21, 2019, and those accepted will have until March 8, 2019, to return the enrollment contract and deposit.

Families who accept our offer of admission will need to complete an enrollment contract in the Admission Portal for each accepted student. Enrollment contracts are due March 8, 2019.