High School of American Studies at Lehman College - Enrollment

Enrollment

Admission to the High School of American Studies is based exclusively on an entrance examination, known as the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT), open to all eighth and ninth grade New York City students. The test covers math (word problems and computation) and verbal (reading comprehension, logical reasoning, unscrambling paragraphs) skills. Out of the approximately 30,000 students taking the entrance examination for the September 2011 admission round, (with 16,436 students listing High School of American Studies as a choice on their application), about 177 offers were made, making for an acceptance rate of 1.1%.