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“I wish every child could be a Montessori child.”
Governor Albert Bryan, Jr.,
VIMSIA Alumni

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Graduate Success

Since 2017, our graduating classes have received over $30,000,000 in scholarships.

VIMSIA students have been accepted to hundreds of universities, including:

  • Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)

  • Yale University (New Haven, CT)

  • Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)

  • Columbia University (New York, NY)

  • University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

  • Brown University (Providence, RI)

  • Cornell College (Mount Vernon, IA)

  • Duke University (Durham, NC)

  • Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)

  • Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.)

  • Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

  • Emory University (Atlanta, GA)

  • University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN)

  • Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX)

  • Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)

  • University of California – San Diego (La Jolla, CA)

  • Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

  • Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)

  • Virginia Tech University (Blacksburg, VA)

View Our Full Listing of College Acceptances
View Our Full Listing of College Acceptances

Staff work to ensure that IB students are properly recognized by universities and governments for the unique credentials and qualifications of their IB education.

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Taking the Next Step

Our college counseling program provides families with comprehensive support through every stage of the process—search, application, admission, financial aid, and transition. Juniors and seniors take a College Seminar course that offers guidance and SAT/ACT preparation, while students also benefit from private college visits hosted on campus and opportunities to attend local college fairs.  

School Profile
School Profile

FAFSA School Code: 550322

What colleges say about the IB Program

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“Success in an IB program correlates well with success at Harvard. We are always pleased to see the credentials of the IB Diploma Program on the transcript. GPA is not nearly as important a factor in university admission as the IB Diploma. If a student has to choose, choose the Diploma overprotecting the GPA.”
— Marilyn McGrath Lewis, Dean of Admissions at Harvard University

“My eyes light up when I see ‘International Baccalaureate Diploma Program’ on a transcript.” — Pamela Horne, Director of Admissions at Michigan State University

“One of the advantages of an IB curriculum is its structure and quality. It is a coordinated program, well established, well known and well respected. We know the quality of IB courses, and we think the IB curriculum is terrific.”
— Christoph Guttentag, Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Duke University