SHSAT Math Prep: NYC Specialized High Schools Test
Grade-level math, used in unfamiliar multi-step problems, one question at a time and without a calculator: the exact habits the new adaptive SHSAT rewards.
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This course runs 6 months (24 weeks) per cycle, joinable any month; families usually start in grade 7 for the fall test in grade 8 at 2 live classes/week + weekly problem sets, no-calculator drills and a monthly timed digital-style practice section. The range allows for background and pace: a complete beginner uses the full span, and a student with prior knowledge finishes sooner. The syllabus below is planned to the shorter end, with margin kept for revision.
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At a glance
- Who it is for
- Students in grades 7 to 9 (roughly ages 12 to 15) who are confident with grade-level math and want to work on harder multi-step problems. Age: Grades 7 to 9, roughly ages 12 to 15. A strong grade 6 student preparing for Hunter may join after the demo class.
- Prerequisites
- Comfortable with math for the student's grade and happy to work on longer problems
- Format
- Live, interactive classes with a real teacher, never pre-recorded videos. Live classes run about one hour.
- Language
- English or Hindi, depending on the batch.
- Duration
- 6 months (24 weeks) per cycle, joinable any month; families usually start in grade 7 for the fall test in grade 8
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- 2 live classes/week + weekly problem sets, no-calculator drills and a monthly timed digital-style practice section
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Program Overview
New York City Public Schools describes the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) as "the exam used as the sole factor to determine admissions to New York City's Specialized High Schools (except LaGuardia High School, whose admissions are determined through an audition process)." The eight testing schools it lists are Bronx High School of Science, Brooklyn Latin School, Brooklyn Technical High School, High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College, High School of American Studies at Lehman College, Queens High School for Sciences at York College, Staten Island Technical High School and Stuyvesant High School. The test is for New York City residents in grade 8, or in grade 9 for the first time.
The test changed in fall 2026. NYC Public Schools says: "Beginning in fall 2026, the SHSAT will move to a computer-adaptive test." There are two sections, "50 questions per section", and a standard test time of 180 minutes. The math section "includes questions about ratios and proportional relationships, number system and expressions, equations, inequalities, statistics and probability, and geometry", with multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank and technology-enhanced items. In the math section students "will not be able to return to the question after they have advanced." Each subject also has "10 unscored field-test items". The 2027 admissions guide says math questions on grade 8 forms "are based on the New York State's learning standards through Grade 7", that the math items "will require you to apply familiar Math skills to complex, multi-step problems", and that formulas "will NOT be given". Calculators are on the guide's list of items not to bring.
This course teaches that math in depth. Students build fluency and accuracy without a calculator, learn to set up multi-step word problems, master the grade 7 and grade 8 content the test draws on, and practice answering one question at a time with no going back, the way the adaptive test works. Practice uses our own original problems, plus the four free official practice tests on the NYC SHSAT Portal, which students take there. We never copy official test items.
The same grade-level math also supports two other selective-school tests. Hunter College High School's entrance exam (for 7th grade entry, on Wednesday, January 27, 2027) has a math section that, in Hunter's words, "assesses students' understanding of mathematical concepts and their ability to apply mathematical reasoning and problem-solving skills". Boston Public Schools uses a student's MAP Growth test score and GPA for its exam schools. We are independent of NYC Public Schools, Hunter College High School and Boston Public Schools, and we make no promise of scores or offers.
What Makes This Program Different
- Built for the computer-adaptive SHSAT that NYC Public Schools introduced in fall 2026: 50 math questions, one at a time, no going back
- No-calculator fluency taught on purpose: fractions, decimals, percents and negative numbers done fast and checked
- Multi-step word problems broken into a repeatable routine: read, model, solve, check
- Grade-matched content: the grade 7 standards behind grade 8 forms and the grade 8 standards behind grade 9 forms
- Monthly timed practice sections of our own original problems, plus the four free official practice tests on the NYC SHSAT Portal
- Honest about admissions: the SHSAT is the sole factor for the eight testing schools, and we promise learning, never a seat
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Topics Covered
- The SHSAT in fall 2026 and after: two sections, 50 questions each, 180 minutes, choose which section to start
- What computer-adaptive means: the next question depends on your answers so far
- Why there is no going back in the math section, and what that changes about checking
- A diagnostic of our own to find each student's starting point
- The four-step routine: read, model, solve, check
- Starting an error log on day one
Projects You Build
- A personal starting profile: strengths, gaps and a target topic list
Practice & Assignments
Ten short original problems, each with the routine written out
Topics Covered
- Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions and mixed numbers
- Converting between fractions, decimals and percents in your head
- Operations with negative numbers and absolute value
- Order of operations in long expressions
- Estimation as a check before you commit to an answer
- Repeating decimals and when a fraction is easier
Projects You Build
- A no-calculator speed sheet of our own, retaken weekly to track accuracy and time
Practice & Assignments
Daily ten-minute fluency drills
Assessment
Month 1 check: a timed set of original computation and word problems
Topics Covered
- Factors, multiples, primes, greatest common factor and least common multiple
- Divisibility rules used to save time
- Integer exponents and the laws of exponents
- Square roots, cube roots and estimating irrational numbers (grade 8 content)
- Scientific notation and operations with it
- Remainders and patterns in long lists
Projects You Build
- An original number-puzzle set, each solution explained in two sentences
Practice & Assignments
Mixed number-system problems timed at about a minute and a half each
Topics Covered
- Percent of a number, percent increase and decrease in one step
- Successive percent changes and why they do not simply add
- Discounts, tax, tips and simple interest
- Working backwards from a final amount to the original
- Unit conversions inside a word problem
- Combining two or three skills in one problem
Projects You Build
- Write and solve three original multi-step percent problems for a classmate
Practice & Assignments
Multi-step word problems, each solved with the four-step routine
Assessment
Phase 1 assessment: a timed mixed set of original problems, one at a time with no going back
Topics Covered
- Ratios and part-to-part versus part-to-whole
- Unit rates, speed, distance and time
- Proportions solved by scaling and by cross multiplication
- Recognising a proportional relationship in a table, graph or equation
- Scale drawings and maps
- Mixtures and work-rate problems at the right level
Projects You Build
- A ratio problem pack of our own, each problem solved two ways
Practice & Assignments
Ratio and rate problems with a table or tape diagram drawn first
Topics Covered
- Writing and simplifying expressions, combining like terms and the distributive property
- Solving multi-step linear equations, including variables on both sides
- Equations with fractions and decimals cleared in one move
- Solving and graphing inequalities, and flipping the sign when multiplying by a negative
- Translating words into equations accurately
- Systems of two linear equations (grade 8 content) by substitution and elimination
Projects You Build
- An equation-building challenge: turn ten original word problems into equations, then solve
Practice & Assignments
Fill-in-the-blank style answers: exact values, simplified fractions and no rounding slips
Assessment
Month 3 timed set: ratios and algebra, original problems
Topics Covered
- Mean, median, mode and range, and what changes when a value is added or removed
- Using the total instead of the list in average problems
- Reading tables, bar graphs, line plots and box plots
- Probability of single and compound events
- Counting outcomes with lists, trees and the multiplication rule
- Samples and what they can tell you about a population
Projects You Build
- Collect a small data set, summarize it and write three probability questions about it
Practice & Assignments
Statistics and probability problems of our own, timed
Topics Covered
- Angle relationships: supplementary, complementary, vertical and angles with parallel lines
- Area and perimeter of triangles, quadrilaterals, circles and composite shapes
- Surface area and volume of prisms, cylinders, cones and spheres
- The Pythagorean theorem and its converse (grade 8 content)
- Transformations: translations, reflections, rotations and dilations
- Formulas the guide says are NOT given, learned by heart and used correctly
Projects You Build
- A personal formula sheet built from memory, then tested with original problems
Practice & Assignments
Shaded-region and three-dimensional problems with a labeled diagram every time
Assessment
Phase 2 assessment: a timed mixed section of original problems across all content areas
Topics Covered
- Planning time across ELA and math within 180 minutes
- Why NYC Public Schools advises a best attempt on each item rather than rapid guessing near the end
- Checking an answer before moving on, because there is no return in the math section
- Using the on-screen notepad, pencil and answer eliminator tools the guide describes
- Entering answers with the equation editor for fill-in-the-blank items
- Getting unstuck: estimate, test a value, or draw it
Projects You Build
- Two full timed math sections of our own, each followed by a written pacing review
Practice & Assignments
Students take one official practice test on the NYC SHSAT Portal and review it in class
Topics Covered
- Reading the error log to find the real weak topics
- Targeted mini-lessons on each student's two weakest areas
- Careless-error patterns and the checks that stop them
- Hard multi-step problems combining fractions, equations and statistics
- Grade 9 forms: the grade 8 standards for students testing in grade 9
- A short personal checklist for every math question
Projects You Build
- A weak-spot plan with three topics, each with a completed problem set
Practice & Assignments
Original problem sets on each student's weak topics
Assessment
Month 5 assessment: a full timed math section reviewed one to one with the teacher
Topics Covered
- Final timed math sections in the adaptive, no-return style
- A second official practice test on the NYC SHSAT Portal, reviewed in class
- Reviewing the Student Readiness Tool so the platform feels familiar
- Balancing practice and rest in the final weeks
- What to bring and what not to bring, from the official guide
- Reading the current NYC Public Schools dates and rules together
Projects You Build
- A written test-day plan: section order, pacing checkpoints and checks
Practice & Assignments
Short daily sets that keep fluency sharp
Topics Covered
- A calm test-day routine
- After the test: what the student learned, whatever the result
- For grade 7 students: a plan for the following fall
- Moving on to algebra 1 and high school math with a strong base
- Math contests and enrichment for students who enjoyed the challenge
- Presenting a favorite problem to the class
Projects You Build
- Write a full solution to your favorite problem of the course for a newer student
Practice & Assignments
A final mixed set of original problems
Assessment
Final assessment: a timed mixed math section plus a short conversation about the student's method choices
Projects You'll Build
Build a professional portfolio with A course of solved original problems, reviewed official practice tests, an error log, a formula sheet and a timed-section history real-world projects.
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Straight answers about SHSAT Math Prep: NYC Specialized High Schools Test
- Who should take this course?
- Students in grades 7 to 9 (roughly ages 12 to 15) who are confident with grade-level math and want to work on harder multi-step problems. Age: Grades 7 to 9, roughly ages 12 to 15. A strong grade 6 student preparing for Hunter may join after the demo class. It suits grade 7 students planning to sit the shsat in the fall of grade 8; grade 8 students who want focused practice before their test date; grade 9 students taking their one grade 9 opportunity, with extra grade 8 content.
- What will they learn and build?
- New York City Public Schools describes the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) as "the exam used as the sole factor to determine admissions to New York City's Specialized High Schools (except LaGuardia High School, whose admissions are determined through an audition process)." The eight testing schools it lists are Bronx High School of Science, Brooklyn Latin School, Brooklyn Technical High School, High.
- How deeply are topics covered?
- The course runs 6 months (24 weeks) per cycle, joinable any month; families usually start in grade 7 for the fall test in grade 8 at 2 live classes/week + weekly problem sets, no-calculator drills and a monthly timed digital-style practice section, across 3 phases listed week by week in the syllabus below.
- Who teaches it?
- Modern Age Coders mentors, who teach the live classes themselves. You can watch them at work in the free class recordings before you decide.
- How do practice, feedback and assessment work?
- Classwork in every session and homework after every class.
- What does it cost?
- Three monthly plans: a group batch, a mini batch and 1-on-1. Prices are shown in your currency in the plans section. Monthly billing, cancel any time.
- When can classes take place?
- Live classes are scheduled around your week. Group batches meet at a fixed weekly slot; 1-on-1 students choose their own. International students are scheduled in their own timezone. Ask on WhatsApp for the current slots.
- Can I watch the teaching before deciding?
- Yes. Full recordings of real 13 and up classes are free to watch, free with a Google sign-in. These recordings show how we teach, not the exact syllabus of this course. Some classes are in English and some in Hindi; everyone follows at their own pace. Watch a class end to end, like you are in it. Sessions are interactive and each moment builds on the last.
- Can I enroll without a live demo?
- Yes. Choose a plan on this page and enrol directly; a demo is not required. If you would like to see a full class with a mentor first, book a Priority Demo.
- How do I reach you with a question?
- WhatsApp +91 91233 66161, email connect@modernagecoders.com, or call +91 91233 66161. Tell us the student's age and what they have learned so far, and we will point you to the right plan and batch.
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