Candidates for the January 2025 Hunter College High School (HCHS) Entrance Exam will need to meet the three criteria listed below.
1. Candidates must be currently enrolled in 6th grade.
2. Candidates must have their primary residence in one of the five boroughs of New York City at the time of application submission. (Property ownership does not constitute residency.)
3. Candidates must have earned the minimum qualifying score -- as described below and on the sample score reports to the right -- from one of the standardized exams listed below.
Parents/guardians will be required to upload a score report from one of the qualifying exams listed below -- with scores that meet the minimum requirement -- in order to complete and submit the standard high school application. Students may not submit the standard application without having earned the minimum score.