Academy of American Studies - Enrollment and Alumni

Enrollment and Alumni

The Academy of American Studies consists 700 students, who all applied using the normal NYC Public High School application. Students apply to either the screened program, the Ed Opt program, or both. In order to be eligible for the screened program, students must have fewer than 8 absences, must have grades of 90+ in humanities classes and 85+ in math and science. The Ed Opt program is selective, and anyone who ranks within the top 2% of the 7th grade test takers (98th percentile+) is automatically accepted. The Ed Opt program, however, must also accept the bottom 16% of applicants. Therefore, a student with a score of 1 on the exam has a better chance of getting in than a student with a 3 or a 4, since there are so many more of the latter applying. It is encouraged that students with test scores below the 98th percentile, but stellar grades, apply for the Intensive Academic Humanities program.

Students at this school prove that they are capable of success, even after high school. Students have gotten into and attended such schools as: American University, Amherst College, Bard College, Barnard College, Brandeis University, Bennington College, Binghamton University, Boston College, Boston University, Bowdoin College, University of New Hampshire, Babson College, Brown University, Carleton College, Clark University, Colgate University, Columbia University, Cornell University, CUNYs, CUNY Honors, Drexel University, Fashion Institute of Technology, Fordham University, Georgetown University, Gettysburg College George Washington University, Ithaca College, Muhlenberg College, Mount Holyoke College, Muhlenberg College, New York University, Pace University, Sarah Lawrence College, Smith College, Syracuse University, School of Visual Arts, SUNYs, Pennsylvania State University, Vassar College and University of British Columbia.