r/SHSAT

I'm planning on retaking the SHSAT this year to get into Stuyvesant. I got a 559 in eighth grade and it's really frustrating knowing that I was only one question away from making the cutoff. I went to check what questions I got wrong, and for the math section they were all silly mistakes like typing 42 instead of 32, and putting 46 for the question asking "What is a 15% tip on $40?" thinking that it was asking for the total amount. Does anyone know what I should study and focus on? I know it's just 8th grade topics but a little harder, but should I use SAT math topics to study? And also, are the ELA passages similar to the 11th grade ELA regents because my school let me take it in 8th grade and I got a 99%, so if they are it might give me a slight advantage. I'm an all round student and it's humiliating seeing a bunch of my friends get into good schools like Stuyvesant while I'm going to QHSS when I know I could've gotten in, and my parents keep flaming me everyday about not getting into Stuyvesant.

Guys, read the link. Still trying to digest all the into.

Looks like “advance with honors” is phased out for those that were freshman between 2024-206 and advance regents will be “seal with distinction”.

It does not say what the requirements are the seal. Trying to find more ℹ️

Hey guys, I just recently got an offer from Millennium High School in Manhattan to transfer as a rising 10th grader (9th → 10th). I currently go to Forest Hills High School in Queens, where my commute is really short. The real question is whether I should stay at my zoned school, where I'm in the Carl Sagan program (specialized program), got accepted into Science Olympiad for next year, have a solid friend group, and am planning to rejoin the track team (I quit this year but most of my friends are still on it), or transfer to Millennium, which has a commute of over an hour each way but seems to have stronger college outcomes and academics overall. Before high school started, I probably would've accepted Millennium instantly if I'd gotten in, but now that I've actually made friends and gotten involved at FHHS, I'm really torn. Getting into a good college is important to me, so I'm wondering if Millennium's opportunities are worth giving up everything I've already built at FHHS. What would you guys do in my situation? I have around 5 days left to decide, so any advice would be great.

I got a 64 on my physics regents but I passed the class with 95%+ averages, Do I have to retake the regents and/or the class?

Ive heard that QHSS is getting a new building - which is absolutely fantastic. However there isn't much information on it, other then the building which you can see, and on the QHSS website all it says is that more information will be said soon. Does anyone know information? Like. Seats available for students? Whats going to happen next year in terms of students? How will student number change? Whats going to happen to the rising sophmores, juniors, seniors? How the school itself change?

My child is going to a new HS as a 10th grader in the fall, I checked with the GC for both old and new school (last Friday and today), regarding the retake in August, both GC said as long as the student passed the test, they do not allow retake.  My kid got a 81 in the regent biology and I want him to retake, aiming to get into AP Bio in junior year, and aiming for a better diploma to graduate. CUNY/ SUNY are also one of the schools we will definitely apply, so trying to get a higher score is ideal in our scenario.  

So here is the question, can we surpass the new HS to register by ourselves?  Is it allowed?  Will the school accept the higher score if we really find a way to retake?   Whom should I approach next to figure out the situation?  To me it doesn’t make sense the student cant get a second chance to do better unless he/ she gets below 65.

I just took a practice test (out of 114), these are my results:

ela: 35/57

math: 48/57

im legit scared out of my life for reading comp

I try to connect the answer choices to the text to see which one is right and all, but doing so usually eats up all of my time and I gotta rush at the end.

reading comp has felt like my downfall

no matter how much I try to study the questions, my score just keeps on decreasing.

how are you supposed to force yourself to like a passage? like, I've heard "ask yourself questions along the way" but idk, when I do i just get reminded that im racing against the clock and so i jus switch to the mindset of "lemme jus get through this"

idk

do u guys have any tips, or jus anything to say tbh .?

im lowk losing hope

(goal is bths)

(taking shsat8 digital & adaptive)

Hi! I'm an incoming sophomore with a good couple of Regents under my belt (Alg 1 98, Earth Science 97, Geometry 90, US History 90, Biology 90, Alg 2 93). I'm really happy with all of those grades! However, I just got my Chemistry grade back and got a 72. (I had a 99 average in the class) I'm obviously disappointed with this score, but I also REALLY don't want to retake the exam. I have my sights set on an Ivy, and I'm afraid that this would hurt my chances. Does anyone know how much schools like that would weigh 1 subpar Regents grade? If I have to retake it, I will, but if it's not weighed highly, I don't want to. Any advice is appreciated!

Hi everyone,

I have taken 6 regents so far but the scores are looking bad. I have an 80 on geometry, 88 on bio, 77 on earth sci (which i took last yr), and 87 on u.s history and 97 on global and 84 on algebra 1. I plan on retaking all these slowly because I feel like uni's in ny do see them and seeing such low scores could still impact my decisions , even if it is little. I'm also sure that you get honors regents advance diploma. When would be the best time to retake them? I plan on retaking earth sci and geometry this august but i m not sure if this is a good choice. how would i even study for earth science. I also plan on retaking u.s history when I take apush and algebra 1 eventually when i am preparing for the sat. would these be good times? also, i did take the alg 1 regents the 2nd time but I don't know how it came out so low so i am not sure how I would be able to retake without my parents knowing

Hey guys, I'm doing summer school at bxsci! Is it easy?

I have ms. lewis for music ms. coombs for health and mr.symons for art btw!

96 in earth science, 95 in algebra 1, 96 in global, 88 in bio (new version), 87 in chem (new version), 88 in geometry (new version), and a 97 in algebra 2 (new version) I still have to take the ELA and US history regents as a junior next year (maybe physics idk yet - im taking AP Physics so do I have to take the regents?)

also would NY schools have more leniency when considering the scores of the newer version tests?

I plan to stay in NY for college and was considering NYU or even Stony Brook.

does anyone know when 9th grade shsat is going to be this year. Because I’m pretty sure highscools are not going to announce it like middle school. Also if I do khan academy 8th grade math and algebra, will that be able to cover the whole math section of the test

What’s a good, solid GPA to have as a freshman (now incoming sophomore) aiming to top schools (not necessarily ivy leagues)? My school calculates GPA on a 100-point scale and taking APs/honors courses would not boost the overall GPA.

I pass the biology regents but I want to get a higher score how can I take the August biology regents? I am a rising freshman

Greg!! since QHSS is moving , we need a new flair. Officially, QHSS is dropping " at York College" from its name. Will only be Queens High School for the Sciences.

I got 99 on Algebra 1 and 91 on Biology!! What about you guys?

It’s been 2ish months since I submitted my application, before April 13 deadline, it appears in my schools as, pending discovery program under SHSAT highschool? Does this mean am set to go to it? My GC also told me it went through and everything, but me or my parents have not recieved any Gmail letting us know what to do next, do I just go when it starts or do I wait for a Gmail to let me know what to do.

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