HSAS: Admissions

Getting into American Studies

The Admissions Cycle for the 2012-2013 School Year

Test dates for the Specialized High School Admissions Test are as follows:

• All current 8th grade students: Saturday, October 27, 2012, and Sunday, October 28, 2012
• All current 9th grade students and 8th and 9th grade students with special needs and approved 504 accommodations: Saturday, November 3, 2012
• 9th grade Sabbath observers and Sabbath observers with special needs and approved 504 accommodations: Sunday, November 18, 2012 (at Brooklyn Technical High School only)

Test locations include Bronx Science High School, Suyvesant High School, Long Island City High School, Brooklyn Tech, and Staten Island Technical High School.

The High School of American Studies at Lehman College, along with the Bronx High School of Science, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn Latin High School, High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College, Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, and Stuyvesant High School were established under New York State Law 2590 section-g to serve the needs of gifted New York City students.

Admission is based solely on a competitive written examination, known as the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT), open to all eighth and ninth grade New York City students. All applicants must be New York City residents in order to take the examination.

Please refer to the following Department of Education website, entitled, High School Admissions, for more information.

The New York City Department of Education publishes a handbook with details of all six Specialized High Schools, test dates and locations, and two sample tests. It is available through your guidance counselor or online through the Department of Education Web site.

The High School of American Studies is strictly forbidden from distributing applications. APPLICATIONS CAN BE OBTAINED ONLY FROM THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR OF YOUR CURRENT SCHOOL.