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Spectrum welcomes applications from new applicants, prequalified applicants and Admission Portfolio applicants.
Apply for summer 2010 starting in January!
To begin the application process, click on the applicant type best suited to you based on the descriptions below.
New Applicant
You are a new applicant if you are completing grades 7 or 8 (students completing grade 9 may apply) and you meet any one of the following criteria:
Prequalified Applicant
You are a prequalified applicant if you are completing grades 7 or 8 (students completing grade 9 may apply) and you meet both of the following criteria:
Admission Portfolio Applicant
You are an Admission Portfolio applicant if you are completing grades 7 or 8 (students completing grade 9 may apply) and you meet the following criterion:
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Spectrum welcomes applications from new applicants, prequalified applicants and Admission Portfolio applicants.
Apply for summer 2010 starting in January!
To begin the application process, click on the applicant type best suited to you based on the descriptions below.
New Applicant
You are a new applicant if you are completing grades 7 or 8 (students completing grade 9 may apply) and you meet any one of the following criteria:
- You have never attended Spectrum and you have qualifying test scores.
- You have previously attended Spectrum, but you are now applying for a course in a different subject area than the course you successfully completed and you have qualifying test scores.
- You are moving from Apogee, Saturday Enrichment Program or Gifted LearningLinks to Spectrum and have the requisite Talent Search (above grade-level) test scores.
Prequalified Applicant
You are a prequalified applicant if you are completing grades 7 or 8 (students completing grade 9 may apply) and you meet both of the following criteria:
- You have successfully completed a Center for Talent Development (CTD) Spectrum course.
- You are applying for a Spectrum course in the same subject area of the course you previously completed.
| Please note: Students moving from Apogee, the Saturday Enrichment Program or Gifted LearningLinks enrichment courses to Spectrum may not apply as prequalified students. Spectrum is an accelerated program requiring specific test scores on above grade-level tests (ACT or SAT through Northwestern University's Midwest Academic Talent Search or similar service) or submission of an Admission Portfolio. |
Admission Portfolio Applicant
You are an Admission Portfolio applicant if you are completing grades 7 or 8 (students completing grade 9 may apply) and you meet the following criterion:
- You do not have qualifying test scores because you have either 1) never taken an above grade-level achievement test through a Talent Search program or 2) taken this type of test but not achieved a qualifying test score.
