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Hey! So im currently someone entering the 8th grade and I've been invited to DREAM and I attended but every time like I go I feel like it's way too fast and they're squeezing a lot of info into me, and I don't like to which is why I've been studying myself. I took three practice test there on the first one I got 22/50 for math and 22/50 for ELA. Then for my second practice test I got a 35/50 for math and 27/50 on ELA and then for the last practice test we did I got 27/50 on math and a 24/50 on ELA. Could I get tips for improvement? My dream is to go to Brooklyn tech, queens high school of the sciences, bronx science or stuvuysent (I CANT SPELL-) Im trying on the math right now which is easy but the ELA is so tricky. Could someone please give me tips on how I could get at least. 45/50 on both....? Thanks!

I passed the barely passed the chemistry regents (lucky me I got a 66 somehow), and I lowkey wanted a better score so I signed up for a retake this August (which is tomorrow).

However now that I think of it, if I were to take it again I feel like I’d fail. So now I regret signing up and want to opt out. My counselors take a million years to respond back to me, and im waiting for a response as of now.

If I don’t attend the regents what will happen? Will it stay on my transcript as a 0 or something? That’s the only thing I’m worried about.

It used to be one of the most trustworthy high school ranking sites, but this year they put latin at first, and many top specialized high schools before a bunch of no name schools. Also, put the nation rankings of the top specialized high schools in the thousands, and also to schools like townsend, millennium, elro, bard, etc.

HIIII! anyone wanna discuss answers im so anxious and i wanna know if the answers were out or not

i know this is for SHSAT but i saw a lot of people talking about the regents on here.

i failed my Chemistry regents from June and have to retake in August, but something happened where I cannot take it in August. So that would mean I have to retake it in January, but I was wondering if that’s okay?

I’m feeling a bit nervous because it would feel as if I failed the August one.
And when I do take the January retake, I would probably forget almost everything.

I kinda just want reassurance or any info i can get.

So out of curiosity, it’s known that questions start with average difficulty question and it gets harder as you get right and easier as you get wrong. For comparison sake, for 57 questions tests, let’s say tier 1 highest difficulty to tier 5 lowest difficulty where 17 questions are tier 5 and the rest are 10 questions for each tier and tier 3 is where test will start at. What if the students get first 40 questions correct leaving only tier 4 and 5, will the student now gets easier questions or are there harder questions still coming in? Are there only exactly 57 questions prepared or do they have extra harder questions for this kind of scenario? If so will it really be fair (no idea just curious about your opinions)?

And those who requested and received their test scores from NYCDOE, could you please share both composite score (total score) and raw score ( x out of 57 maths, y out of 57 ELA). if you don’t mind? I know it’s not something should be taken as reference but really curious to know the actual numbers instead of only educated guesses. I appreciate you all in advance. Thanks.

Hi, so I'm a rising 10th grader at Manhattan Village Academy. I got an offer to Millennium Manhattan. I don't really want to switch high schools but I want the best for my future. Will switching to Millennium give me more opportunities as it is slightly bigger?? I like my school and have friends here and i also have some EC's that are super close to me. I am more STEM based so I was wondering if anyone could give advice on if I should transfer. Also is it true that you have to be in grade 11 to take AP's at Millenium because thats not really appealing for me my current school offers a decent amount of AP's (17 I think??) and I will be taking around 3 maybe 4 this year. Please lmk also not rlly into sport and the sport I do is not offered at either schools so thats not a factor. I feel like the small community and opportunities my current school has are good but, I would just like some advice. I have until the 24th to accept the offer.

Hi, my son will be taking the 8th grade SHSAT this year and he went to tutoring and has taken the DOE SHSAT practice exams with slight improvement. My wife and I have been reviewing his practice exams with him and he seems to understand the material but makes way too silly mistakes. Is there any help on test taking strategies? I appreciate any help and thanks in advance.

As per the title I am writing this to answer any questions about this particular school as I was once in a position looking for info.

I am a Millennium High School student entering 11th grade this September. I transferred from Health Professions and Human Services High School to Millennium. I will do my best to answer any questions but I have only so far completed one year. :)

How can I keep improving and apply 9th-grade math?

I’ve been taking SHSAT practice tests and wanted some advice on how I can keep improving.
Diagnostic: 53/100
Math: 27/50
ELA: 26/50
Second practice test: 65/100
Math: 24/50
ELA: 41/50
Most recent: 85/100
Math: 44/50
ELA: 41/50

What should I focus on next? I want to keep improving my math skills and actually apply 9th-grade math concepts instead of just memorizing how to solve certain question types.

Should I mainly focus on reviewing mistakes, doing harder problems, taking more practice tests, or something else? Any advice would be appreciated.

so i took an agonizingly long practice test today (the first 8th grade one on the DOE website) and i got a 77/100. 41/50 on ela, and 36/50 on math. (i definitely read at least 3 problems wrong) I also had about 38 minutes to spare. The thing im happy about is that i spent about 36 minutes on ela, so i know i have that down. Does anyone know tips to help me improve math accuracy? i know speed isn't my problem, so in my next practice test i want to try to move a bit slower on math. aside from writing down and practing the questions i got wrong, can anyone help?

P.S. im writing this at 1:40 am surviving off of monster energy, so sorry if the words are jumbled

So i see alot of people saying to "spam practice tests," not just here, but in other places too (like tiktok, google, my friends, etc.) but idk how often i should be, like one everyday or...??

The doe portal mocks are way too easy so i want a mock that is actually challenging to see what i will get