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Thanks for posting the historical data and here are SEHS cutoffs for 2022-2023: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17-oFoFfDOjegY2YA53K3K4Um9dDf7wsz/view
Some things to note for this year, the first year they tested ALL CPS 8th graders via the new High School Admissions Test (HSAT):
In addition to Payton, Northside, Young, Jones and Lane who have all had 900 pt scorers over several years, this year Lindblom and Hancock also have students who had 900 pts and made it their first choice.
Payton and Northside filled 30% of their freshman class with 900 point scorers (entire rank category is filled with 900 pt scores) and Payton had all of Tier 4 (17.5% of freshman class) also filled with 900 pt scorers.
Cutoff Scores for SEHS: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17-oFoFfDOjegY2YA53K3K4Um9dDf7wsz/view
Cutoff Scores for Choice: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13MxvMaXOr3PB_GBoi7jnm55Sas112cSD/view
Post Spring 2022 results on this thread: https://chicagoschooloptions.com/forums/topic/spring-2022-cps-hs-results/
Good luck to 8th grade families!
Live parent training sessions ahead of the results will be offered:
The Office of Access and Enrollment will offer training sessions for high school applicants on how to navigate the offer/waitlist process ahead of results being posted on March 18th. If you are interested in attending, you can sign up using the form below:
Family Training sessions on Accepting/Declining Offers and the Waitlist for HS will be offered: March 16th, 2022 English and Spanish 2 – 3 pm March 17th, 2022 English and Spanish 10 – 11 am https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5pMgH5nTsMC_avfWhjG6O6-jQtwHvp3xB0onE2oJvVraa7g/viewform
This is Jones’ Overlay Boundary Map for the Pre-Law and Pre-Engineering CTE spots. If you live within the boundary, you are given preference for admittance for the 75 spots in the CTE program (about 37 or 38 spots for each of those 2 CTE programs). https://drive.google.com/file/d/11AOnbz0lJYakCAg9XzVK9ogOHYVECZaF/view
Anyone interested in CPS programs should first start their application by creating an account at https://cps.schoolmint.com/login
If you have not ever had a CPS student, you will answer “No” to the “Do you have a CPS Student ID?” and the portal will walk you through the steps. There are helpful videos here: https://go.cps.edu/howtouse
Any non-CPS students will need their school to submit a letter grade for only 4 subjects (Reading, Math, Science and Social Studies) so the school will need to convert any other grading scale to a final letter grade. There is a drop down to choose your non-CPS school, and there may be a way to submit info for schools not listed. CPS is easy to reach at gocps@cps.edu if you have any questions.
Thanks for finding the forum. In answer to your questions:
1. The new CPS HS Admissions Test is supposedly a retooling of the past Selective Enrollment High School test, which had 4 sections (reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary and math word problems). It used to be paper and pencil and took over 3 hours. Now it is online, timed, and apparently each section adds up to about 2.25 hours.
2. CPS has a way to calculate Socio-Economic Tiers for any address within the US, but addresses from outside the US will be considered Tier 4, the highest socio-economic tier. I can’t find where I saw this information but it is buried within the CPS info somewhere.
We also heard that they are not sure what the total point rubric will be (900 or 600 pts) and they also don’t believe that students will receive their test scores before the application closes, so families are encouraged to rank their school choices without that knowledge.
This new CPS High School Admissions Test will be given to ALL 8th grade CPS students and will be used to select students for any programs that previously had NWEA MAP scores in their rubric such as Selective Enrollment, Magnet, International Baccalaureate, Service Academies, CTE programs.
The CPS High School Admissions Test will be available to all current CPS students applying to ninth grade on Tuesday, November 9th, 2021. Students will take the exam at their school during the school day.
The CPS High School Admissions Test will be available to all non-CPS students applying to ninth grade at a designated CPS location on the following dates:
- Saturday, November 13th, 2021
- Sunday, November 14th, 2021
- Saturday, November 20th, 2021
- Sunday, November 21st, 2021
Registration information for all students will be forthcoming.
For Non-CPS students, these are the four testing dates for this application cycle. Please hold these dates now to ensure that you are available to test if you are planning to apply to a CPS high school.
See this post for more info https://chicagoschooloptions.com/cps-high-school-admissions-test-dates-announced/
The test will also be digital this year instead of pencil and paper.
What grade was your son applying for? If for Kindergarten, he should have automatically been given both the RGC (scale score) and Classical exams (reading & math percentile scores). If applying for upper grades, the exam(s) given depend on which programs you selected. If you only selected RGC programs, he would not have to take the Classical reading & math tests.
SEHS Cutoffs are posted: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14i_837GQCPcWnvU2feSN6mzPssnhVNDR/view
From the Go.cps.edu website:
ES OFFERS WILL BE RELEASED ON MAY 28TH, 2021.
Instructions on how to access your results will be emailed to you the week of May 24th. If you have questions, contact 773-553-2060 or gocps@cps.edu.To find how many applicants and how many offers were made for Selective Enrollment and Magnet programs, go to the CPS School Locator or Find a School and type in the name of a school https://www.cps.edu/schools/find-a-school/
Then click on the Admissions tab to see applicants and offers for the prior admissions cycle. Example for Edison: https://www.cps.edu/schools/schoolprofiles/609794
Very much overdue and happy to have this as a choice for Chicago families! Write-up in Chicago Parent: https://www.chicagoparent.com/sponsored-content/morton-school-of-excellence/
