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Admission to the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics is a highly competitive process initiated by written application. Approximately 70 to 80 students are selected each year from an applicant pool of three hundred students. Since accepting its first juniors in the fall of 1990, OSSM has selected students from all of Oklahoma’s 77 counties. Students make application for admission in their sophomore year for a two-year course of study beginning in their junior year.
The application consists of several interest inventories, written essays, parent statement, recommendations from an English teacher, mathematics teacher, science teacher, principal and counselor, student transcript and ACT score.
Shadowing
Review Process
All applications are ranked
and a select number of students are invited for an interview. Interviews
are always scheduled for the last Saturday in April. Following the
interview a composite score is compiled for each applicant. Finalists
are selected from this roster.
Student Selection
Requesting an application
You will need Adobe Acrobat
Reader (available for free download) in order to view and print the
online application.
Admissions
Timetable Parents
and school personnel are invited to visit OSSM during the school year.
Please call (405)521-6436 to schedule a tour.
Inquiries should be made to
the Director of Admissions
Sophomore students are encouraged to "shadow" an OSSM student prior to making application.
Prospective students will spend an entire school day (8am-4:30pm) in class.
They will attend classes, eat lunch and view the dorm.
To schedule a shadow, call the Admissions Office at (405) 521-6436 or
email admissions@ossm.edu. "Shadows" can be arranged with a few days notice.
A committee comprised of
OSSM faculty and volunteers from throughout the state reviews applications.
Applications are screened blindly, that is, all reference to the student’s
last name, town, school and other applicant data is removed before the
committee reviews each folder.
Students are notified by
June 1 of each year whether they have or have not been selected as a finalist.
All finalists are requested to sign a Letter of Intent advising of their
decision to attend OSSM. Orientation meetings are held in June to
assist the upcoming junior class in the educational and emotional transition
to OSSM.
The application material for the Class of 2011 is now available on line.
You may print and use the electronic copy to apply.
Application booklets become available in January each year.
Students may call,
write or email the school to receive an application booklet if a paper copy of the application is preferable to the online copy.
The online application can be filled out using Acrobat Reader and printed.
However, be aware that unless you have the full version the of the Acrobat software
on your computer, you may not be able to save your completed application for
further processing at a later time.
OSSM
Class of 2011 Application
Free
download of Adobe Acrobat Reader
Application Deadline
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Paper Screening
Early April
Notification of Semifinalists
Mid April
Semifinalists Interviews
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Notification of Finalists
June 1, 2009
Orientation Meetings
June 4 or June 16, 2009