Hunter High School Admission Prep + Enrichment for
6th Graders
Located in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Hunter College High School is one of the most competitive middle schools in the nation, as quoted by The Wall Street Journal. The school’s curriculum is widely revered for excellence in both humanities and sciences. It is also noted for sending a substantial percentage of their students to the top tier colleges and universities.
2025-6 Hunter High School Admission Prep
The Hunter College HS has announced that its test will be held on Friday, January 23rd, 2026 (T.B.D.) and has begun taking applications. The deadline for application submission is on Friday, Dec. 12th, 2025 and all interested 6th graders that meet the following criteria should apply by before that date:
Testing Eligibility (Fall 2026 Entry)
- Must currently be in 6th grade.
- Reside within the five boroughs of New York City and attend a school in the NYC area at the time of application submission
- An eligible candidate must meet or exceed both of the following scores on their 5th grade NYS test: Math (496-T.B.D.) and ELA (474-T.B.D.)
- If a 6th grade student did not take the 2025 NYS Math and ELA tests, eligibility may be met by a score in the 90th (national) percentile from another standardized (2025-2026) 5th grade assessment, with approval.
- You can find additional detail by clicking on this link: <https://www.hunterschools.org/high-school/admissions/eligibility>
“The hunter high school admission prep at Kent brought to light a new aspect of test prep for me: community. For the first time, I didn’t feel the need to compete with the other students there. By the time results were released, I felt comforted that even if I didn’t get in, the friends that I had made there made my experience at Kent worthwhile. With that in mind, I was ecstatic to hear that 7 of my friends that I had made at Kent were accepted as well as me. The collective acceptance enabled my experience at Hunter to be far more enjoyable than I would have imagined, and I recommend that you should apply to Hunter as well.”
ROY P., NEW YORK