Welcome Information session for the Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences.

Welcome

Information session for the Middlesex County

Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences

Presenters

Michael Fanelli Principal

Richard Heffers Vice Principal

Lisa Ferrier & Katie ElkoGuidance Counselors

Tonight’s Agenda

Admission’s processInformation for Testing DayInterview proceduresNotifications

Testing Day

•Students should arrive no earlier than 8:30 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 sharpener and a snack or money. Snacks will be available as part of a class fund raiser

Testing DayNO ELECTRONIC DEVICES

Students may be REMOVED from testing room and their admission process will STOP

there

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

Cafeteria – Woodbridge

Gym/Auditorium – Carteret; Edison

Room Assignments for Testing

Room 116

South Amboy; South Brunswick; South Plainfield;

South River; Spotswood;

Room Assignments for Testing

Room 117

North Brunswick; Perth Amboy

Room Assignments for Testing

Room 118

East Brunswick; Highland Park; Jamesburg; Metuchen;

Milltown; Monroe

Room Assignments for Testing

Room 119 - Piscataway

Room 120 – Old Bridge

Room 121 – Sayerville

After Testing• Admissions test will be scored• Rubric will be used to rank

candidates based on:• admissions test = 60 %• 7th grade academic grades =

20 %• 8th grade academic grades

for 1st 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. Only students being interviewed will be contacted.

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 30th, 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 1st

Waitlist• The remaining students who have been interviewed will be notified via mail and assigned a number and placed 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

• If it is lost, you must contact the Academy of Allied Health & Biomedical

Science IMMEDIATLEY

If there is an EMERGENCY the morning of the test, please contact [email protected] for information

Admission Ticket

If there is an EMERGENCY the morning of the test,

please contact [email protected] for

information

Inclement WeatherIn 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 9th

REMEMBER• INTERVIEWS – top 120 will be contacted for January interviews

•DECISION - By February 1st (weather permitting) – top 120 receive notification letters

REMEMBER

• ADMISSION TICKET – must have; pick up if you did not upon entering

•TIME – Saturday, Dec 12th from 8:30 – 12:30

Thank You