Top students may conduct research with mentors at nearby hospitals and a few may even compete in the Intel Science Talent Search.

The school also offers courses in nutrition, forensics, and a combined art and anatomy class.

[citation needed] Housed in the old Stuyvesant High School building, Health Professions can be very crowded at times.

Seniors may leave as early as noon; other grades stay until 3:10 p.m, depending on class periods.

Beginning in 10th grade, they learn how to conduct experiments and work with mentors in addition to taking their regular chemistry or physics classes.

The three-year Medical Assisting course culminates in a NY State licensing exam; students who pass this exam are offered a license of Medical Assistant; Science Research students can earn college credits from Syracuse University based on work completed in the three-year long Science Research Program.

The medical science and research program, with about 125 seats, gives preference to students with good attendance records who scored Level 3 or 4 on standardized tests and who earned at least 85 in core academic subjects.

The faculty motivates their students to join sports or a club to advance in education and in physical health.