Application Process
The Blackman Collegiate Academy Application Process
Who should apply?
Current 8th, 9th or 10th grade students who are interested in being a part of The Blackman Collegiate Academy should have at least a 3.0 GPA and be at or above the 80th percentile in a minimum of two areas of the TCAP for the previous two years. Interested students should also embody the attributes outlined in the Academy Student Profile.
Application and Selection Process
Students will be required to complete the following:
- Submit an application and statement of intent
- Go through the Interview Process
- Submit a creative writing sample (*at the time of the Interview)
- Grades
- Test Scores
- Creative Writing Sample
- Interview
- Attendance
- Discipline
Electronic applications will be available Wednesday, December 12th, 2023, through Friday, Wednesday, January 19th, 2024.
On January 19th, students who have applied will receive an email to sign-up for an interview time.
Interviews will be held in the BHS Main Office after school (3:45 pm- 6:00 pm) during the week of
Students should plan for an hour to complete both the Interview and Writing Sample. In the event of school being out for any reason, interviews will be rescheduled.
Interview Process
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Interviews will be held at Blackman High School after school and will be completed with a faculty member and a current BCA student
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Students will be asked the interview questions that are listed below:
- Tell us about yourself.
- As of right now, what do you see as your long-term goal(s) in life?
- What academic, athletic, or extra-curricular activity has helped shape your life and future goals? How?
- If you had a chance to have a 30-minute conversation with any person in history (living or deceased), who would be the person you would choose? Why? What topics would you discuss?
- What current events are you closely following and why?
- How do you deal with academic difficulty?
- Who is someone you look up to? How have they influenced your life?
- Choose one quotation that defines who you are and explain why that quotation means so much to you.
- What do you see as your strengths? What do you see as a weakness? Tell us about a time you have used that strength or overcome that weakness.
- How do you think being in the Collegiate Academy will benefit you? How would you benefit the BCA?
Writing Process
Applicants will be required to complete a writing sample at the time of the interview. Below are the questions in which you may choose from.
- Students will have 45 min. max to complete their writing sample.
- Students can bring (1) 3x5 notecard with bulleted points and fragments to help prepare.
- Students may either type or hand write their writing sample. It is highly encouraged for students to type but points will not be deducted from those who choose to hand write unless it is illegible.
You may bring in a 3x5 notecard with notes for your essay.
Your writing time will take place immediately following your interview.
Choose one of the interview questions and write an essay in which you reflect more deeply or provide a more in-depth response. You should answer in paragraph form; a minimum of three paragraphs is expected, but you are welcome to write more in order to fully answer the question.
For example, if you choose to explain how you deal with academic difficulty, consider writing about specific experiences, what you learned about yourself, and/or what you would do differently next time.
If you choose to write about how an academic, athletic, or extra-curricular activity has helped to shape your life and future goals, you might consider writing about specific character traits that this activity developed in your or specific details about what some of the next steps might be for you in pursuing these goals.
- As of right now, what do you see as your long-term goal(s) in life?
- What academic, athletic, or extra-curricular activity has helped shape your life and future goals? How?
- If you had a chance to have a 30-minute conversation with any person in history (living or deceased), who would be the person you would choose? Why? What topics would you discuss?
- What current events are you closely following and why?
- How do you deal with academic difficulty?
- Who is someone you look up to? How have they influenced your life?
- Choose one quotation that defines who you are and explain why that quotation means so much to you.
- What do you see as your strengths? What do you see as a weakness? Tell us about a time you have used that strength or overcome that weakness.
- How do you think being in the Collegiate Academy will benefit you? How would you benefit the BCA?
What to bring to the Interview?
Current RCS students:
- 3x5 index for your writing prompt *only if needed
- Test scores if you were not at an RCS school during the previous school year
- 3x5 index card for your writing prompt *only if needed
- Attendance Records
- Discipline Records
- Report Card/Transcripts for the previous school year (and current school year - if available)
- Test scores
Acceptance Letters will be mailed home in mid-February.
