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    Master the New York City Specialized High School Admissions Test
    Master the New York City Specialized High School Admissions Test
    Master the New York City Specialized High School Admissions Test
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    Master the New York City Specialized High School Admissions Test

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    Peterson's Master the New York City Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) 7th Edition is a comprehensive test preparation guide for the competitive test offered to all eighth and ninth-grade students, residing within the five boroughs of NYC, who wish to attend a specialized high school.

    This guide offers valuable preparation resources,and test-taking strategies, including 10 practice mini-tests that cover:

    • scrambled paragraphs
    • reading comprehension
    • logical reasoning
    • word problems
    • algebra
    • geometry

    Every practice test question is accompanied by our expert detailed answer explanations that will help boost your test-prep efforts to score high on the exam.

    Bonus section that includes 2 practice tests for the Hunter College H.S. Entrance Examination, administered each January to all sixth-grade students residing within the five boroughs of NYC, who meet specific criteria in reading and mathematics.

    Increase your self-confidence by reviewing the test format, types of questions, timing of the test sections, and other important factors that will help you score your best on this extremely challenging test for academically-gifted students.

    Every November, approximately 30,000 NYC students take the challenging 2.5 hour exam which consists of two parts: Verbal with 45 multiple choice questions and Mathematics, 50 questions.

    The following eight specialized schools that use this test for admission are highly selective NYC public schools for students who are talented, academically or artistically:

    • Bronx High School of Science
    • Brooklyn Latin School
    • Brooklyn Technical High School
    • High School of Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College
    • High School of American Studies at Lehman College
    • Queens High School for the Sciences at York
    • Staten Island Technical High School
    • Stuyvesant High School

    If you’re considering any of these schools, this guide will help you maximize your admissions test score.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPeterson's
    Release dateNov 15, 2013
    ISBN9780768938555
    Master the New York City Specialized High School Admissions Test

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      Master the New York City Specialized High School Admissions Test - Peterson's

      MASTER THE

      NEW YORK CITY

      SPECIALIZED

      HIGH SCHOOLS

      ADMISSIONS

      TEST

      7th Edition

      Stephen Krane

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      About Peterson’s

      Peterson’s provides the accurate, dependable, high-quality education content and guidance you need to succeed. No matter where you are on your academic or professional path, you can rely on Peterson’s print and digital publications for the most up-to-date education exploration data, expert test-prep tools, and top-notch career success resources—everything you need to achieve your goals.

      For more information, contact Peterson’s, 3 Columbia Circle, Suite 205, Albany, NY 12203-5158;

      800-338-3282 Ext. 54229; or find us online at www.petersonsbooks.com.

      Visit us online at www.petersonsbooks.com and let Peterson’s help you achieve your goals.

      © 2013 Peterson’s, a Nelnet company

      Previous editions © 2001, 2006

      Previously published as ARCO Master the New York City High School Specialized Tests © 1984, 1990, 1994, 1997

      ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, Web distribution, or information storage and retrieval systems—without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      For permission to use material from this text or product, complete the Permission Request Form at

      http://www.petersonspublishing.com/spa/permissions.aspx.

      eISBN-13: 978-0-7689-3855-5

      Table of Contents

      Before You Begin

      How This Book Is Organized

      Special Study Features

      You're Well On Your Way To Success

      Give Us Your Feedback

      Top Ten Ways To Raise Your Score

      Part I: The New York City Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT)

      Chapter 1: All About the New York City Specialized High Schools

      The Specialized High Schools

      The Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT)

      Summer Discovery Program

      Summing It Up

      Chapter 2: All About the SHSAT

      Timetable For Test-Takers

      Exam Format

      Scoring The Exam

      Verbal Sample Questions And Explanations

      Mathematics Sample Questions And Explanations

      Summing It Up

      Part II: Ten Practice Tests

      Practice Tests 1–10

      Practice Test 1

      Answers and Explanations

      Practice Test 2

      Answers and Explanations

      Practice Test 3

      Answers and Explanations

      Practice Test 4

      Answers and Explanations

      Practice Test 5

      Answers and Explanations

      Practice Test 6

      Answers and Explanations

      Practice Test 7

      Answers and Explanations

      Practice Test 8

      Answers and Explanations

      Practice Test 9

      Answers and Explanations

      Practice Test 10

      Answers and Explanations

      APPENDIX

      The Hunter College High School Entrance Examination

      Practice Test 1

      Answers and Explanations

      Practice Test 2

      Answers and Explanations

      Before You Begin

      HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED

      You want to do your best on this test and that’s why you bought this book. Used correctly, this self-tutor will show you what to expect while giving you the most effective practice with subjects you can expect to see on the actual exam. Master the New York City Specialized High Schools Admissions Test provides you with the necessary tools to make the most of the study time you have, including:

      • Top 10 Ways to Raise Your Score gives you test-taking strategies.

      • Part I provides the basics of the New York City Specialized High Schools Admissions Test.

      • Part II includes 10 mini practice tests followed by detailed answer explanations.

      • The Appendix includes bonus information about, and two practice tests for, the Hunter College High School Entrance Examination.

      SPECIAL STUDY FEATURES

      Master the New York City Specialized High Schools Admissions Test is designed to be user-friendly. To this end, it includes several features to make your preparation much more efficient.

      Overview

      Each chapter begins with a bulleted overview, listing the topics to be covered in the chapter. This will allow you to quickly target the areas in which you are most interested.

      Summing It Up

      Each chapter ends with a point-by-point summary that captures the most important points contained in the chapter. They are a convenient way to review key points. As you work your way through the book, keep your eye on the margins to find bonus information and advice. Information can be found in the following forms:

      Tip

      Tips provide valuable strategies for raising your score.

      Practice Tests

      Each practice test is designed to help students prepare with little anxiety. While the actual test contains 95 questions, we believe that the format of our 10 reduced practice tests gives students ample opportunities to succeed without stress. Each test can be completed in 1 hour.

      YOU’RE WELL ON YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS

      Master the New York City Specialized High Schools Admissions Test will prepare you for the test you need to attend the high school of your choice. Good luck!

      GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK

      We welcome any comments or suggestions you may have about this publication. Please call our customer service department at 800-338-3282 ext. 54229 or send an email message to custsvc@petersons.com. Your feedback will help us make educational dreams possible for you—and others like you.

      TOP TEN WAYS TO RAISE YOUR SCORE

      When it comes to taking the SHSAT, some test-taking skills will do you more good than others. Here are our picks for the top 10 ways to raise your score.

      1. Get to the test center early. Make sure you give yourself plenty of extra time to get there.

      2. Listen to the test monitors and follow their instructions carefully.

      3. Read every word of the instructions. Read every word of every question.

      4. Mark your answers by completely darkening the answer space of your choice.

      5. Mark only ONE answer for each question, even if you think that more than one answer is correct. You must choose only one. If you mark more than one answer, the scoring machine will consider you wrong.

      6. If you change your mind, completely erase your initial choice. Leave no doubt as to which answer you intend.

      7. Check often to be sure that the question number matches the answer space, that you haven’t skipped a space by mistake.

      8. Stay alert. Be careful not to mark a wrong answer just because you weren’t concentrating.

      9. Don’t panic. If you cannot finish a part before time is up, don’t worry. Do not let your performance on any one part affect your performance on any other part.

      10. Check and recheck, time permitting. If you finish a part before time is up, use the remaining time to check that each question is answered in the right space and that there is only one answer for each question. Return to the questions you found difficult and rethink them.

      Part I

      THE NEW YORK CITY

      SPECIALIZED

      HIGH SCHOOLS

      ADMISSIONS TEST (SHSAT)

      CHAPTER 1: All About the New York City Specialized High Schools

      CHAPTER 2: All About the SHSAT

      Chapter 1

      All About the New York City Specialized High Schools

      Overview

      • The specialized high schools

      • The Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT)

      • Summer discovery program

      • Summing it up

      THE SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS

      There are eight specialized high schools that require an entrance exam according to the 2012-2013 Specialized High Schools Student Handbook. These are Bronx High School of Science; Brooklyn Technical High School; Brooklyn Latin School; High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College; High School of American Studies at Lehman College; Queens High School for the Sciences at York College; Staten Island Technical High School; and Stuyvesant High School. Specialized high schools are public high schools established and run by the New York City Board of Education to serve the needs of academically gifted students. New York State Education Law makes a written examination a requirement for admission to these high schools. Places are awarded to those students who earn the highest scores on the entrance exam, the New York City Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT).

      Although each of the specialized high schools has its own unique features, all seven emphasize mathematics and science, offering many intriguing electives and a wide range of advanced placement courses. Of course, each school also offers all the basic New York State-required academic courses that every student needs for success in college and beyond.

      The exciting and academically challenging atmosphere of the specialized high schools stimulates both the students and the teachers. Enrichment courses are available in the humanities as well as in the sciences and technology.

      THE SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS ADMISSIONS TEST (SHSAT)

      Tip

      Remember to bring your admission ticket to the test center on the day of the test. It includes your ranked choices of schools.

      The New York City Specialized High Schools Admissions Test is offered to all eighth- and ninth-grade students residing within the five boroughs of New York City who wish to attend one of the specialized high schools. The same examination is given for all seven schools and students who qualify may attend the school of their choice. The qualifying score, however, depends upon the number of seats available and the scores of all candidates. The tests are graded and arranged in order of rank, from the highest score to the lowest score. Each school has a number of freshman and sophomore seats to fill, and seats are filled starting with the highest test scores. When all available seats have been filled, the cutoff mark is determined.

      Students who miss the cutoff score of their first-choice school may be assigned to their second-choice school if their score is above the cutoff for that school. This procedure continues until all seats in all seven schools have been filled.

      Eighth and ninth grade students in public, private, and parochial schools who are NYC residents planning on attending the specialized high schools of NYC must take the Specialized High Schools Admission Test. The testing sites are set so that students sitting for the test will take the exam in the geographic area where their home is located.

      The exam is given in late October typically at a specialized high school or other local public high school in order to make it convenient for the candidates to travel to the test site.

      It is very important that a student planning to take the exam see his or her guidance counsellor in September to register to take the exam. All candidates will be given a booklet written by the Board of Education of NYC entitled: Specialized High Schools Student Handbook, which contains all of the current dates and locations for the exam. The handbook is also available online. It is essential that you have this handbook.

      SUMMER DISCOVERY PROGRAM

      The specialized high schools offer a Summer Discovery Program for students who have come close to the cutoff number and have been recommended by a school counselor. To be eligible for this program, a student must also meet any one of the following criteria:

      • be from a Chapter 1 school and be eligible for food services; or

      • be receiving public assistance; or

      • come from a family whose income is below the Department of Social Services’ standards; or

      • be a ward of the state or a foster child; or

      • have entered the United States within the last four years and live in a home where English is not the language spoken.

      Students accepted in to the Summer Discovery Program who are successful in passing the courses will become students at the school where they were conditionally accepted.

      Summing It Up

      • The specialized high schools are: Bronx High School of Science; Brooklyn Technical High School; High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College; High School of American Studies at Lehman College; Queens High School for the Sciences at York College; Staten Island Technical High School; and Stuyvesant High School.

      • You are expected to bring an admission ticket to the test center on the day of the test.

      • Tests are graded and arranged in order of rank, from the highest score to the lowest score. The freshman and sophomore seats are filled starting with the highest test scores.

      Chapter 2

      All About the SHSAT

      Overview

      • Timetable for test-takers

      • Exam format

      • Scoring the exam

      • Verbal sample questions and explanations

      • Mathematics sample questions and explanations

      • Summing it up

      The SHSAT is a difficult test. It is intended to assess the verbal and mathematical skills required for success at a high school for academically gifted students.

      The best preparation for the test is to keep up with your schoolwork throughout the year. You can, however, help to increase your verbal skills through independent reading of a variety of books, magazines, and newspapers. And you can build needed math skills by solving additional problems—particularly challenging problems that go beyond what you do in your mathematics class.

      The ten mini-exams in Part II of this book are designed to give you practice with the type of questions you will be expected to answer when you take the actual SHSAT. Taking these practice tests will give you the confidence-building experience you need to score high on your test and get into the specialized high school of your choice.

      NOTE

      Before taking the SHSAT, you must sign a statement indicating that you are well enough to take the test.

      TIMETABLE FOR TEST-TAKERS

      EXAM FORMAT

      The actual Specialized High Schools Admissions Test is 2 hours and 30 minutes long and consists of 95 multiple-choice questions. The format of the latest examination is as follows:

      Handling the Time Allowed

      You can break up the 150

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