Assessments for Screened Schools

The schools in the table below use assessments as part of Fall 2025 admissions.

  • The Selection Criteria column indicates which factors a school considers when determining offers.
  • The Assessment Information column has each school's requirements. Applicants can follow links to school websites to learn what the assessment is and how to submit it.

Most schools are managing their own assessment process, and are collecting completed tasks on their own website. Some schools - such as the Bard Early College High Schools - are doing assessments in person.

The following schools are not collecting them on their own, and are collecting assessments directly in MySchools:

  • East Side Community School (01M450)*
  • Institute for Collaborative Education (02M407)*
  • School of the Future (02M413)*
  • Beacon High School (03M479) *
  • University Heights Secondary School (07X495)*
  • Townsend Harris High School (25Q525)
  • HBCU Early College Prep (29Q427)
  • Baccalaureate School for Global Education (30Q580) 

* These five Consortium Schools are all using the same assessment, so it needs to be completed once regardless of how many of them you apply to.

Log in to your MySchools account and click “Additional Materials” on your dashboard to get started. Watch this video tutorial to learn how to upload and submit materials.

 

Programs Using Assessments for 2024 Admissions

 School (DBN)Selection Criteria Assessment Information
East Side Community School (01M450 - Manhattan)
  • 100% Essay
New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School (NEST+m) (01M539 - Manhattan)
  • 50% Average course grades
  • 50% Online Admissions Activity
Bard High School Early College - Manhattan (01M696 - Manhattan)
  • 10% Average course grades
  • 30% Humanities response
  • 30% Math portion
  • 30% Interview
Gramercy Arts High School (02M374 - Manhattan)
  • 65% Average course grades
  • 35% Interview
NYC iSchool (02M376 - Manhattan)
  • 100% Online admissions activity
Institute for Collaborative Education (02M407 - Manhattan)
  • 100% Essay
School of the Future High School (02M413 - Manhattan)
  • 100% Essay
Frank McCourt High School (03M417 - Manhattan)
  • 20% Average course grades
  • 80% Interview/online form
Beacon High School (03M479 - Manhattan)
  • 20% Average course grades
  • 80% Essay
Manhattan / Hunter Science High School (03M541 - Manhattan)
  • 70% Average course grades
  • 30% Essay
University Heights Secondary School (07X495 - Bronx)
  • 50% Average course grades
  • 50% Essay
Bronx Early College Academy for Teaching & Learning (09X324 - Bronx)
  • 90% Average course grades
  • 10% Interview
Young Women's Leadership School of the Bronx (09X568 - Bronx)
  • 80% Average course grades
  • 20% Interview
In-Tech Academy (M.S. / H.S.) (10X368 - Bronx)
  • 30% Average course grades 
  • 70% Essay
Bard High School Early College Bronx (12X641 - Bronx)
  • 10% Average course grades
  • 30% Humanities response
  • 30% Math portion
  • 30% Interview
Science, Technology and Research Early College High School (17K543 - Brooklyn)
  • 40% Average course grades
  • 20% Interview 
  • 20% Math Assessment 
  • 20% English Assessment 
Medgar Evers College Preparatory School (17K590 - Brooklyn)
  • 40% Average course grades
  • 60% Entrance assessment: 25% math, 25% essay, 10% special talent video (athletics, visual and performing arts)
Bard High School Early College - Brooklyn (19K965 - Brooklyn)
  • 10% Average course grades
  • 30% Humanities response
  • 30% Math portion
  • 30% Interview
Kingsborough Early College School (21K468 - Brooklyn)
  • 60% Average course grades
  • 40% Interview
Brooklyn College Academy (22K555 - Brooklyn)
  • 50% Average course grades
  • 50% School-based assessment
Bard High School Early College - Queens (24Q299 - Queens)
  • 10% Average course grades
  • 30% Humanities response
  • 30% Math portion
  • 30% Interview
Townsend Harris High School (25Q525 - Queens)
  • 60% Average course grades
  • 20% Essay
  • 20% Video
Bayside High School (26Q495 - Queens)
  • 50% Average course grades
  • 50% Written exercise
HBCU Early College Prep (29Q427 - Queens)
  • 30% Average course grades
  • 25% Literacy writing prompt
  • 25% Case study writing prompt
  • 20% Video
Baccalaureate School for Global Education (30Q580 - Queens)
  • 60% Average course grades
  • 40% Video
  • 01M450: East Side Community School
  • 02M407: Institute for Collaborative Education
  • 02M413: School of the Future High School
  • 03M479: Beacon High School
  • 07X495: University Heights Secondary School

Consortium Schools believe that students thrive when they are given the opportunity to study topics in-depth and apply their learning outside of the classroom. Instead of taking tests, our students demonstrate their skills in practical terms: they design experiments, make presentations, write reports, and defend their work to outside experts.

Instructions

To apply to any or all of the programs above, answer one of the two prompts below in 500 words or fewer:

  1. How do you think a school with this approach to learning will help you grow academically, personally, and creatively? What do you think you have to offer a school community like this?
  2. We admire students who are flexible in their approach to learning and willing to take intellectual risks that move them out of their comfort zone. Reflect on a time when you were intellectually challenged, inspired, or took an intellectual risk––inside or outside the classroom. How has that experience shaped you?

Course grades and the school’s assessment scores will be combined using a weighted average. High schools choose how the two components are weighted; this is shown on each school’s MySchools profile, and in the table above.

Each student’s course grades will be mapped to a 100 point scale based on their admissions group. (Please see the chart below to see how each group’s grades will be mapped.) Schools will then submit their scores for their assessment on a 100 point scale. Each student’s grade mapping is then averaged with the assessment score, weighing the components according to how the school chooses to weigh the two components. Students are then admitted in descending order of the combined, weighted score.

For example, If a school weighted course grades at 20% and an essay at 80%, and an applicant who fell into admissions group 1 had an essay score of 85:

  • The student’s grade mapping would be 100 since they fall in group 1. 
  • The essay score is 85.
  • Then the scores would be averaged using the school’s weights: (100 X 20%) + (85 X 80%) = 88
    • This student’s final score would be 88.
    •  Students are admitted in descending final score order.

To learn more, visit our Screened Admissions page.

Admissions Group Grade Mapping
Group 1100
Group 290
Group 380
Group 475
Group 565

If a student has no eligible grades, the assessment will count for 100% of the selection criteria.