Stuyvesant cut off scores

The SHSAT test is graded on a very sharp curve. each section is graded separately. each question is worth 1 point except scrambled paragraphs are worth 2.

Here's the conversion table and how to grade your own test:

1) count the amount of right answers per each section, and assign point values based on the numbers above. these 2 numbers, one for each section, are referred to as your 'raw score.' (it should be between 1 and 50)

2) use this conversion chart for each of your raw scores to see what you would get per section.

number out of 50-test score
1-16
2-30
3-44
4-58
5-72
6-82
7-90
8-98
9-107
10-129
11-138
12-145
13-152
14-158
15-164
16-170
17-175
18-180
19-185
20-190
21-194
22-198
23-202
24-206
25-212
26-214
27-218
28-222
29-226
30-230
31-234
32-238
33-242
34-246
35-250
36-254
37-258
38-262
39-267
40-272
41-277
42-283
43-290
44-298
45-308
46-318
47-328
48-339
49-350
50-400

3) add the "test scores" together from each section. this is your final score.

if you want, match it up to figure out which school you'd get into:

Stuyvesant-563
Bronx Science-515
Brooklyn Tech- 487
Lehman-503
York HS Queens Science-502
High school for Math, Science and Engineering at City College- 498
Staten Island Tech -485
Brooklyn Latin-475

If you get a perfect score on 1 section (50-400) you can get as low as 15 questions right on the other section (15-164) and still get into stuyvesant. (400+164=564, above Stuyvesant's cutoff)

If you are getting in for 10th grade, the cutoffs are about 30 points higher. and sometimes there are no seats anyway. It is significantly harder to get in as a tenth grader.  like i moved away from nyc, came back for 10th grade, took the SHSAT, got a 610 and only got into bronx science. i love it though and am much happier im there. all the perks of stuy except the neighborhood, its more laid back, and the debate is 400000 times better :)