Upcoming Events

Here's what's coming up on the Project D.E.E.P. calendar:

• School Placement Exams

School placement exams will be administered soon

Test-time is here! Any student looking to gain admission into a local private or public exam school will be taking a test during this period. The following is a breakdown of the three main tests:

ISEE: Often referred to as the "Latin Test," the Independent Schools Entrance Exam is taken by all children hoping to get into Boston Latin School or Boston Latin Academy. However, fifth- and sixth-graders who are seeking acceptance letters from local private schools (i.e. Thayer Academy, Milton Academy, Nobles, etc.) will also need to take this test.
WHEN IS IT HELD: For 6th- and 8th-graders: Saturday, November 8th, with a make-up date set for Saturday, November 22nd. For 5th-graders: Please consult the test website, as dates vary throughout the next two months.
VISIT: http://www.iseetest.org for more information or to register for the test.

SSAT: The Secondary School Admissions Test is used by most non-Catholic, local private schools, especially for admission into grade nine and above. Eighth grade students who are hoping to get into schools like Thayer Academy and Roxbury Latin will need to take this exam.
WHEN IS IT HELD: Saturday, November 8th, with a second date set for Saturday, December 6th.
VISIT: http://www.ssat.org for more information or to register for the test.

HSPT: Better known as the Catholic Schools Test, this exam needs to be taken by any eighth-graders who are looking at schools like B.C. High, Archbishop Williams, or Fontbonne Academy for high school. These schools will often accept the SSAT, but they prefer that students take the HSPT. Also, unlike the ISEE and the SSAT, where the test sites are often randomly assigned, students will usually take the HSPT at the Catholic high schools in which they are most interested.
WHEN IS IT HELD: Saturday, November 15th, with a second date set for Saturday, December 3th.
VISIT: The website of the school in which you're most interested. You can register for the test from there. There is no official website for the HSPT.