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u u u Auditioning for LaGuardia
High School
u If you are interested in applying to one or more of the six
programs at LaGuardia High School, review the audition
requirements listed on page 10 of this handbook and also in
the Directory of the New York City Public High Schools and
prepare for your auditions.
u To audition for one or more of the programs at LaGuardia
High School, inform your guidance counselor of your intention
to audition and indicate for which studio(s) you wish to audition.
Your guidance counselor will provide you with an
Audition Ticket prior to the audition date.
u You must also complete the New York City Public High
School Admissions Application. On your High School
Admissions Application you will be required to indicate the
LaGuardia High School studio(s) for which you wish to be
considered based on your audition.
u u u Notification Information
u In February 2012, you will be notified as to whether or not
you received an offer(s) to the Specialized High Schools. If
you qualify for an offer to one of the Specialized High Schools
based on your test score and/or audition, then your score and
your ranking of schools will be used to determine your offer.
u If you audition for one or more of the programs at LaGuardia
High School and take the SHSAT, it is possible for you to
receive an offer to one of the Specialized High Schools and
one or more of the programs at LaGuardia High School.
u If you receive an offer to a Specialized High School you
may, at the same time, receive a match to one of the other
high school choices that you submitted on your New York City
High School Admissions Application. At this time you may
accept either your Specialized High School offer or your other
high school offer.
u u u Admissions Process
Specialized High Schools Admissions Test
(SHSAT)
The process is designed to match students based on
their SHSAT scores and how they ranked the Specialized
High Schools.*
u Acceptance to a Specialized High School is based first on
the student’s test score, then on the priority order in which the
student placed the Specialized High Schools and on seat
availability.
u All scores of the students taking the test are ranked from
highest score to lowest score.
u The student with the highest score is placed in his/her first
choice (highest prioritized school).
u Starting from the highest score on down, each student, in
turn, is placed in his/her highest prioritized school in which seats
are still available. Therefore, if all the seats in the student’s firstchoice
school have been offered to students who scored higher,
he/she is placed in his/her second-choice school if seats are
available. If all the seats in his/her second-choice school have
been given to students who scored higher, the student is offered
a seat in his/her third-choice school if there are still seats available,
and so on. This process continues until there are no seats
available in any of the eight Specialized High Schools.
From year to year, the number of offers and projected seats for
each Specialized High School may be subject to an increase
or decrease based on school enrollment.
*This process was implemented beginning with the entering class of
September 2003.
u u u Additional SHSAT Information
Alternate Test Dates
u If your test date conflicts with a religious observance, please
notify your school counselor immediately after receiving your
test date, and an alternate test date will be arranged.
u If you are ill and unable to take the test on your scheduled
date, when you return to school immediately notify your counselor,
present medical documentation, and request to take the
SHSAT on the Make-Up Test Day. Only valid make-up requests
submitted to counselors with the required documentation by
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 will be considered. Students
will NOT be admitted to the make-up test without a valid
Admission Ticket for the Make-Up Test Day.
u Before you begin the test, you will be asked to read and
sign a statement indicating that you are well enough to take
the test and are taking it at the appropriate grade level. If you
do not feel well, advise the test proctor immediately;
do not begin the test, and do not sign the statement.
Once you have begun the test, you may not—either then or at
a later date—request a make-up test because of illness. Any
requests for a make-up test made after you have begun
the test will not be honored.
Special Needs Students
Students classified by the Committee on Special Education as
having a disability or students with approved 504 Plans may
be eligible for test accommodation(s) if prescribed in their
Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) or approved 504
Plans. The student’s current school, including private and
parochial schools, is responsible for submitting the IEP and/or
approved 504 Plan documentation in the fall during the SHSAT
registration process. Please note that the use of a calculator or
mathematics tables is not allowed for the Mathematics section
because the test measures students’ proficiencies involving calculations.
Similarly, because the Verbal section of the test measures
reading comprehension, passages may not be read aloud
in the Verbal section.
Students with special needs or approved 504 Accommodations
should check their Admission Ticket immediately and make
sure they are scheduled to test on the appropriate date (see
page 9) with the appropriate accommodations. Inform your
counselor immediately if there are any concerns.
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