A Tutor’s Perspective On Shsat Applications


I?ve been a tutor in New York City since 2004, and since I specialise in working with middle college age children, I have become quite familiar with the highschool application process. There are many categories of high school and the applying process is on no account the same for every category- because of this, the entire process can sometimes feel even more complex and draining than making use of to college. This essay will probably be about making use of to New York City Specialized Public Schools. Other essays will address applying to Independent Schools and Selective, Non-Specialized Public Schools.

The most straightforward of the selective schools to use to are the Specialized Public High Schools. As I write this, there are nine Specialized High Schools that base admissions on the SHSAT. Three of them are the old, storied behemoths: Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Tech, and Bronx Science. Six more are newer and (mostly) smaller: The Brooklyn Latin School, The High School for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at City College, The High School for American Studies at Lehman College, Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, and Staten Island Technical High School. There are only two issues for admission to every of theses schools: New York City residency and SHSAT scores.

Applying is simple, but getting in is hard. The SHSAT is a 2

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