admission to new world school of the arts is determined by a performance audition or a portfolio review. for detailed information, see the audition requirements for each division on its website. it serves as both a college and a high school; it is the only high school conservatory in miami-dade county. nwsa continued the pavac model of admission based entirely on audition. this differs from other miami-dade county public school (mdcps) magnets which are not vpa (visual and performing arts) magnets, which have a mixed model of entrance eligibility requirements and lottery. also unlike the other mdcps magnets, but like other vpa magnets, it does not have the "sibling rule", a policy of giving priority if a student's sibling is already attending the magnet school.