SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN Class of 2018 High School Placements

The vast majority of MSC’s Class of 2018 received one of their top choices and many students received more than one high school acceptance (Academic plus Specialized High School or Performing Arts School). Last year’s High School placements were:

Beacon High School (7) Bard High School Early College LaGuardia High School (3) [Programs: Vocal | Drama |Tech Theater] Brooklyn Technical High School High School For Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College Columbia Secondary School (2) Frank McCourt High School (10) Urban Assembly Harbor School (2) Art and Design High School (5) Talent Unlimited | Drama | Dance (3) NYC Museum School Manhattan Hunter Science High School Gramercy Arts High School Rutherford High School NJ New Design High School High School of Fashion Industries (2) Urban Assembly Maker Academy Global Learning Collaborative Elizabeth Irwin High School City Polytechnic HS of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology The Ross School Professional Performing Arts Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts High School for Green Careers A Philip Randolph High School Hudson High School of Learning Technologies Bronx Collaborative High School

Note: In , students in 8th Grade have three possible pathways for admissions to public high schools, and they may apply to schools in one, two or three of the categories described here:

(1) “Academic” high schools (screened or unscreened) Each has its own criteria for selection, in addition to grades, state test scores and attendance records. Through a DOE-matching algorithm, every student can only be accepted to only ONE school in this category.

(2) “Specialized High Schools” The sole admission criteria is the student’s score on the citywide SHSAT entrance exam that is offered in Fall of 8th Grade. Approximately 30,000 NYC students take the SHSAT exam each year, and roughly 8,000 of those students gain admission to one of the Specialized High Schools on their ranked list.

(3) The “Performing Arts” schools Requires auditions or the submission of an arts-based portfolio in addition to grades, state test scores and attendance records. Students can only be accepted to ONE Performing Arts school, even if they apply to several.