HSPT

High School Placement Test (HSPT)

All eighth-grade applicants are required to take the HSPT.

  • Students in Archdiocese of Baltimore schools: Please register for the December 4 testing date at your current school.
  • Students in other schools or homeschooled: Various Batlimore-area Catholic high schools will host the HSPT on Saturday, December 7 and Saturday, December 14. 

Click here to register for the HSPT.

Please note: Mount de Sales does not require/prefer that applicants take the test at Mount de Sales. Mount de Sales also does not require/prefer that applicants put our school as first choice on the HSPT. All applicants with complete files will be considered for admission.

  • The test may only be taken once.
  • ​The cost is $40. ​
  • For the Saturday testing dates, check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. and the test begins at 9 a.m.
  • Students who seek to test at Mount de Sales with accommodations: The deadline to submit accommodation documentation is November 22. Contact:  Allie Sapienza at asapienza@mountdesales.org. Please be sure when registering that your testing site offers your accommodations.

Click here for the HSPT FAQs by the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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