Important Announcement (March 2026)
The Bard High School Early College campuses of NYC (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens) are looking for more current 8th grade students in the “SWD Applicant” or “DIA SWD Applicant” MySchools priority groups interested in sitting for our assessment.
Please note: students must be eligible to enter Fall 2026 as 9th graders. They should NOT have taken our assessment in the Fall of 2025.
As a reminder, our assessment is an in-person, written exam that includes the following:
Once students sit for an assessment and add themselves to BHSEC MySchools waitlists, we will upload their scores and be able to consider offering them a waitlist seat. If you are applying to multiple BHSEC campuses, you must listed each campus on your MySchools list as a separate school.
All interested applicants should fill out the following form (due March 27th, 2026 at 5 p.m. EST). If you are eligible for admission, we will contact you in March or early-April to schedule an assessment.
Spring SWD Assessment Interest Form: https://form.jotform.com/260645765024155
Thank you so much!
Bard High School Early College is a public, non-specialized, and screened high school/early college.
Eighth-grade applicants who are interested in our program must fill out the Department of Education’s High School Application on MySchools and take our assessment. Please ask your guidance counselor for additional information about the high school ranking website. Students who are applying from private or parochial schools are advised to speak with their school’s principal or headmaster for guidance. Students may rank up to 12 non-specialized programs/schools on the Department of Education High School Application in addition to the specialized and audition high schools. Please note that students who apply to more than one NYC BHSEC must list these as separate choices. Please review program/school choices and carefully prioritize the list. We strongly recommend that you seek advice from your guidance counselor and review the NYC High School Directory before ranking programs.
When reviewing applicants who apply to 9th grade at BHSEC Bronx, we generally look for:
*BHSEC Admissions does not see your grades. 7th grade GPAs are worth 10% of your Bard admissions score, but they are added at the end by the DOE as final rankings are determined. You will receive a group number from our process. There is no grade cut-off for admission to BHSEC, but accepted students have typically had around 85% or higher.
