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New York City department of education announced that Gifted and Talented testing will take place between January 3rd and February 10, 2012.  As in previous years private school and pre-kindergarden students were send letters home indicating date, time and location of the test.   Public school students received a confirmation letter from their school.

When applying for Gifted and Talented testing parents had the option of filling out a paper application or doing so online.  It is generally thought preferable to apply online as this ensures parent will receive proof of application immediately after filing.  The parents who apply online will receive all communications in both email and written form.  In the years past the parents who applied for Gifted and Talented testing online received results of their child’s testing faster than those who filled out paper applications.

In the years past there has sometimes been only 2 weeks between receiving results of the gifted and talented test and deadline to apply for programs.

In order to qualify for admission into one of the city’s prestigious citywide gifted and talented schools a child must receive a score of 97 or above on the test.  However due to a very limited number of open spots only those who have received 99 or above will have a realistic chance of being admitted into 4 of the programs (the exception being the queens based program).  In reality few if any children are admitted into these schools after kindergarten.   New York City’s citywide gifted and talented programs include:

Anderson School (Manhattan)

Nest (Manhattan)

TAG (Manhttan)

BSI (Brooklyn)

Stem (Queens)

Multiple district programs are also available.

This post is part 1 of a 3 part series.  Part 2 is available here.