High School of American Studies @ Lehman College

HSAS: Admissions

Getting into American Studies

The Admissions Cycle for the 2011-2012 School Year

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

Saturday and Sunday, October 29 & 30, 2011 for current 8th grade students.
Saturday, November 5. 2011 for 9th grade students and 8th and 9th grade students with special needs and approved 504 Accommodations
Sunday, November 20, 2011 for Sabbath observers; Sabbath observers with special needs and approved 504 Acomodations; make-up test with permission 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.