High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College

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HSMSE is a highly selective, college prep high school, and is one of nine specialized high schools in New York City. Admission is via the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test. Instructionally supported by the City College of New York, the school mainly focuses on an intensive STEM curriculum, while also emphasizing civic responsibility and the value of knowledge. As of 2021, it had a 100% four-year graduation rate.{{Cite news |last1=Linge |first1=Mary Kay |date=2021-12-09 |title=High School Guide: The specialized Elite 8 |language=en-US |url=https://nypost.com/2021/12/09/high-school-guide-the-specialized-elite-8/ |access-date=2021-12-21}}

Located on the campus of City College, HSMSE is small, with a total of approximately 485 students in ninth to twelfth grade. The school is located on four floors of the CCNY campus' Baskerville Hall. Class sizes are small, with an average of approximately 24 students per class.{{cite web|url=https://reportcards.nysed.gov/files/2010-11/AOR-2011-310500011692.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017041307/https://reportcards.nysed.gov/files/2010-11/AOR-2011-310500011692.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 17, 2015|title=This School's Report Card |access-date=August 1, 2012 }} In addition to a rigorous core subject program emphasizing math, science and the humanities, all students are required to take a minimum of three engineering core courses through 11th grade sponsored by Project Lead the Way.

German is the core language taught at HSMSE, which has one of the largest high school German programs in the United States. HSMSE’s founders believed that German is the language of engineering.{{cite news |last1=Schneider |first1=Randolf |title=New York High School Deepening Relationships with Germany |url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/amerika-woche/20181022/282269551350311 |access-date=28 November 2018 |work=Amerika Woche |date=22 Oct 2018}} As a result, about 75% of HSMSE students study German, which is offered through the Advanced Placement level, and many of them continue to study German in college. The school employs two full-time German teachers and is one of nine US partner schools of the PASCH program of the [http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/ney/enindex.htm Goethe Institut] through its "Schools: Partners for the Future" program. Every summer, HSMSE sends a few students on funded study trips to Germany with the Goethe Institute and the [http://www.aatg.org American Association of Teachers of German]. The school also offers advanced Spanish for students who pass the Second Language Proficiency ([https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/learning/testing/world-languages SLP]) exam in Spanish in middle school. Those students begin Spanish at the second-year level.

The New York City Subway's 137th Street-City College ({{NYCS trains|Broadway-Seventh north}}), 135th Street ({{NYCS trains|Eighth center local day}}), and 145th Street ({{NYCS trains|Eighth center}}) stations are located nearby.{{cite NYCS map|Harlem/Hamilton Heights}} Additionally, New York City Bus's {{NYC bus link|M2|M3|M4|M5|M11|M100|M101|Bx33|prose=y}} routes stop near HSMSE.{{Cite NYC bus map|M}} Students residing a certain distance from the school are provided full-fare or half-fare student MetroCards for public transportation.

HSMSE has a diverse student body - in 2013 it was estimated to be the most diverse in New York City with 130 Asian, 75 Black and African American, 99 Hispanic and 101 White students.{{cite web|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/05/11/nyregion/segregation-in-new-york-city-public-schools.html|title=A Portrait of Segregation in New York City's Schools|first=Ford|last=Fessenden|work=The New York Times|date=May 12, 2012}} HSMSE is a school where students of all ethnic and economic backgrounds mingle comfortably. The faculty is notably dedicated, many devoting personal time to mentor students, to coach teams and to support extracurricular activities. Support mechanisms are in place for students who struggle, through informal peer tutoring as well as through daily tutoring sessions offered by every teacher.

Virtually all of HSMSE’s diverse, high-achieving students go on to college,{{cite web|url=https://reportcards.nysed.gov/files/2010-11/CIR-2011-310500011692.pdf|title=Regents Exams |access-date=August 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120411131839/https://reportcards.nysed.gov/files/2010-11/CIR-2011-310500011692.pdf |archive-date=April 11, 2012 }} many of them to highly competitive colleges. As part of the school's efforts to increase diversity, the Discover program expansion in 2018 offers admission to students who otherwise didn't score highly enough on the test.{{Cite news |last=Hu |first=Winnie |date=2018-08-13 |title=Elite New York High Schools to Offer 1 in 5 Slots to Those Below Cutoff |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/nyregion/discovery-program-specialized-schools-nyc.html |access-date=2021-12-21 |issn=0362-4331}}

[https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/new-york/districts/new-york-city-public-schools/high-school-math-science-and-engineering-at-ccny-13145 U.S. News & World Report featured HSMSE] as the #1{{Cite web |title=High School for Math Science and Engineering at CCNY in New York, NY - US News Best High Schools |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/new-york/districts/new-york-city-public-schools/high-school-math-science-and-engineering-at-ccny-13145/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831051944/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/new-york/districts/new-york-city-public-schools/high-school-math-science-and-engineering-at-ccny-13145/ |archive-date=August 31, 2023 |access-date=October 23, 2023 |website=US News & World Report}} high school in New York City and New York State, placing 22nd in the national US rankings in 2023.

HSMSE was ranked the city's third best public high school in The New York Post{{'}}s annual school ranking.{{cite web|last=Edelman |first=Susan |url=https://nypost.com/2013/09/15/top-50-public-schools-in-nyc/ |title=Top 50 public schools in NYC | New York Post |publisher=Nypost.com |date=2013-09-15 |access-date=2016-03-08}} In 2013, HSMSE was ranked among the nation's top high schools by the U.S. News & World Report,{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/new-york/rankings?name=school+name&schooltypepublic=y&schooltypemagnet=y&state=ny&county=10031&schooltypecharter=y/ |title=Search New York High Schools |publisher=US News |access-date=2016-03-08}} and in 2017, the U.S. News & World Report ranked HSMSE as third in New York State and 26th nationally.{{cite web

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In May 2013, HSMSE was ranked #1 in the country by Working in Support of Education (w!se) for personal finance education.[http://www.hsmse.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wse-100-Best-Schools-Press-Release-Top-25-Release.pdf/]{{dead link|date=April 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} HSMSE was ranked by w!se as first in the nation in financial literacy in 2017.{{Citation|last=Working in Support of Education|title=100 Best w!se High Schools Teaching Personal Finance 2017|date=2017-04-19|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DF_R9vwFek |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/-DF_R9vwFek |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2017-08-21}}{{cbignore}}

• In 2016, senior Kelly Hyles was accepted to all eight Ivy League colleges.{{cite news |last1=O'Brien |first1=Sara Ashley |title=How I got into 8 Ivy Leagues and 13 other schools |url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/04/07/pf/college/kelly-hyles-college/index.html |access-date=28 November 2018 |work=CNN Money |date=April 7, 2016}}
• In 2018, Jin Kyu Park was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, becoming the first DACA recipient to win a Rhodes Scholarship. Additionally, Park was the first HSMSE graduate to be accepted to Harvard University when he graduated in 2014.{{cite news |last1=Carrega |first1=Christina |title=Queens Rhodes Scholar Makes History |url=https://queenseagle.com/all/2018/11/20/queens-rhodes-scholar-makes-history |access-date=28 November 2018 |work=Queens Daily Eagle |date=November 20, 2018}}

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• [http://www.hsmse.org/ HSMSE's official website]

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