Procedure:
For a candidate to be considered for admission to Baylor, the following are required:
- Completed application with a $75 ($100 International) application fee
- Personal conversation and campus visit
- Testing
- Recent transcript including grades from current school year
- Writing sample
- Teacher recommendations
Please follow the directions below concerning the application:
1) Give the pieces of the application to the people indicated.
You may request that the transcript and recommendations be
returned to you in a sealed envelope to forward to us, or you
may have the information mailed directly to the Admission Office.
2) Please remember, in order to be considered for the Middle
School Admission Process, the Admission Office must receive
all materials before January 31.
Testing
Baylor requires all applicants for admission as day students to take the Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) admission test. Test registration forms and test make-up information will be mailed to you in October.
Main Application for Admission
Please fill out this part of the application and send
it in to the Admission Office as soon as possible. We
ask that we receive the main application before you come
for the campus visit and conversation.
School Report and Transcript
Please give the school report form to your Principal,
School Head, or Guidance Counselor, providing him or
her with our envelope addressed to the Admission Office.
The transcript should include all grades for the two
years prior to your application, as well as from the
first semester of the current school year. Please mail
the transcript and school report to the Admission Office
after the first semester of the current school year.
You may request that the school mail this information
directly to the Admission Office.
Common Teacher Recommendation
We have a common recommendation form that is being used
by other independent schools in Chattanooga. Please
indicate on the form that you would like the recommendation
sent to Baylor School. This form should then be given
to your current teacher, providing them with our envelope
addressed to the Admission Office. We ask that you give
your teachers adequate time to get to know the candidate
before requesting a recommendation from them. Candidate
and parents should sign the Waiver of Access before
submitting these forms to their teachers. Please have
the recommendations forwarded to us as they come available.
Personal Confidential Recommendation
Please give this envelope to another teacher or an adult
who knows you outside of the classroom, providing him or
her with our envelope addressed to the Admission Office.
We ask that this recommendation come from a person who
has frequent contact with you. Please have the recommendation
forwarded to us as it becomes available.
Required Campus Visit and Conversation
The required campus visit and conversation with an admission counselor for day candidates may be scheduled
during the week by calling the Admission Office at (423) 267-8505.
Due to scheduling demands, please schedule your conversation at
least one week in advance of the date you would like to visit
campus. We ask that the main application be submitted prior to
your conversation.