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I’m also wondering—does Hunter’s curriculum truly cater to gifted children, or is their strong college placement more about selecting top students early on? I’ve heard that the most successful students at Hunter High tend to be those who test in at 7th grade rather than those who stay from K through 12. Is that true?
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Totally true and I even had a Hunter teacher say almost those exact words to me last year.  That's no one fault- it's just that you cant identify elite talent as well at K vs 7th.[/quote]

It's no one's fault, but it does make you question the purpose of the elementary school. I personally think the elementary school should only admit low income students from low SES zip codes. There's a case for a free school that can potentially "catch" gifted kids before they slip through the cracks of a poor educational system. I don't see the purpose of offering a free education to parents who can afford Dalton, or live in the PS 6 zone. Sorry. [/quote]

It is not my experience, actually. Hunter Elementary kids tended to be more well rounded with impressive extracurriculars in addition to grades/scores (especially artsy/music oriented, but not exclusively). Overall had better Ivy acceptance rates than 7th grade admits (though also more true misses); but even kids who didn’t end up at ivies thrived at their colleges and bounced up for grad school. Anecdotally, my Yale Law School class had five Hunter grads (which is kind of insane, statistically speaking) and three were lifers. [/quote]

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