Frequently Asked Questions about the 2008 Application Process

• All applications have been sent electronically to the county superintendents’ offices and have been passed on to all high schools.

• To be eligible for the New Jersey Governor’s Schools, an applicant must have completed the Junior year of high school during the 2007-2008 school year, and expect to be a Senior for the 2008-2009 school year.

• Completed applications must be received by the county superintendents’ offices by November 27, 2007.  This year the county offices will only check for completeness and will forward all completed applications directly to the schools by December 14, 2007. Each program will make the final decision on applicants based on criteria developed by the program and send decision letters to all finalists by April of 2008.

• If applicants are unable to submit junior year PSAT scores by the deadline submission date, they can forward them directly to the college. Schools can submit 2006 (sophomore) PSAT scores and then forward the 2007 PSAT scores directly to the college.

• New Jersey residents who attend out-of-state high schools or are home schooled will submit their applications directly to:

NJ Commission on Higher Education
20 West State Street
PO Box 542
Trenton, NJ 08625-0542
Attn: Governor’s School

• An applicant is eligible to apply for only one Governor's School.

• Each high school is allowed one applicant for each school for every 325 juniors with the exception of the School of the Arts.  Please see page 15 of the School of the Arts Application for more information. (Click here to view info from page 15, and see Arts application for list of musical instruments on which a student may apply/audition.)

• The dates for the 2008 Governor’s Schools will be announced on this website on January 15, 2008.

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