HSPT Exam Prep

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The High School Placement Test (HSPT) is used throughout the United States as an admissions exam primarily for Catholic high schools. Schools such as Brophy, Xavier, or Notre Dame Prep will require this test as part of the application process. Students may take the official version (referred to as the "Closed HSPT") only one time, in the eighth grade. Some schools use the results of that exam for admission. This test is very challenging and requires preparation.

Private Tutoring Recommendation: 18-24 hours.

When Is the Test?

The test will be given the 1st or 2nd Saturday in December.  You can take the test in one school and submit the results to more than one school.

FORMAT HSPT

The test has 298 questions which are numbered sequentially and should be answered
over a period of 2 hours and 21 minutes without the use of calculators. Below is a
breakdown and the order in which the Sub-test questions will appear.

Sub‐test                 # of Questions              Time
Verbal Skills                      60                    16 minutes
Quantitative Skills          52                    30 minutes
Reading                             62                    25 minutes
Mathematics                    64                    45 minutes
Language                          60                    25 minutes

HSPT TEST PREP AT VOGEL PREP

Our small group program has been developed around 20‐hours of tutoring and includes two practice tests: one before the start and one along the way. Tutoring hours will be split between the English (verbal, reading, language) subjects and the Analytical (mathematical and quantitative) ones.  We will be using two instructors that specialize in either English or Analytical parts of the test.  All Vogel Prep instructors have at least a Master’s degree and are certified to tutor students in the strategies and tactics of the HSPT.