SHSAT COURSES
NYC SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOL EXAM (Taken in Grade 8 or 9)
Two sections: ELA and Math
ELA topics covered: recognizing and correcting language errors in a general piece of literature; understanding, analyzing, and interpreting reading passages.
Math topics covered: mathematical concepts and principles, word problems and computation problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, and statistics.
ELA section (57 items)
20 revising/editing questions: 5-8 stand-alone questions and 2 passages with 6-8 questions each
6 reading passages with 5-7 questions each
All questions are multiple choice questions
Math section (57 items)
5 grid-in questions
52 multiple choice word problems and computational questions
The Specialized High Schools that require the SHSAT are:
Bronx High School of Science
Brooklyn Latin School
Brooklyn Technical High School
High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College
High School for American Studies at Lehman College
Queens High School for Sciences at York College
Staten Island Technical High School
Stuyvesant High School