영재학교의 입학전형은 1단계 서류평가인 학생기록물 평가, 2단계 영재성을 판별하는 창의적 문제해결력 검사, 3단계 과학영재캠프로 진행되는 것이 일반적이었다.
The admission process at the gifted schools was generally conducted with the first-phase document evaluation, student records assessment, a creative problem-solving test that determines the second-phase gifted ability, and the third-phase science gifted camp.