The Academy For Mathematics, Science, and Engineering - Admissions

Admissions

As part of the selection process, students must pass a rigorous examination and interview process to be accepted. All potential applicants take an entrance exam in either November–January. If they pass the first round of admissions, the applicant is called in for a personal interview. Admissions is based on entrance exam scores, standardized test results (seventh grade NJ ASK results), teacher recommendations, and the interview. Once admitted, the student is required to attend a two week summer program. The program runs from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm and transportation is not provided. Students spend time in CAD, Analysis I, Physics, and Humanities classes.

Because of the workload and challenge of the curriculum, no graduating class has had the full 23 members due to several drop-outs (who voluntarily leave the Academy) and fail-outs (who are forced to leave if they do not maintain at least a "C" average in all classes or fail two classes). The first graduating class in 2004 began with 24 students but only graduated 12. The second graduating class began with 21 students and graduated 14 students. The class of 2005 only graduated 14 students, having started with 21. The 2009 graduating class had lost 8 members in the first 2 quarters of their freshman school year, another at the end of their sophomore year, and another before the start of their senior year leaving it as the second-smallest class with 13 students. Meanwhile the 2010 class has only 15 students in their graduating class. The 2011 graduating class has a full class size, making it perhaps the first full graduating class. Additionally, the 2012 graduating classes currently have 22 students each while the class of 2013 currently has 21 members.

Multiples of 22/23 will be accepted if, and only if, 44/46 people meet the qualifications demanded. All eighth grade students in Morris County are eligible to take the admission test only after getting specific teacher recommendations. The Academy for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering is typically the most popular academy in terms of student interest, thus the selection process is particularly competitive. The Academy for Mathematics, Science and Engineering has one of the most rigorous and selective admissions processes in the state; typically the acceptance rate for the academy is in the single-digits. The class of 2013's acceptance rate was 3%.