What is Specialized High Schools Admissions Test?
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} The '''Specialized High Schools Admissions Test''' (SHSAT) is a [[test]] given to [[Eighth grade|eighth]] and [[ninth grade]] [[student]]s living in [[New York City]]. Students take this test if they wish to get into [[Specialized high schools in New York City]].<ref> Lawrence Zimmerman; et al., ''Barron's New York City SHSAT Specialized High Schools Admissions Test'' (Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 2008), p. 1</ref> About 30,000 students take the test but only 3,000 can be accepted.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shsat.org/ShowPage.asp?pid=home |title=Welcome to SHSAT Info |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=n.d. |website= |publisher=SHSAT.org, New York, USA |accessdate=October 26, 2014 |archive-date=October 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021204501/http://www.shsat.org/ShowPage.asp?pid=home |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to [[U.S. News & World Report]] the eight specialized schools all [[wikt:rank|rank]] among the top 200 [[high school]]s in the [[US]].<ref>{{cite news |title=High-School Admissions Test has Served New Yorker's Well |author=Grace Meng|newspaper=New York Post |date=September 22, 2014 |url=https://nypost.com/2014/09/22/high-school-admissions-test-has-served-new-yorkers-well/ |accessdate=October 26, 2014}}</ref> == The schools == The SHSAT is used to get into any of the following eight specialized high schools.{{efn|The ninth specialized school is [[Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School|Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts]]. Here acceptance is by [[audition]], the student's [[Artist's portfolio|portfolio]] and their [[Grade (education)|records]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eliteacademy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=39&Itemid=57 |title=Specialized High School Admission Test (SHSAT) |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=n.d.|website= |publisher=Elite Academy |accessdate=October 26, 2014}}</ref>}}<ref>Darcy Galane, ''Kaplan New York City Specialized H