SHSAT

New York City operates many specialized high schools, some of which are among the finest in the world. The SHSAT (Specialized High School Admission Test) is a special examination required for admission to the following highly prestigious New York City public schools. Please have a look at the extensive list below:

Bronx High School of Science

Brooklyn Technical High School

Brooklyn Latin School

High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College

High School of American Studies at Lehman College

Queens High School for the Sciences at York College

Staten Island Technical High School

Stuyvesant High School

The SHSAT consists of two sections:

Verbal - This portion measures students' reading comprehension and logical reasoning abilities.

Mathematics - The mathematics portion measures students' achievement in basic math, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, basic coordinate graphing, logic, and solving word problems.

The SHSAT is extremely competitive, with more than 25,000 students taking the examination in a typical year. The schools also are highly selective: Even scoring in the 90th percentile doesn't guarantee that a student will be accepted into the most prestigious schools. Students who have an interest in attending any of the schools that require the SHSAT should start preparing during their seventh-grade year (or during the summer between seventh and eighth grade).