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The Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) is an examination administered to eighth and ninth-grade students residing in New York City and used to determine admission to eight of the city's nine Specialized High Schools. An average of 25,000 students take the test to apply to these schools, and around 5,000 are accepted. [1]
In May 2022, the Regents announced a special appeal for the following examination periods: June 2022, August 2022, January 2023, June 2023, or August 2023. This special appeal is available to all students and allows a student to appeal an earned score of 50-64 on any Regents examination taken during one of the approved examination periods.
Students, parents and activists kept up the fight for the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test ahead of a crucial vote next week when a sneak attack could torpedo the exam.
The High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College was created in 2002, with an emphasis on engineering. As of 2024, the school is #3 in New York State and #36 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. [4] HSMSE was designed to be a small school with only about four hundred students.
Opponents argue pricey test prep is out of reach for low-income families and that the exam keeps black and Latino students out of the specialized high schools, which enroll more than 16,000 kids.
Last year, close to 26,000 students took the exam with just over 4,000 offered a seat. Of that, 4.5% of offers went to Black students and 7.6% to Latino students, according to city data.
On October 2nd, the mayoral office announced that the date for Aviles-Ramos to replace Banks was moved up from January 1, 2025 to October 16th, 2024. [4] Explaining the move, mayoral spokesperson Amaris Cockfield wrote in a statement: "students are best served by having the same leadership through as much of the school year as possible, rather ...
Eight of New York City's elite, specialized high schools could be without a freshman class in 2026 if a contract to provide the admissions exam is not approved next week, parents fear.