The SHSAT is used for admission to the following schools:
Bronx High School of Science
Brooklyn Latin School (8th grade only)
Brooklyn Technical High School
High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College
High School of American Studies at Lehman College
Queens High School for the Sciences at York College
Staten Island Technical High School
Stuyvesant High School
Admission to the remaining specialized high school, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, is determined by audition rather than by examination.