<p>My son recieved his acceptance letter today. He is extremely excited about this program. I too wonder how selective it is. He was part of our states science and aerospace scholar program last spring (Junior year) and did an academy camp this summer. While they were at a NASA facility for part of the camp, he asked about acceptance into the INSPIRE and someone there told him that everyone that applies gets in. Maybe this is for the upperclassmen only.</p>