Class of 2012 consists of 252 students, and is as of June 2010, the second-largest invited sophomore class in IMSA history. “The average SAT mathematics and critical reading scores for the students, most of whom are high school freshmen, are 665 and 590 respectively.” The largest class invited was the Class of 2011, which consisted of 253 students. “The average SAT for the in-coming class of 2011 was Critical Reading – 591 and Math – 651. The average GPA was 3.88/4.0.” However, due to dropouts, there are now there are fewer than 200 members of the Class of 2010, which originally admitted 231, and only 213 students from the Class of 2011.
In order to draw greater numbers of applications and “transform teaching and learning,” IMSA has an extensive outreach network run by The Center for Advancement and Renewal of Learning and Teaching (The Center@IMSA). Some students who