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\nStudent Name:                        \n## Identifying Information\n\nTurn to Side 1 of the answer sheet.  \nNotify the proctor immediately if you are ill or should not be taking this test.Do not sign thestatement or begin the test.Return your answer sheet to the proctor.  \nLine 1:Read the statement and sign your name in the space following the word \"signature.\"Do not print your  \nLine 2:Print today's date,using the numbers of the month,the day,and the year.  \nLine 3:Print your birth date with the number of the month first,then the number of the day,then the lasttwo digits of the year.For example,a birth date of March 1,2005,would be 3-1-05.  \nGrid 4:Print the letters of your first name,or as many as will fit,in the boxes.Write your name exactly as youdid on the application.If you have a middle initial,print it in the box labeled\"MI.\"Then print the letters of yourlast name,or as much as will fit,in the boxes provided.Below each box,fill in the circle that contains the sameletter as the box.If there is a space or a hyphen in your name,fill in the circle under the appropriate blank orhyphen.  \nMake dark marks that completely fill the circles.If you change a mark,be sure to erase the first markcompletely.  \nGrid 5:Carefully copy the order in which you ranked the specialized high schools on your Test Ticket ontoGrid 5.If Grid 5 is not marked correctly,your admission to a specialized high school will be affected becauseyour admission is based on the score you achieve and the order in which you rank your school preferences in thisgrid.The school choices indicated on your answer sheet are final.  \nFill in one and only one circle for each school for which you wish to be considered.You may make asfew as one or as many as eight choices.To increase your chances of being assigned to one of the specializedhigh schools,you are encouraged to make more than one choice.You must fillin a first choice school.Do not fillin a school more than once.Do not fillin the same school for each choice.Fill in only one circle in a row and onlyone circle in a column.  \nGrid 6:Complete the grid with your date of birth.Print the first three letters of the month in the first box,thenumber of the day in the next box,and the year in the last box.Then fill in the corresponding circles.  \nGrid 7:  \n1.Print the name of the school where you are now enrolled in the space at the top of the grid.  \n2.In the boxes marked \"SCHOOL CODE,\"print the six-digit code that identifies your school and fill in the circleunder the corresponding number or letter for each digit of the school code.(You can find your school code onyour Test Ticket.If it is not there,tell the proctor,and the proctor will get the school code for you.)  \n3.If you attend a private or parochial school,fill in the circle marked \"P.\"  \nGrid 8:Print your student ID number in Grid 8.You can find your student ID number on your Test Ticket.In theboxes,print your nine-digit student ID number.Below each box,fill in the circle containing the same number asin the box.  \nGENERAL DIRECTIONS,continued  \n## Identifying Information,continued\n\nGrid 9:In most cases,Grid 9 is already filled in for you.If it is not,copy the letter and numbers shown in theupper-right corner of your test booklet into the boxes.Below each box,fill in the circle containing the same letteror number as the box.  \nNow review Side 1 to make sure you have completed all lines and grids correctly.Review each column to see thatthe filled-in circles correspond to the letters or numbers in the boxes above them.  \nTurn your answer sheet to Side 2.Print your test booklet letter and numbers,and your name,first name first,inthe spaces provided.  \n## Marking Your Answers\n\nMark each of your answers on the answer sheet in the row of circles corresponding to the question number printedin the test booklet.Use only a Number 2 pencil.If you change an answer,be 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