This report on the 2006 Olympiad takes the same form as my reports on the 1999-2005 Olympiads, although in 1999 and 2000 these were called preliminary reports. This report summarizes some of the most important items pertaining to the 2006 Chemistry Olympiad and makes some comparisons with Olympiads for the period 1999-2005. In 2003 additional tables giving detailed information indicating the high schools that participated and the distribution of students among the testing sites were included for the first time. Also included for the first time in 2003 was a table showing those schools which participated in 2002 but not in 2003. Similar tables are included in this report. A table indicating the dates at which schools registered for the Olympiad was included for the first time in 2004. That practice is continued here. In this report, some information previously provided about the National Exam as part of the running text is now given in tabular form.
1) Participation and results:
Nationally, approximately 11,600 students took the local exam. In the New York Section a total of 458 students from 60 different high schools registered to take the local exam. The local exam was administered at 11 sites on March 4 (9 sites) and March 5 (2 sites). These sites and the site coordinators are listed on page 8. Of the students who registered, 393 actually took the exam. The high score on the exam was 57 (perfect score = 60), the low score was 13. The average score was 36.18, with a standard deviation of 10.42. The names, schools and scores for the students scoring 50 or above on the local examination are given on page 9. The National Exam was administered at two locations, Purchase College of SUNY on Saturday, April 22, and Adelphi University on Sunday, April 23. Based on the size of the New York Section, 20 students were allowed to continue to the National Exam level. Prior to 2005 the section had been allowed only 19 students.
Of the 891 students who took the National Exam 100 students attained honors and 50 attained high honors. These numbers were established by the national ACS. Of the 20 New York Section students who took the National Exam six obtained honors and one obtained high honors. This was somewhat stronger showing than in last year. Justin Quartarraro had previously qualified for the National Exam in 2004 and 2005. Once again, he obtained honors on the National Exam.
A summary of performance of New York State participants for the National Exam is included here:
1999 2000 2001 2002
2003 2004 2005
2006
Number of students
19 18(1) 20(2)
20(3) 19 20(2)
20(4) 20
High Score
54 59
59 54
58 56
56 57
Low Qualifying Score
45 49
46 47
51 50
50 50
Honors
3 4
1 3
6 5
4 6
High Honors
3 2
3 1
4 4
1 1
(1)Although New York was entitled to 19
participants one student did not show up for the National
Exam.
(2)Since one student from the previous
year had attended the Study Camp we were entitled to one additional slot
for the National Exam.
(3)There was a problem involving the citizenship
status of one student, and as part of the resolution of this problem the
national office granted us one additional slot for the National Exam.
(4)As a result of a reapportionment from
the national office of ACS the section was allocated 20 slots for the national
exam.
2) Recommendations:
The following are my most important recommendations. They are based on my eight years of experience as the Olympiad Coordinator.
(a) In addition to the Olympiad coordinator, the section should have an Olympiad publicity committee so that the event can be better publicized in local and school media. (This recommendation has been made in each year since 1999 but has not been implemented.) The lack of such a committee was particularly important in 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 since in each of those years one of our students qualified for and attended the National study camp in Colorado Springs.
(b) The 2000 recommendation that registration forms should include a space for identifying the gender of each student has been adopted and this greatly assists the coordinator in the preparation of correspondence to students. It was also recommended in 2000 that it would be helpful if the registration form had a space to indicate whether or not each student is or will be U.S. citizen by the date of the National Exam. This has not been done due to lack of space, but perhaps the form can be reformatted to accommodate this information.
(c) Answer sheets for the local exam should not be purchased from the ACS. ACS answer sheets were used in 1999, but the Scranton device available could only be used for the first 50 questions. The final 10 questions had to be hand graded. Since 2000 we have purchased 500 of the 882-ES Scantron answer sheets directly from Scantron Corporation. Not only was the cost less than the cost for a smaller number of answer sheets purchased from ACS, but we were able to machine grade and analyze all 60 questions on the exam. This practice should be continued.
(d) There continues to be extensive use of the Sunday sites. Students taking the local exam on Sunday do not do so solely for religious reasons, but also because of the proliferation of special Saturday programs for students. As recommended in the past, we might wish to have additional Sunday sites in Manhattan and/or Suffolk.
(e) The Staten Island site, which we first used in 2001 as a replacement for the Hudson County site, is still sparsely used, but should be retained if possible. We should continue to work to encourage more students from Staten Island and Hudson County to participate in the Olympiad. There has been some modest interest in again having an additional site in Hudson Country.
(f) The use of St. John's University in Queens improved the geographical distribution of sites. We should continue to include a Queens test site for the local exam.
(g) The adoption, in 2001, of a policy that permitted schools to register up to six students per registration form, but also permitted a school to register up to twelve students by submitting two registration forms and two registration fees (although as a single check) has worked very well. This policy should be continued.
(h) Although one person, the coordinator, should be responsible for receiving and distributing materials it is important to have a standing committee to which the coordinator can turn if s/he has policy issues to deal with. This recommendation, which was made previously, has not been implemented.
(i) The registration fee was raised from $20 in 1999 to $25 in 2000. The fee has remained $25 since then. Part of the reason for raising the fee was to provide funds for small gifts to the site coordinators and the laboratory technicians. No policy on gifts has been established. As a result, gifts were not purchased in either 2000 or 2001. Some recognition of the time and effort expended by the site coordinators and the laboratory technicians is most appropriate. In 2002 I purchased Olympiad pins from the national office of ACS and sent them to the site coordinators and laboratory technicians as a token of appreciation. In 2003 I again purchased pins from the national office of ACS. Additionally I sent a bouquet of flowers to Maria Reichlin-Fishkis, the lab tech at Purchase College of SUNY. In 2004 periodic table pens were given to the site coordinators, national exam proctors and lab tech personnel. Consideration should be given to other ways of how we might show these people our appreciation. In 2005 no gifts were given to the site coordinators, but flowers were sent to Maria Reichlin-Fishkis. In 2006 no gifts were provided to either the coordinators or to Maria Reichlin-Fishkis.
(j) The department of the Olympiad coordinator provides stationary, phone and fax facilities as well as some secretarial support. Since the Olympiad usually generates some net income, it might be appropriate to provide a modest monetary reimbursement to the coordinator's department. Alternatively a book might be purchased and donated to the coordinator's department or school library. This recommendation, made previously, has not been implemented.
(k) This is a recommendation based on experience in 2002. It is recommended that each site coordinator review the local exam prior to the date it is administered. If any typographical errors are found that information should be conveyed to the Olympiad coordinator so that all sites have the same set of corrections which need to be made. Additionally the Olympiad coordinator should communicate any errors that have been discovered to the ACS Olympiad.
(l) In 2002 an experimental national policy permitted as many as three students from a single high school to take the National Exam was considered to be an experiment. In 2003 the previous policy allowing a maximum of two students from any school was reinstated. The New York Section should work to have the experimental policy reinstated and made permanent.
(m) For 2003 the Board of the New York Section authorized the payment of a stipend of $50 to graduate students who proctored the local exam. This policy has been continued. There should be clear guidelines regarding under what circumstances proctors should be used and how many proctors should be at any site.
(n) The registration fee adopted in 2000 remains adequate to cover the expenses associated with the Olympiad, but the Board might consider increasing the fee. Another option is to have a surcharge of perhaps $5/registration for schools which register after the official close of registration. In 2006 1/3 of the schools (20) registered after the official closing date of February 15, although of these 9 were only one day late. See Table 2 on pages 15-16 for a listing of the dates schools registered. This was a significant improvement over 2005, when more than half the schools (35 of 67) registered after the official closing date.
(o) Once again, in 2006 information about
the Olympiad, including registration materials and directions to all test
sites was available via a link on the home page of the web site of the
New York Section. This should be done each year. It is not
recommended at this time that schools be able to register via the web site,
but web based registration is something we might wish to consider.
3) Local Examination Sites:
All the sites from 2005 were again available for 2006 except for the Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan (NVRHSOT) site and the Stella K. Abraham School (Sunday site) in Nassau. Dr. Kathleen Foley, who had been the site coordinator at NVRHSOT retired. Mr. Jonathan Wedvik of Clarkstown High School South took over the site coordinator role for Bergen County. Mrs. Rebecca Isseroff, who served as the site coordinator at the Stella K. Abraham School, continued to serve as site coordinator, but the testing site was the Rambam Mesivta. At SUNY at Stony Brook the 2004 site coordinator, Professor Joseph Lauher, returned from sabbatical and once again served as the site coordinator, replacing Professor Richard Kerber who had served in 2005. There was some considerable confusion at the St. John=s site since I had been informed that the testing room would be the same as it was in 2005, but in fact that was not the case. As a result some students who came to St. John=s never found the testing room. A makeup opportunity was provided by giving the test again at Hunter College High School on March 11.
Professor Neil Jespersen, the site coordinator at St. John's University has indicated that St. John's will not be a local examination site for 2007, so it desirable to find an new site in Queens. Queensborough Community College is not able to take on this responsibility, but there is some chance that Queens College will be an available test site. As of December 1, 2006 all other 2006 site coordinators have confirmed their willingness to continue in that capacity.
4) National Exam Sites:
Both Purchase College of SUNY and Adelphi continued as National Exam sites. Like 2000, 2001 2002, 2004 and 2005, but unlike 2003 there was a highly uneven distribution of students between the two National Exam sites. Five students took the National Exam at Purchase, and fifteen students took the National Exam at Adelphi. The distribution was not totally the result of religious or geographic considerations although these factors were important in some cases. As in 2003 and 2004 the dates of the National Exam conflicted with the orientation for students accepted at some prestigious universities. In such cases students have been allowed to take the exam early provided they could take the exam at Adelphi. In both 2003 and 2004 two students availed themselves of this option. Again in 2006, two students availed took the exam early at Adelphi.
Students who take the National Exam are often involved in various programs that meet on Saturday mornings. We might reconsider the value of giving the National Exam on both Saturday and Sunday. An alternative would be to administer the National Exam only on Sunday at one or two sites. Given the geographic range of the section the use of two sites would be better for the students. The use of one site is simpler in terms of organization. Since both Purchase and Adelphi have been National Exam sites for a number of years it is probably appropriate to look to see if other institutions could serve in this capacity. Although there is no reason to believe that either Adelphi or Purchase will not be available as National Exam sites for 2007 it cannot be assumed that they will continue in this role indefinitely. The requirements for a National Exam site are a laboratory facility capable of accommodating 20 students and lab technicians to prepare the equipment and chemicals.
5) Finances:
Registration fees were received from 60
high schools, generating an income of $2250. Expenses of $2286.82
are summarized on pages 10-11. The net expense for the event was
$36.82. As was the case since 2003, but not prior to that, the total
given for expenses includes the cost of printing and mailing the original
invitation to schools to participate in the Olympiad. The expenses
for the January mailing this year were considerably higher than in the
past. This year the cost of the mailing was obtained from the office
spreadsheet provided to me in my capacity as section treasurer. It
is perhaps the case that in previous years the cost of printing but not
of postage was reported to me. In 2003 the board of the New York
Section, at the request of Lesley Davenport, authorized the payment of
stipends of $50 to graduate student proctors. This practice has been
continued. It has been longstanding practice at NYU for the exam
to proctored by a graduate student. Also, as was first the case in
2003, money was allocated to cover the costs of a laboratory assistant
at Adelphi. In 2003 $200 was provided to Adelphi, but in both 2004
and 2005 a payment of $100 was made directly to the student assistant,
Jonathan Shulman.
6) Comparison of the 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 Olympiads:
This section, which had been section 6 in reports up to and including that for 2003, was moved in the 2004 report. Since that report, and now, it is section 10 (see page 7). Because the comparison now extends over eight years the page must be printed in landscape format, and it is for this reason that the section has been moved.
7) Supplemental Tables:
This report continues the practice introduced
in the 2003 report of including supplemental tables. The four supplementary
tables are:
1) Table 1 (pages 12-14) lists the participating
high schools and the number of students each
school
registered and the each site.
2) Table 2 (pages 15-16) lists the dates
on which schools registered for the Olympiad
3) Table 3 (pages 17-19) lists the number
of students registered for each site and how many
students
were registered at each site by each high school. This table also
contains totals
for comparable
data from 2003-05.
4) Table 4 (page 20) lists those high
schools which participated in the 2005 Olympiad but
which did
not participate in the 2006 Olympiad.
8) Thanks:
In addition to thanks for the help and support provided by the coordinators at the test sites, I would like to express my special thanks to Blanche Crawford, secretary of the Chemistry Department at Adelphi for her administrative assistance; to Cathy Ireland of Manhasset High School for her assistance in the grading and analysis of the local exams; to Stuart Close of Ossining High School for proctoring the National Exam at Purchase College of SUNY, and to Maria Reichlin-Fishkis (Purchase) and Jonathan Shulman (Adelphi) for their help in setting up and dismantling the laboratory portion of the National Exam. Richard Goodman of the Horace Greeley School would have assisted in proctoring at Purchase had he been available, and he remains committed to assisting with the Olympiad.
9) Passing the Torch:
I have served as the Olympiad Coordinator since 1999 and as a National Exam proctor for two years prior to that. I have found the job to be time consuming but also extremely interesting and rewarding. I have saved all my computer files (WordPerfect 8) pertaining to the administration of the event and correspondence with students and teachers. Additionally, at the suggestion of the NY Section Board in 2001 I maintain, or at least try to maintain, an activity log of what is involved in coordinating the Olympiad. The log and my computer files would be helpful to the next Olympiad Coordinator, and I would be happy to work with that person and share the knowledge I have gained over the past six years. At the Board meeting in September 2003 Ron D=Amelia volunteered to learn what is involved in coordinating the event. For the 2004 and 2005 Olympiads he was copied on most of the correspondence involved and this practice was continued in 2006. I really do enjoy being the Olympiad Coordinator and would be willing to continue in that role if the Section would like me to do so. If I continue as the Olympiad Coordinator I will work even more closely with Ron this year.
10) Comparison of the 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 Olympiads:
1999 2000
2001 2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Number of schools
57
70
50(1) 53(2)
64(2)
60(2)
67(2)
60(3)
Students registered
324 373
319 337
467
404
445
458
Students taking local exam
253 307
262 266
393
332
378
393
Percentage taking local exam
78.1 82.3
82.1 78.9
84.2
82.2
84.9
85.8
High Score
54
59
59
55
58
56
56
57
Low Score
6
13
10
13
11
11
10
13
Average Score
30.45 35.02
34.02 33.39
35.31
35.91
34.43
36.18
Std. Deviation in Avg.
12.24 11.36
11.22 11.66
11.70
12.08
11.75
10.42
Income
$1140.00 $1750.00 $1875.00 $1675.00 $2350.00
$2125.00 $2300.00 $2250.00
Expenses
$1033.07 $1007 $1029.02
$1197.73 $2348.53(4) $1992.00(4$1750.56(4) $2286.82(4)
Net income
$ 106.93 $ 742.62 $ 845.98
$ 477.27 $ 1.47
$ 133.00 $ 549.44
($ 36.82)
(1) In 1999 and 2000 registration was limited to six students/school. In 2001 schools could register up to six students for a $25 registration fee, or up to twelve students for a $50 registration fee. Of the 50 schools registering students in 2001, 25 schools registered six or fewer students and 25 schools registered 7-12 students.
(2) Of the 53 schools registering students in 2002, 39 schools registered six or fewer students and 14 schools registered 7-12 students. Of the 64 schools registering students in 2003, 34 schools registered six or fewer students and 30 schools registered 7-12 students. Of the 60 schools registering students in 2004, 36 schools registered six or fewer students and 24 schools registered 7-12 students. One school, Lawrence High School registered twice, since two teachers each registered two students. Thus, in the financial summary it appears as if there were 61 schools but in fact there were only 60 different schools. Of the 67 schools registering students in 2005, 42 schools registered six or fewer students and 25 schools registered 7-12 students.
(3) Of the 60 schools registering student in 2006, 30 schools registered six or fewer students and 30 registered 7-12 students.
(4)For 2003 the total expenses include
the cost ($509.93) of the bulk mailing of approximately 1400 pieces to
announce the Olympiad to the high schools. This cost had not been
explicitly included for previous years and that should be taken into account
when comparing expenses and net incomes. Also the cost of materials
for the laboratory portion of the 2003 National Exam was considerably higher
than in previous years. For 2004 the cost of the bulk mailing was
$468.44. For 2005 the cost of the bulk mailing was $443.61.
For 2006 the cost of the bulk mailing was $637.35 (see Section 5 on page
5). For more details refer to the budget summary. In 2006 the
laboratory portion of the National Exam cost $196.52 which was also greater
than in most years.
2006 CHEMISTRY OLYMPIAD TEST CENTERS - SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2006
1) BERGEN COUNTY
Mr. Matthew Verbarg
Northern Valley Regional High School
at Old Tappan
Old Tappan, NJ 07675
2) STATEN ISLAND
Dr. Roy H. Mosher
Department Biological Sciences
Wagner College
Staten Island, NY 10301
3) BROOKLYN
Dr. Lesley Davenport
Department of Chemistry
Brooklyn College of CUNY
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
4) QUEENS
Mr. Jim Dimitrakopolous
Department of Chemistry
Queens College
65-39 Kissena Boulevard
Jamaica, NY 11439
5) MANHATTAN
Ms. Joy Phillips
Department of Chemistry, Room 1001
New York University
31 Washington Place
New York, NY 10003
6) NASSAU COUNTY
Dr. Stephen Z. Goldberg
Department of Chemistry
Adelphi University
Garden City, NY 11530
7) NASSAU COUNTY
Dr. Stuart Karp
Department of Chemistry
Long Island University
C.W. Post Campus
Greenvale, NY 11548
8) SUFFOLK COUNTY
Dr. Joseph Lauher
Department of Chemistry
SUNY Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794
.sunysb.edu
9) ROCKLAND/WESTCHESTER
Dr. Joseph Skrivanek
Division of Natural Sciences
Purchase College of SUNY
Purchase, NY 10577
.purchase.edu
ALTERNATE TEST CENTERS (SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2006)
10) Yeshivah of Flatbush
Mr. Paul Cohen
1609 Avenue J
Brooklyn, NY 11230
11) Rambam Mesivta
Mrs. Rebecca Isseroff
15 Frost Lane
Lawrence, NY 11559
The high scorers on the Local Exam were as follows:
Justin Quartarraro, Walt Whitman
High School, honors
Alexander Chien, Stuyvesant High
School
William Weingarten, The Collegiate
School, honors
Harley Zhang, Ward Melville High
School, honors
Arthur Wang, Horace Greeley High
School, honors
Wenyan Jiang(1), Benjamin Cardozo
High School
Tony Deng, Hunter College High School
Stefan Muller, Schreiber High School
Jenny Wang, Ward Melville High School,
high honors
Jason Lai, Hunter College High School
Shi Hang Chen(1), Franklin D Roosevelt
High School
Jeffrey Wu, Stuyvesant High School,
honors
Daniel Firestone, Yeshivah of Flatbush
Alan Deng(2), Hunter College High
School
Michael Weinberg, Suffern High School
Matt Rienzo, Huntington High School
Janet Park, Tenafly High School
David Robinson, Scarsdale High School
Clifford Beltzer(3), The Masters
School
Yu Rou Cui(1), Benjamin Cardozo
High School
Yi Liu, Benjamin Cardozo High School
Samuel Windwer, W.C. Mepham High
School
Ryan Sims, Great Neck South High
School honors
Jennifer Kim, Great Neck South High
School
Hannah Payne, Huntington High School
Catherine Kelso(2), Ward Melville
High School
(1) Student was ineligible to take the national exam since the student is not currently a citizen of the United States.
(2) Student was ineligible to take the national exam because of the limit of two students from any individual high school.
(3) Student declined to take the National
Exam since he was unavailable on the dates the exam was administered.
As a result there was no need to determine which three of the four students
who scored 50 would advance to the national exam.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR 2006 OLYMPIAD:
Income
30 registrations x $25/registration $
750.00
30 registrations x $50/registration $
1500.00
Total Income = $ 2250.00
Expenses
Exams
20 packages of 25 exams(1)
$625.00
Answer sheets
500 Scantron Forms
package of 500 882-ES Scantron answer
sheets
from Scantron Corporation
34 Parker Avenue
Irvine, California, 92618
(including shipping)
$ 67.59
Total Exams and Answer Sheets =
$ 692.59
Bulk Mailing (approximately 1400 pieces)
from NY Section Office
Printing, related expenses, and postage,
January 2006(2) $637.35
Total for Bulk Mailing =
$ 637.35
Postage
Postage, February 21
$ 62.01
Postage, February 27
$ 50.75
Postage, March 2(3)
$ 61.80
Postage, March 23
$ 37.38
Postage, April 6
$ 13.32
Postage, April 10
$ 4.20
Postage, April 18
$ 71.55
Postage, April 27
$ 4.88
Postage, May 19
$ 13.17
Postage, May 19
$ 27.55
Total Postage =
$ 346.61
National Exam Supplies(4)
Flinn Scientific
$159.31
Flinn Scientific
$ 14.50
Flinn Scientific
$ 22.71
Total Supplies = $ 196.52
Gifts to Students and Site Coordinators(5)
ACS Olympiad Pins, (26 pins at $2.35 each)
$ 61.10
Total Gifts =
$ 61.10
(budget summary continued on the
next page)
Travel
190 miles @ 0.485
= $ 92.15
Bridge Tolls
$ 16.00
MetroNorth Ticket(6)
$ 14.50
Total travel =
$ 122.65
Other
Payment for Lab Assistant(7)
$100.00
Payment for Proctors(8)
$130.00
Total other =
$ 230.00
GRAND TOTAL OF EXPENSES =
$2286.82
NET EXPENSE = $ 36.82
(1) In 2005 the pricing structure for exams
was changed in such a way as to make it
advantageous for us to again purchase
500 exams rather than 450 since the price per exam
was lower. Given the large
registration it was fortunate that we purchased 500 exams.
(2) This expense was first included in the budget summary for the 2003 Olympiad. The cost figure for this item was provided by the Section Office. For 2006 this figure is considerably higher than in previous years, but was determined from office spreadsheets provided to S. Goldberg in his capacity of section treasurer.
(3) Standard first class postage was always used except for sending the exams to local exams testing sites. Because of the short time frame this mailing was done by FedEx overnight.
(4) The need to purchase disposable syringes and fresh metallic calcium made this one of the more expensive lab exercises.
(5) Olympiad Pins were purchased from the ACS and given to students who took the National Exam and to those students who had scores on the local exam high enough to qualify for the national exam but did not actually take the national exam..
(6) As a result of the confusion at the St. John=s test location, S. Goldberg went to Hunter College High School to offer a make-up opportunity.
(7) Jonathan Shulman, an alumnus of Adelphi
had complete responsibility for preparing the
laboratory portion of the National
Exam at Adelphi. The payment was made directly to him.
(8) Payment to proctors was first authorized
for the 2003 Olympiad. The payment of $50 was to
the proctor at NYU, where the local
exam has always been proctored by a graduate student.
At St. John=s in 2006, Neil Jespersen
paid two proctors $40 each.
TABLE 1: SCHOOLS WHICH PARTICIPATED IN THE 2006 OLYMPIAD
School Registration Students at Site Fee Indicated Site
1. Ardsley USFD High School $50 9 Purchase College of SUNY
2. Baldwin Senior High School $25 3 Adelphi University
3. Bayard Rustin H.S. for the Humanities $50 7 N.Y.U.
4. Bayport-Blue Point High School $25 4 SUNY at Stony Brook
5. Benjamin Cardozo High School
$50 11 St. John's University
1 Yeshivah of Flatbush
6. Brooklyn Technical High School
$50 7 Brooklyn College
3 N.Y.U., 1 St. John's University,
1 Yeshivah of Flatbush
7. Centereach High School $50 12 SUNY at Stony Brook
8. Clarkstown High School North
$50 8 Clarkstown H.S. South
1 Yeshivah of Flatbush
9. Clarkstown High School South $25 5 Clarkstown H.S. South
10. Convent of the Sacred Heart $50 8 N.Y.U.
11. Croton Harmon High School $25 1 Purchase College of SUNY
12. DeWitt Clinton High School $25 5 N.Y.U.
13. East Islip High School $25 6 SUNY at Stony Brook
14. Edward R. Murrow High School
$50 9 Brooklyn College
2 Wagner College, 1 Yeshivah
of Flatbush
15. Francis Lewis High School $25 5 St. John's University
16. Franklin D Roosevelt High School $50 12 Brooklyn College
17. Freeport High School $25 2 Adelphi University
18. Great Neck North High School $25 2 Adelphi University
19. Great Neck South High School
$50 4 Adelphi University
8 C.W. Post College
20. Herricks High School $25 6 Adelphi University
21. Horace Greeley High School
$50 10 Purchase College of SUNY
2 Yeshivah of Flatbush
22. Hunter College High School
$50 1 Brooklyn College
3 N.Y.U., 8 St. John's University
23. Huntington High School $25 6 C.W. Post College
24. Islip High School $50 10 SUNY at Stony Brook
25. James Madison High School $25 1 Brooklyn College
26. Jericho High School $50 12 C.W. Post College
27. John F. Kennedy High School $50 12 Adelphi University
28. Lawrence High School $25 5 Rambam Mesivta
29. Lower East Side Prep High School
$25 2 Brooklyn College
1 N.Y.U., 1 St. John's University
30. Mamaroneck High School $25 6 Purchase College of SUNY
31. Manhasset High School $50 12 C.W. Post College
32. Miller Place High School $25 6 SUNY at Stony Brook
33. New Hyde Park Memorial High School $25 6 Adelphi University
34. North Babylon High School $50 12 SUNY at Stony Brook
35. Plainview-Old Bethpage High School $50 9 C.W. Post College
36. Poly Prep Country Day School $25 4 N.Y.U.
37. Riverhead High School $50 10 SUNY at Stony Brook
38. Samuel Gompers High School $25 6 N.Y.U.
39. Sanford H. Calhoun High School $25 3 Adelphi University
40. Scarsdale High School $50
12 Purchase College of SUNY
41. Schreiber High School
$50 9 C.W. Post College
3 St. John's University
42. Sleepy Hollow High School $25 6 Purchase College of SUNY
43. South Side High School $25 6 Adelphi University
44. Staten Island Technical High School $50 12 Wagner College
45. Stuyvesant High School
$50 1 Brooklyn College
1 N.Y.U.
4 St. John's University
2 Yeshivah of Flatbush
46. Suffern High School $50 5 Purchase College of SUNY
47. Tenafly High School $50 9 Clarkstown H.S. South
48. The Chapin School $50 11 N.Y.U.
49. The Collegiate School $25 6 N.Y.U.
50. The Mary Louis Academy
$50 2 Brooklyn College
10 St. John's University
51. The Masters School $50 6 Purchase College of SUNY
52. The Packer Collegiate Institute
$50 7 Brooklyn College
5 N.Y.U.
53. Tottenville High School $50 10 Wagner College
54. Trinity School
$25 1 N.Y.U.
4 Yeshivah of Flatbush
55. Valley Stream Central High School $25 4 Adelphi University
56. W.C. Mepham High School $25 6 Adelphi University
57. Walt Whitman High School $25 4 SUNY at Stony Brook
58. Ward Melville High School $25 6 SUNY at Stony Brook
59. William Cullen Bryant High School $25 6 N.Y.U.
60. Yeshivah of Flatbush $50 8 Yeshivah of Flatbush
TABLE 2: REGISTRATION OF SCHOOLS BY DATE
The Mary Louis Academy January 25
Bayard Rustin High School for the Humanities
January 30
Miller Place High School
January 30
Trinity School
January 30
Franklin D Roosevelt High School January 31
John F. Kennedy High School February 2
Benjamin Cardozo High School
February 6
Huntington High School
February 6
Lawrence High School
February 6
Ardsley USFD High School
February 7
Great Neck South High School
February 7
Herricks High School
February 7
Clarkstown High School South
February 9
Schreiber High School
February 9
South Side High School
February 10
Ward Melville High School
February 10
Bayport-Blue Point High School
February 13
Brooklyn Technical High School
February 13
Centereach High School
February 13
Convent of the Sacred Heart
February 13
DeWitt Clinton High School
February 13
Edward R. Murrow High School
February 13
Freeport High School
February 13
Hunter College High School
February 13
Islip High School
February 13
Lower East Side Prep High School
February 13
Mamaroneck High School
February 13
Manhasset High School
February 13
Staten Island Technical High School
February 13
Tenafly High School
February 13
The Collegiate School
February 13
Tottenville High School
February 13
Walt Whitman High School
February 13
Yeshivah of Flatbush
February 13
Sanford H. Calhoun High School
February 14
Suffern High School
February 14
North Babylon High School
February 15
Samuel Gompers High School
February 15
Stuyvesant High School
February 15
The Chapin School
February 15
(the official closing date for registration was February 15)
Croton Harmon High School
February 16
Horace Greeley High School
February 16
James Madison High School
February 16
Jericho High School
February 16
New Hyde Park Memorial High School
February 16
Sleepy Hollow High School
February 16
The Packer Collegiate Institute
February 16
W.C. Mepham High School
February 16
William Cullen Bryant High School
February 16
East Islip High School
February 20
Poly Prep Country Day School
February 20
Scarsdale High School
February 20
Clarkstown High School North February 21
Riverhead High School February 22
Francis Lewis High School February 23
Plainview-Old Bethpage High School February 24
Great Neck North High School February 27
The Masters School February 27
Baldwin Senior High School March 1
Valley Stream Central High School
March 2
TABLE 3: DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS
BY LOCAL EXAMINATION SITE
Clarkstown High School South (22 students
from 3 high schools)
(previous site was Northern Valley Regional
H.S. at Old Tappan)
(2005:39 from 7) (2004:52 from 7) (2003:
49 from 6)
8 Clarkstown High School North
5 Clarkstown High School South
9 Tenafly High School
Wagner College (22 students from 3 high
schools)
(2005: 26 from 3) (2004:12 from 3 ) (2003:
6 from 1)
2 Edward R. Murrow High School
12 Staten Island Technical High School
10 Tottenville High School
Brooklyn College (42 students from 9 high
schools)
(2005: 14 from 4)(2004: 11 from
2)(2003: 16 from 3)
7 Brooklyn Technical High School
9 Edward R. Murrow High School
12 Franklin D Roosevelt High School
1 Hunter College High School
1 James Madison High School
2 Lower East Side Prep High School
1 Stuyvesant High School
2 The Mary Louis Academy
7 The Packer Collegiate Institute
St. John's University (43 students from
8 high schools)
(2005: 13 from 3) (2004: 21 from 4) (2003:
23 from 4)
11 Benjamin Cardozo High School
1 Brooklyn Technical High School
5 Francis Lewis High School
8 Hunter College High School
1 Lower East Side Prep High School
3 Schreiber High School
4 Stuyvesant High School
10 The Mary Louis Academy
N.Y.U (67 students from 14
high schools)
(2005: 81 from 14) (2004: 60 from 13)
(2003: 74 from 12)
7 Bayard Rustin High School for
the Humanities
3 Brooklyn Technical High School
8 Convent of the Sacred Heart
5 DeWitt Clinton High School
3 Hunter College High School
1 Lower East Side Prep High School
4 Poly Prep Country Day School
6 Samuel Gompers High School
1 Stuyvesant High School
11 The Chapin School
6 The Collegiate School
5 The Packer Collegiate Institute
1 Trinity School
6 William Cullen Bryant High School
Adelphi University (54 students from 11
high schools)
(2005: 56 from 9) (2004: 50 from 9) (2003:
44 from 10)
3 Baldwin Senior High School
2 Freeport High School
2 Great Neck North High School
4 Great Neck South High School
6 Herricks High School
12 John F. Kennedy High School
6 New Hyde Park Memorial High School
3 Sanford H. Calhoun High School
6 South Side High School
4 Valley Stream Central High School
6 W.C. Mepham High School
C.W. Post College (56 students from 6 high
schools)
(2005: 43 from 8) (2004: 42 from 7) (2003:
66 from 9)
8 Great Neck South High School
6 Huntington High School
12 Jericho High School
12 Manhasset High School
9 Plainview-Old Bethpage High School
9 Schreiber High School
SUNY at Stony Brook (70 students
from 9 high schools)
(2005: 54 from 9) (2004: 51 from 9) (2003:
78 from 11)
4 Bayport-Blue Point High School
12 Centereach High School
6 East Islip High School
10 Islip High School
6 Miller Place High School
12 North Babylon High School
10 Riverhead High School
4 Walt Whitman High School
6 Ward Melville High School
Purchase College of SUNY (55 students from
8 high schools)
(2005: 69 from 11) (2004: 66 from 10)
(2003: 72 from 10)
9 Ardsley USFD High School
1 Croton Harmon High School
10 Horace Greeley High School
6 Mamaroneck High School
12 Scarsdale High School
6 Sleepy Hollow High School
5 Suffern High School
6 The Masters School
Yeshivah of Flatbush (20 students from
8 high schools)
(2005: 26 from 9) (2004: 21 from 8) (2003:
16 from 7)
1 Benjamin Cardozo High School
1 Brooklyn Technical High School
1 Clarkstown High School North
1 Edward R. Murrow High School
2 Horace Greeley High School
2 Stuyvesant High School
4 Trinity School
8 Yeshivah of Flatbush
Rambam Mesivta Stella K. Abraham H.S. (5
students from 1 high school)
(2005: 24 from 5) (2004: 18 from 6) (2003:
23 from 7)
5 Lawrence High School
TABLE 4: SCHOOLS WHICH PARTICIPATED
IN 2005 BUT
WHICH DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN 2006
Bergenfileld High School
Bethpage High School
Bronx High School of Science
Cold Spring Harbor High School
Comsewogue High School
Earl L. Vandermeulen High School
Elwood-John H. Glenn High School
Evander Childs High School
Good Counsel Academy
Gorton High School
H.A.F.T.R.
Half Hollow Hills High School West
Herbert H. Lehman High School
Hicksville High School
Horace Mann School
Marist High School
North Shore High School
Northern Valley Regional H.S. at Old Tappan
Northern Valley Regional H.S. at Demarest
Oyster Bay High School
Paramus High School
Ramaz Upper School
Roslyn High School
Saint Dominic Academy
Stella K. Abraham H.S. for Girls
University Neighborhood High School
West Hempstead High School