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Click on this box to search high school directory

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Click on this box to search high school directory

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We will be making updates to MySchools this weekend (November 3 - November 5) to improve the user experience. You might experience brief issues accessing applications and directories during this time.

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NYC families can use MySchools to apply to public school. Explore your child's personalized options and get guidance on the admissions process!

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During the application period, this is how to apply:

Use MySchools(Open external link) to explore high school options, and talk with your school counselor to decide which 12 programs to include on your application. Applying to 12 programs, all of which you'd be happy to attend, makes it more likely that you'll get an offer to a program of your choice!

Submit your high school application online with MySchools.

Need language support? You can apply in English, Spanish, Chinese, Bengali, Russian, Arabic, Urdu, Haitian Creole, Korean, or French in MySchools(Open external link). If you would like to apply using another language, call us at 718-935-2009, or contact a Family Welcome Center and ask for an interpreter.

Questions? We're here to help: Talk to your school counselor or contact a Family Welcome Center.

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Apply during your child’s 8th or (first-time) 9th grade year.

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Your Application Choices

The number of program choices you add to your application and the order in which you place them matter! Creating a balanced application can increase your chances of receiving an offer to a program you want to attend. A balanced application should have:

12 program choices, ANY of which you’d be happy to attend. There is no way to guarantee an offer to your first-choice program. With more than 700 high school program options to choose from, we invite you to explore programs in MySchools to find 12 choices that you are truly interested in and list them on your application. Finding more programs that interest you and adding them to your application increases your chance of getting an offer to a program you want. Listing fewer than 12 choices will lower your chances of getting an offer to a program of your choice.

Program choices in your true preference order. Always place the programs on your application in your true order of preference, with your favorite program at the top as #1. You will be considered for your first-choice program first. If you don’t get an offer to your first choice, then you will be considered for your second-choice program as though it were your first choice, and so on.

A mix of admissions methods. If you're going to apply to any screen or audition programs, also find some programs that use the educational option and open admissions methods to include on your application.

Not just high-demand programs. High-demand programs are those that have many more applicants than available seats. More applicants per seat means a lower chance of getting an offer. If you apply to any high-demand programs (10 or more applicants per seat), also find some programs that have fewer applicants per seat.

You are in the first priority group for some programs. Different programs have different priority groups. Not being in the first priority group for a program means a lower chance of getting an offer to that program.

Tip: Always place the programs on your application in your true order of preference, with your favorite program at the top as #1. High schools will not see your application choice order, so they will not know if they are your first or twelfth choice!