Upper Grade Admissions

ADMISSIONS UPDATES

Please see our Welcome Events webpage for Tour information!

High School Admissions for Fall 2023:

NEST+m Upper Grades is a screened high school.
All current 8th and first-time 9th grade students who live in New York City can apply to high school and test and/or audition to apply to the Specialized High Schools during the 2022-2023 school year.
The application window is now closed. The NEST+m online writing assignment must be submitted by 11:59pm on December 11, 2022.
NEST+m is NOT a specialized high school. NEST+m Upper Grades is part of the Regular High School Admissions application in your MySchools account.
Talk to your child’s current school counselor. They will be your main point of contact through the admissions process. If your child attends a private or parochial school or is homeschooled, you can also contact a Family Welcome Center.

The Upper Grades Virtual Tours/Open Houses dates are listed on our Welcome Events webpage.

See our Admissions Brochure in English, Spanish, or Simplified Chinese.

APPLICATION DETAILS

NEST+m Upper Grades Rubric

50% DOE Screened Admissions Group (see here for more information about DOE Screening: Screened Admissions: HS
50% Score on NEST+m online admissions activity

Seat Availability

Total Seats: 150 (General Education: 116/Students with Disabilities: 34)

Anticipated Seats for New to NEST+m students

General Education: 47 - 70
Students with Disabilities: 8 - 15

Diversity in Admissions Program

Yes- Priority to students eligible for free or reduced lunch for 66% of offers.
DIA applies only to offers for non-continuing students (NEST+m 8th graders are not a part of this calculation)

Total Anticipated Offers 2022 - 2023

Because students can receive multiple offers (Regular HS Application, SHSAT, and LaGuardia) Offers to our UG Program exceed available seats. We anticipate:

General Education: 224 offers
Students with Disabilities: 34 offers
Total New to NEST+m Offers: 153

Waitlist Offers

Yes - waitlist offers will be made

Tour Dates (General Public)

Virtual Tour: November 3rd: 6pm
In-Person Tours: Register Here

Application Dates & Links

Application Opens: October 12th
Application Closed: December 5th
Online Admissions Activity Deadline: December 11th

DOE Application Portal: MySchools

Online Admissions Activity: Google Form

HOW TO APPLY TO NEST+m UPPER GRADES

Thank you for your interest in the Upper Grades Program at NEST+m!

As a K-12 school designed to meet the needs of students with advanced academic needs, we are committed to providing all of our students with equity-driven, accelerated instruction. We apply the principles of equity-driven accelerated learning to our Upper Grades admissions process.

Upper Grades Admissions Priorities

Diversity in Admissions: Priority to new applicants who are eligible for Free or Reduced Lunch (FRL) for 66% of seats.
Continuing NEST+m Students: Continuing students at NEST+m have first priority for admission to our Upper Grades program. NEST+m 8th graders that rank NEST+m on their high school application are guaranteed an offer to our Upper Grades program, so long as they do not match to a more preferred school on their application.
Geographic Priority: There is no geographic priority for NEST+m. NEST+m is a citywide school; our students hail from all 5 boroughs.

Upper Grades Admissions Requirements are listed below.

Students who who would like to be considered for admissions to NEST+m must:

Rank NEST+m on their MySchools application
Complete the NEST+m Online Admissions Activity and submit their work using the Google Submission Form

IMPORTANT REMINDERS & TIPS

Both writing tasks will be submitted on a google form; you cannot save in a google form as you type, so we recommend typing your answers in a separate document and then copying and pasting your responses into the google form.

If you have read all the directions carefully, reviewed the provided resources, and planned your responses, you are ready to complete the NEST+m Online Admissions Activity. See the Rubric for the Online Admissions Activity.

All online assessment activities must be submitted by 11:59pm ET on December 11, 2022
Applicants may only submit the google form one time
Submissions that are found to be plagiarized will receive a score of zero
Incomplete submissions will receive a low score
You will receive a copy of your responses when you successfully submit your online admissions activity- if you do not receive a copy of your responses, reach out to us right away at admissions@nestmk12.net

TRANSPORTATION

Visit the Transportation webpage for more information. All students who do not ride the public yellow bus will be issued a student Metrocard.

ADMISSIONS RESULTS

You will receive your child’s Upper Grades offer from the Department of Education in your MySchools account sometime in the Spring. You will be able to log into your MySchools account to see the results, and you will receive a letter by mail. Visit the Department of Education’s High School Admissions webpage to learn more.

We will post Orientation information for admitted students on the Orientation webpage.

MORE INFORMATION

PLEASE NOTE:

There is no sibling priority for students applying to high school.
NEST+m is NOT AFFILIATED with the NEST Autism Spectrum Disorders Program at NYU. Please visit the NEST ASD webpage for more information.

Students new to NYC Public Schools:

Students who are new to NYC public schools should contact a Family Welcome Center by completing the Request for Support: schools.nyc.gov/newstudents. Family Welcome Center staff will respond to your request as soon as possible.
More information for new students is at schools.nyc.gov/newstudents
Learn more and watch our admissions videos—including videos on how to access and use MySchools—at schools.nyc.gov/High and schools.nyc.gov/SHS

Helpful Links

Visit the NYC Department of Education website’s High School Enrollment page for more information.
Download the 2023 Admissions Guide.
Watch this helpful video to learn how students get offers to screened schools and specialized high schools.
Set up your MySchools account using the invitation code provided by your school’s Guidance Counselor or at the Family Welcome Center.
Explore school options online in the MySchools high school directory
See our NEST+m 2021 College acceptance and matriculation information.

If you have questions regarding Upper Grades Admissions, please send a message to admissions@nestmk12.net.