Welcome Information session for the Middlesex County Academy

Welcome Information session for the Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences Please use every seat

Presenters Michael Fanelli Principal Richard Heffers Vice Principal Lisa Ferrier & Katie Elko Guidance Counselors

Tonight’s Agenda Admission’s process Information for Testing Day Interview procedures Notifications

Testing Day • Students should arrive no earlier than 8: 30 AM and no later than 8: 45 AM

Testing Day • Only students with tickets will be admitted. Parents may NOT enter the building.

Testing Day • Students NEED to bring several #2 pencils, a st sharpener and their 1 marking period report card.

Testing Day • Students may bring a snack or students may purchase a snack from our class fundraiser (water; crackers; chips; pizza) for a fee. Please bring $1 bills if you plan to do this.

Testing Day NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES Students may be REMOVED from testing room and their admission process will STOP there

Testing Day NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES No calculators No cell phones

Testing Day Parents should return at 12: 30 to take their children home

Room Assignments for Testing Students will report to rooms based on the town(municipality) the student lives in

Room Assignments for Testing Gym/Auditorium Edison; Woodbridge (Avenel; Colonia; Fords; Iselin)

Room Assignments for Testing Cafeteria Old Bridge; Parlin; Matawan

Room Assignments for Testing Library Carteret; Monroe; Sayreville

Room Assignments for Testing Room 104 New Brunswick; North Brunswick; South Brunswick

Room Assignments for Testing Room 116 South Plainfield; Piscataway; Dunellen; Jamesburg; Keasby; Milltown; Bethpage

Room Assignments for Testing Room 118 Metuchen; Middlesex; Hopelawn; Perth Amboy; South River; Laurence Harbor; Dayton

Room Assignments for Testing Room 102 East Brunswick; Monmouth Junction; Sewaren; Port Reading; Plainsboro; Kendell Park; Highland Park

After Testing • Admissions test will be scored • Rubric will be used to rank candidates based on: • admissions test = 60 % th • 7 grade academic grades = 20 % • 8 th grade academic grades for 1 st marking period = 20%

Interviews • Top 120 students will be offered interviews • For those not offered an interview, the application process is over • admission to the Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences will NOT be offered

Interviews • Interviews will be scheduled through January during the school day • Prospective students and their parents will receive a letter stating the day and time of their interview. • Students who did not qualify for an interview will be notified via mail that their admissions process has ended.

Interviews • The interviews will last no longer than 45 minutes • PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND YOUR APPOINTMENT.

Interviews • If you do not attend your scheduled time, you will be rescheduled AFTER all the interviews have been completed

Acceptance • The top 72 candidates will be notified via mail by January 30 th, weather permitting, and offered seats based upon their final scores and rankings • Final rankings based on interview 20% • Pre interview data (grades, admissions) 80% • Accepted students must confirm, in writing, their acceptance by March 1 st

Waitlist • The remaining students who have been interviewed will be notified via mail and assigned a place on a waitlist • Should a seat open the next student on the waitlist will be offered that seat

Admission Ticket • YOU MUST HAVE YOUR ADMISSION TICKET TO TEST and 1 st Marking period report card • If YOUR ADMISSION TICKET is lost, you must contact the Academy of Allied Health & Biomedical Science IMMEDIATLEY

Admission Ticket If there is an EMERGENCY the morning of the test, please contact ferrierl@mcvts. net for information

Inclement Weather In the event of inclement weather, please check our website, www. mcvts. net for information If weather forces testing to be canceled, the make-up date is Saturday, January 7 th

REMEMBER • ADMISSION TICKET – must have; pick up if you did not upon entering • TIME – Saturday, Dec 8: 30 – 12: 30 th 10 from

REMEMBER • INTERVIEWS – top 120 will be contacted for January interviews • DECISION - By February 1 st (weather permitting)

Thank You