Admission Methods
The test you take to be admitted into these very popular and competitive schools.
What is Specialized High School Test
A schools graduation rate should be higher than?
What is 70%?
The really thick book that contains all NYC high school information.
What is the high school directory?
Name of the high schools where you can graduate with a two-year college degree or college credits.
What is Early College and Career Schools or Early College.
The high school application is due the beginning of this month.
What is December?
You perform in front of a panel of judges in order to be admitted into the school.
What is an Audition?
Your daily commute to school should not go past this amount of time.
What are 90 minutes?
The person located in each school that can help guide you through the process.
What is your guidance counselor?
The term to describe if you are able or allowed to apply to a high school.
What is Eligible or Eligibility?
A place where you can visit all of the different high schools at the same time and ask questions.
What is a high school fair?
Your admittance is based on your 7th-grade grades, test scores, attendance, and punctuality.
What is Screened?
Specialized, Early College, Career & Technical (CTE), School for New Arrivals, Community Schools, & Consortium
What is different types of high schools?
Independent online resource that allows you to look up a school, leave comments, check-out videos, and get staff feedback.
What is insideschools.org?
The order in which a student is considered for admission.
What is Admissions Priority or Priority?
The number of schools/programs that you should list on your application.
What are 12?
Half of the students who apply are selected based on grades and the other half are randomly chosen.
What is Educational Option?
You are not just applying to a school but to a
What is a program?
NYC DOE's new online search tool for New York City's high schools.
What is NYC school finder?
This gives admission priorities to students who receive free lunch.
What is Diversity in Admissions?
Go to individual schools to ask questions and check out the culture.
What are school visits/open houses?
Open only to New York City residents living in the United States three years or fewer who are English Language Learners
What is screened language?
This determines the order in which groups of applicants are considered for offers to each program.
What is admission priorities?
The new online system that allows families to complete their own high school application.
What is My Schools?
This type of school has a lower chance of getting accepted?
What are reach schools?
Make sure your application has a mix of a lot of different schools.
What is a balanced application?