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A complete list of all pages on the Doctor SHSAT website.
About Doctor SHSAT
Doctor SHSAT is the private tutoring practice of Dr. Stuart Donnelly, an Oxford Ph.D. with more than 20 years of experience preparing New York City students for the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test. The site you are browsing exists to answer every question a NYC family might have about the SHSAT: what the exam contains, how it is scored, which schools use it, who tutors students for it, and what private one-on-one preparation actually looks like. Every page has been written by Dr. Donnelly himself, and this sitemap is simply a map of that content in one place.
What the SHSAT Actually Tests
The SHSAT is a three-hour, paper-based test made up of 114 questions split evenly between English Language Arts and Math. The ELA section contains 57 questions covering revising/editing tasks and reading-comprehension passages on fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The Math section contains 57 questions covering arithmetic, algebra, geometry, probability, and statistics, including five grid-in problems that require students to produce their own numerical answers. Students take both sections back-to-back with a single composite scaled score determining admission. Detailed cutoff scores for each school are published every year — roughly 560 for Stuyvesant, 520 for Bronx Science, 500 for Brooklyn Tech, and approximately 410 for the remaining specialized high schools.
Which Schools Use the SHSAT
Eight NYC public high schools admit students solely based on their SHSAT composite: Stuyvesant, Bronx High School of Science, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn Latin, High School for Mathematics/Science/Engineering at City College, High School of American Studies at Lehman College, Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, and Staten Island Technical High School. LaGuardia High School admits via audition rather than the SHSAT. For a deeper look at why these schools matter and whether your child should sit the test, visit the Why Take the SHSAT page or read the full SHSAT Overview.
How This Site Is Organized
The sitemap below groups pages into three simple categories. Main Pages cover the tutoring service itself: Dr. Donnelly’s credentials, verified parent reviews, contact information, and the FAQ. SHSAT Exam pages explain the test in detail. SHSAT Prep pages describe the tutoring options available, including online tutoring for families outside Manhattan. Whether you are just starting to research the test or ready to book a free consultation, everything on this site is one click away from the list below.