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Everything you need to know to rock your high school arts portfolio
- October 30, 2020
- Ella Solarino
Compiling artwork in a portfolio is one of the most necessary things you need to do when you apply to an art school. However, it can also be one of the most stress-inducing parts of your application. It can be really hard to know what kind of art you need to submit, how many pieces you need, etc. This article explains all of what you need to do to be able to turn in your best work and feel satisfied with it at the end. (Criteria can differ between schools, so make sure to consult the websites of the schools you’re applying to as well!)
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Tips to Ace Online Learning
- October 19, 2020
- Jacob Brucker
With the coronavirus pandemic ridding us of in-person learning this past spring and continuing to disrupt learning in this new school year, it is important that we adapt to this new period of online learning. While this is not ideal for us students, and most of us would much rather prefer learning in the classroom, there are ways that can make the best of it and perform at a high level that we normally would. Here are three tips to ace your online learning and still make the most of your experience.
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Making a Self-Tape the Right Way for Performing Arts High Schools
- October 16, 2020
- Halina de Jong-Lambert
The idea of showing all of your talent and promise to a prospective performing arts high school through a recording is a nerve-wracking one. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this is what the reality may look like for this year’s eighth-grade applicants. A self-taped audition does not have to be a scary thought; with the right environment and the advantage of being able to re-record to get the best performance or presentation, you can send in a tape that shows off the best of your ability.
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Three Questions Families Want the DOE to Answer
- October 09, 2020
- Halina de Jong-Lambert, Jacob Brucker
With a chaotic start to the school year, most families have been focusing on understanding how their children will be educated through online, hybrid, or socially-distanced in-person learning. Despite experiencing all of the changes to classroom learning, there are still a lot of changes that families are asking about for this upcoming school year from the Department of Education (DOE).
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SHSAT Score Calculator and 2020 Cutoff Scores
- October 06, 2020
- NYC Mentors.org Staff
There is a unique group of advanced public schools in NYC called specialized public schools that each have a different focus. There are nine specialized high schools but only eight of them require eighth-graders to take the Specialized High School Admissions Test or SHSAT for short. Practicing for the SHSAT? Use our calculator to estimate your scaled score and look at last year’s cutoff scores.
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Online Learning: Advice from Mentee Accepted to Specialized High School
- March 29, 2020
- Michael N. Manta
It’s easy to get bogged down during this pandemic by the negative news that is surrounding us. Schools have closed in NYC, and cases are continuing to rise. After stocking up on essentials and quarantining themselves, the biggest question for many families right now is “how can I make sure my child does not fall behind in school?”