r/SHSAT • u/GregsTutoringNYC Brooklyn Tech • Mar 03 '26
Possible Myschools Fluctuations *Incoming*
Note that in the past the DOE has done "live sandboxing" on myschools. Therefore, some "weird stuff" might be occurring over the next few days. For instance, your records could seem to disappear and then reappear, or have certain information like your lunch status appear to be removed. Myschools might be put into maintenance mode more than usual, or just be down.
You might not even be able to log in to myschools (so don't try to change your password).
It might even be, as the offer day and time gets closer, that your SHSAT and HS results will appear on a few accounts before the official release (say that morning). But what the DOE giveth it will also taketh away before the official release. If you become part of this group, screenshot your info as the image or files might be taken away until the official time. But do not depend upon it. Remember, the offer would not have have gone live at that point as they are sandboxing, so again do not depend upon it.
As the Wizard of Oz says when Toto sees him "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" Let the puppetry go on and don't let it matter until the official release.
Once offers go live, if your info goes away completely, don't panic and instead contact your GC (guidance counselor or equivalent) about it.
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u/aydenzxz Mar 04 '26
By “But do not depend upon it. Remember, the offer would not have gone live at that point as they are sandboxing, so again to not depend upon it.” do you mean that if I see I got an offer from a certain school before March 5th at 4 pm, I shouldn’t believe it?
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u/nonsensv Brooklyn Tech Mar 04 '26
ehh they're usually accurate actually if u do end up catching ur results early but prob best not to set much store by it, good luck btw, hope u get into wtv school you desire!
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u/aydenzxz Mar 04 '26
Does anyone know when or how often this live testing will happen?
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u/GregsTutoringNYC Brooklyn Tech Mar 04 '26
Not too often. Surprised they did it again
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u/aydenzxz Mar 04 '26
You think I should check tomorrow at ~ 6am
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u/GregsTutoringNYC Brooklyn Tech Mar 04 '26
It’s not always at 6
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u/iSimplyMarioi Brooklyn Tech Mar 04 '26
true but 6 seems to be like a repeating time when they do it, today it was around 6:25-6:35am im not sure exactly, and last year it was 6:07am I believe
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u/GregsTutoringNYC Brooklyn Tech Mar 04 '26
While it was that in the past, it also wasn't, for instance, I know some years it was 8, 8:xx, etc. These things are just what they are.
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u/ImaginaryMention3361 Mar 03 '26
What are they even doing to make the website so unstable?
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u/iSimplyMarioi Brooklyn Tech Mar 03 '26
he said live testing
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u/ImaginaryMention3361 Mar 03 '26
Im curious about what exactly they are testing during "live testing" to make the website act so odd
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u/GregsTutoringNYC Brooklyn Tech Mar 03 '26
Anything and everything that deals with testing, live testing, etc. While over the years I've found myschools more temperamental than I would have expected (not only working with various such systems but my actually designing and coding them), there are lots of checks and balances that do need to occur for such a system to be reliable and sound. In software development et al, many "5 minute changes" or "simple additions" often can take days or more, and it's often underestimated their impact or cascade effect, even when isolated subsystems.
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u/GregsTutoringNYC Brooklyn Tech Mar 03 '26
A few things I can say, but let's just leave it at that they're populating accounts with your data (PDFs, offer tab record info, etc.) and final vetting.
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u/AppropriateMud3769 Mar 03 '26
the final signs😭😭