1. Welcome Information session for the Middlesex County
Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences
Please use every seat

2. Lisa Ferrier & Katie Elko
Presenters
Michael Fanelli
Principal
Richard Heffers
Vice Principal
Lisa Ferrier & Katie Elko
Guidance Counselors

3. Tonight’s Agenda Admission’s process Information for Testing Day
Interview procedures
Notifications

4. Testing Day Students should arrive no earlier than 8:30 AM and
no later than 8:45 AM

5. Testing Day
Only students with tickets will be admitted. Parents may NOT enter the building.

6. Testing Day
Students NEED to bring several #2 pencils, a sharpener and their 1st marking period report card.

7. Testing Day
Students may bring a snack or students may purchase a snack from our class fundraiser (water; crackers; chips; pizza) for a fee. Please bring $1 bills if you plan to do this.

8. Testing Day NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Students may be REMOVED from testing room and their admission process will STOP there

9. Testing Day
NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES
No calculators
No cell phones

10. Parents should return at 12:30 to take their children home
Testing Day
Parents should return at 12:30 to take their children home

11. Room Assignments for Testing
Students will report to rooms based on the town(municipality) the student lives in

12. Room Assignments for Testing
Gym/Auditorium
Edison; Woodbridge (Avenel; Colonia; Fords; Iselin)

13. Room Assignments for Testing
Cafeteria
Old Bridge; Parlin; Matawan

14. Room Assignments for Testing
Library
Carteret; Monroe; Sayreville

15. Room Assignments for Testing
New Brunswick; North Brunswick; South Brunswick

16. Room Assignments for Testing
South Plainfield; Piscataway; Dunellen; Jamesburg; Keasby; Milltown; Bethpage

17. Room Assignments for Testing
Metuchen; Middlesex; Hopelawn; Perth Amboy; South Amboy; South River; Laurence Harbor; Dayton

18. Room Assignments for Testing
East Brunswick; Monmouth Junction; Sewaren; Port Reading; Plainsboro; Kendell Park; Highland Park

19. 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%

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

21. 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.
Students who did not qualify for an interview will be notified via mail that their admissions process has ended.

22. Interviews The interviews will last no longer than 45 minutes
PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND YOUR APPOINTMENT.

23. Interviews
If you do not attend your scheduled time, you will be rescheduled AFTER all the interviews have been completed

24. 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

25. Waitlist
The remaining students who have been interviewed will be notified via mail and assigned a place on a waitlist
Should a seat open the next student on the waitlist will be offered that seat

26. ADMISSION TICKET TO TEST and 1st Marking period report card
YOU MUST HAVE YOUR
ADMISSION TICKET TO TEST and 1st Marking period report card
If YOUR ADMISSION TICKET is lost, you must contact the Academy of Allied Health & Biomedical Science IMMEDIATLEY

27. Admission Ticket
If there is an EMERGENCY the morning of the test, please contact for information

28. Inclement Weather
In the event of inclement weather, please check our website, for information If weather forces testing to be canceled, the make-up date is Saturday, January 7th

29. REMEMBER
ADMISSION TICKET – must have; pick up if you did not upon entering
TIME – Saturday, Dec 10th from 8:30 – 12:30

30. REMEMBER INTERVIEWS – top 120 will be contacted for January interviews
DECISION - By February 1st (weather permitting)

31. Thank You