2016SHSAT_English

Grade 8ANew York City Public Schools2015 Specialized High SchoolsAdmissions TestIdentifying InformationTurn to Side 1 of the answer sheet. Line 1 says, “I amwell enough to take this test and complete it. I understandthat once I break the seal of the test booklet, I willnot be eligible for a make-up test. I am a New York Cityresident and a Grade 8 student taking a Grade 8 test.I understand that a student who is not a New York Cityresident, who takes the test more than once in a givenschool year, or who takes the test at the wrong gradelevel will be disqualified from acceptance to any of thespecialized high schools.” Sign your name in the spacefollowing the word “signature.” Do not print your name.Notify the proctor immediately if you are ill orshould not be taking this test. Do not sign thestatement or begin the test. Return your answersheet to the proctor.On Line 2, print today’s date, using the numbers of themonth, the day, and the year. On Line 3, print your birthdate with the number of the month first, then the numberof the day, then the last two digits of the year. Forexample, a birth date of March 1, 2001, would be 3-1-01.In Grid 4, print the letters of your first name, or as manyas will fit, in the boxes. Write your name exactly as youdid on the application. If you have a middle initial, print itin the box labeled “MI.” Then print your last name, or asmuch as will fit, in the boxes provided. Below eachbox, fill in the circle that contains the same letter as thebox. If there is a space in your name, or a hyphen, fill inthe circle under the appropriate blank or hyphen.Make dark marks that completely fill the circles.If you change a mark, be sure to erase the first markcompletely.Grid 5 is for your choice of specialized high schools.If Grid 5 is not marked correctly, your admission to aspecialized high school will be affected because youradmission is based on the score you attain and theorder in which you rank your school preferences. Theschool choices indicated on your answer sheet are final.Therefore, carefully copy the order in which you rankedthe schools on your admission ticket onto Grid 5.General DirectionsFill in one and only one circle for each school forwhich you wish to be considered. You may makeas few as one or as many as eight choices. To increaseyour chances of being assigned to one of the specializedhigh schools, you are encouraged to make more than onechoice. You must fill in a first choice school. Do not fillin a school more than once. Do not fill in the same schoolfor each choice. Fill in only one circle in a row and onlyone circle in a column.Grid 6 is labeled “BOOKLET LETTER AND NUMBER.”In most cases, Grid 6 is already filled in for you. If it isnot, copy the letter and numbers shown in the upperrightcorner of your test booklet into the boxes. Beloweach box, fill in the circle containing the same letter ornumber as the box.For Grid 7:1. Print the name of the school where you are nowenrolled in the space at the top of the grid.2. In the boxes marked “SCHOOL CODE,” print the sixdigitcode that identifies your school and fill in thecircle under the corresponding number or letter foreach digit of the school code. (You can find your schoolcode on your Test Ticket. If it is not there, you or theproctor should look in the Feeder School List under theborough in which your school is located to find the codefor your school.)3. If you attend a private or parochial school, fill inthe circle marked “P”.Grid 8 asks for your date of birth. Print the first threeletters of the month in the first box, the number of theday in the next box, and the year in the last box. Thenfill in the corresponding circles.DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLETUNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SOTURN YOUR BOOKLET OVER TO THE BACK COVER30