HMI Summer Term Application Process
The portal for Summer 2025 applications is now open! Summer Term 2025 will run from Saturday, June 28 – Wednesday, July 30.
Applications are due January 15, 2025 for priority considerations. Financial aid applications are also due by January 15.
- Complete our online Summer Term application, including responses to the three essay questions listed below. Note: our online application platform is hosted on a secure, third-party site.
- Submit your current transcript, by having your high school email it to admissions@hminet.org. Your transcript should include your most recent fall semester/trimester grades. Please do not submit your transcript to us directly, but instead ask someone at your school to email it so us.
- Solicit two teacher recommendations, with at least one coming from a core academic teacher (humanities, math, etc.) who taught you this year or last. The second may come from any current or past teacher, mentor, counselor, coach, etc. Please ask your teachers to visit www.hminet.org/teacherrec to fill out the form on your behalf. The “Application Status” box in your online application will update within 2-3 business days when we have received one or both of your recommendations.
- If applying for financial aid, please submit a complete financial aid application by January 15. Financial aid application fee waivers are available by request.
- There is no fee to apply to HMI, although there is a $60 fee to submit a financial aid application. This fee is automatically waived for families of a certain income level and below. If your application fee is not automatically waived, but you feel you cannot afford the expense at this time, please contact us for a fee waiver.
Application essay questions (answer all three):
You may choose to answer one of the three essays with a video recording of yourself. If you choose this option, you still need to answer the other two essays in written format. Click here for more information about this option.
1. What inspires you?
300 word maximum
2. We believe every student brings a unique perspective that strengthens our community. What makes your perspective different from that of your peers?
300 word maximum
3. Which single extracurricular activity are you most passionate about and why? This is not necessarily the extracurricular to which you commit the most time. This can be something that takes place during the academic year and/or over the summer.
300 word maximum
Admissions FAQ
Applications for 2025 Summer Term are due by January 15, 2025. To apply visit the online portal to create your account and begin.
For current tuition and financial aid information, visit our Tuition & Affordability page. Extensive need-based financial aid is available.
Please visit our Admissions Presentations page for more information about HMI admissions travel and webinars.
No, but we do allow students to submit one of their essay responses in video format.
Students who applied by January 15 will receive their admissions decisions via email on February 16, 2025. Students applying after February 15 will receive a decision with one week of completing their application. Applicants will also be able to view their admissions decision by logging back into their online application portal.
Enrollment agreements are due back to HMI within three weeks of acceptance.
Admissions decisions often end up in applicants’ spam folders. If you still can’t find an email from us after checking your spam folder please let us know by emailing admissions@hminet.org.
For current program dates, visit our Tuition & Affordability page.
HMI also offers a ten-day science expedition: Water, Earth, Fire. You can read more about the program here.
Contact the Admissions Office
By email: admissions@hminet.org.
By phone: (719) 486-8200 x 1
Non-Discriminatory Statement
HMI admits students and employs faculty and staff of any gender, race, color, religion, disability-status, sexual preference, national and ethnic origin, and accords them all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students, faculty and staff of the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, sexual preference, national and ethnic origin or disability status in administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletics, and other school administered programs.