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Specialized High Schools Admissions Test

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SHSAT Exam Details

Specialized High Schools Admissions Test

Administered by New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE)

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No fixed passing score; admission is by competitive rank-order composite score (scaled 200–800). Cutoff scores vary by school and year — Stuyvesant typically requires the highest score.
Passing Score
100
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180
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Study time: 50–150 hours over 3–6 months; serious preparation typically begins in 7th grade

Exam Content Breakdown

Based on the official New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) content outline

ELA — Revising/Editing~8–10 questions

Grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, transitions, modifiers, pronoun agreement, verb tense, and paragraph coherence — tests ability to identify and correct errors in context

ELA — Reading Comprehension~40–42 questions

Multiple informational and literary passages testing main idea, explicit details, inference, vocabulary in context, author's purpose, text structure, argument analysis, and figurative language

Math — Numbers and Operations~20–25%

Integers, fractions, decimals, percent, ratios and proportions, absolute value, exponents, prime numbers, GCF, LCM, and the order of operations

Math — Algebra~30–35%

Linear equations and inequalities, systems of equations, slope and linear functions, evaluating expressions, FOIL and factoring, consecutive integers, and word problems

Math — Geometry~20–25%

Area and perimeter of polygons and circles, volume of prisms and cylinders, Pythagorean theorem, similar triangles, angles (supplementary, complementary, vertical), coordinate geometry (midpoint, slope, distance)

Math — Statistics and Probability~10–15%

Mean, median, mode, range, data interpretation, basic probability, compound probability without replacement, and counting principles

Math — Word Problems~15–20%

Multi-step real-world problems covering rates, distance-rate-time, cost problems, percent change, scale drawings, and coin or mixture problems

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