Dear Families,
Kweller Prep will run a free 3-day webinar on what to expect on the January 24, 2024, Hunter High School Exam. Eligible NYC 6th graders can take the Hunter test.
Day 1: Monday, Dec 4, 2023
From 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
What to Expect on the READING Section of the Hunter Test
Day 2: Tuesday, December 5, 2023
From 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
What to Expect on the MATH Section of the Hunter Test
Day 3: Wednesday, December 6, 2023
From 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
What to Expect on the ESSAY Section of the Hunter Exam
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Meet the first Webinar Host: Mohammad (Mo) |
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MO Khan has been a tutor in NYC for the past 15 years. He is one of the founding staff members of Kweller Prep. Mo graduated from Hunter College High School (HCHS). Mo scored 2300/ 2400 on his SAT, with a perfect 800/800 in writing and a perfect 800/800 in Math. Mo received a composite 33/36 on his ACT. He scored a 692 on the Specialized High School Entrance Exam, the top 1% score in New York City, qualifying for Stuyvesant, but decided to stay at Hunter High School. Mo took six AP courses throughout high school. He received a 4/5 and 5/5 on all of his AP exams and took college-level Organic Chemistry while a junior at Hunter.
While in high school, Mo interned at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, conducting clinical research that is now part of 3 published articles.
Mo attended New York University’s College of Arts and Sciences for his undergraduate degree. He received a full merit-based scholarship. At NYU, he double majored in Global Public Health and Biochemistry with a chemistry minor while being part of the Presidential Honors Scholars. After graduation, he worked as a researcher at Columbia University’s Timothy C. Wang Lab. He worked with researchers in studying gastro-esophageal cancer remedies in mice regarding the IL-1beta gene. At the same time, he rose in the ranks at CityMD. He began as a scribe documenting and seeing patients with providers before becoming a scribe supervisor and trainer for CityMD’s corporate office. In those two years, he sat for the LSAT, GMAT, GRE, and MCAT, scoring a 172/180, a 760/800, a perfect score, and a 515/528 (92nd percentile) on those exams, respectively.
Mo attended business school in the fall of 2018 at NYU Stern, where he was given a full scholarship. While taking on the MBA program, Mo has been employed as an analyst at a Health Care Consulting firm. He finished his two-year MBA degree program in a year and a half, graduating a semester early in 2019.
At Kweller Prep, Mo has taught groups of students in preparation for the Hunter College Entrance Exam, the SHSAT, the SAT consistently every semester since he started college. Mo has developed over one dozen mock exams for Kweller Prep’s SHSAT and Hunter workbooks, also sold on amazon. He has also trained other tutors, including his younger brother Farib, to become experts in teaching such tough materials to ambitious elementary and middle school students. He has also served as a private tutor for those tests and subjects in high school Math, Science, History, and English and as a college essay and application consultant.
Mo is fluent in Bengali and proficient in Spanish. Though Mo works full-time at a consulting firm, and completed college and graduate school, he still spends any extra time he has tutoring, which he finds extremely rewarding. He has known Frances Kweller for 15 years and has gone above and beyond to develop Kweller’s Hunter curriculum. When not at Kweller Prep, Mo enjoys playing basketball, writing, and exploring New York City.
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Meet the Scond Webinar Host: Antalya |
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Antalya is currently a 4th year medical student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, a top 20 medical school, and has just submitted her residency application for OB/GYN. As a medical student, Antalya was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society, a community of medical students, physicians, and other leaders who have been recognized for their compassionate care. Antalya was involved in many clinical and translational research projects. In medical school, Antalya contributed to 8 research manuscripts, 5 of which have been accepted for publication, and three are under review.
Antalya graduated from New York University College of Arts and Sciences, where she double-majored in biochemistry and Spanish. She graduated with honors, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. While at NYU, Antalya earned high honors for her senior thesis in biochemistry and won several awards for her research. Antalya was a Presidential Honors Scholar, an honor which she was invited to join for being the top ten percent of the entering first-year class at NYU. Throughout her years at NYU, Antalya demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and a commitment to leadership and service. She was also inducted to Phi Lambda Upsilon National Chemistry Honor Society.
Antalya served as an NYU Grossman School Emergency Medicine Project Healthcare Summer Volunteer Program alumna. Antalya devoted over 300 hours to volunteering in the immersive clinical and educational program of the Bellevue Hospital's Emergency Department. She wrote and received three research grants while at NYU. She had 2 Spanish essays published in Esferas, a journal the NYU Spanish and Portuguese Department compiles every semester.
Antalya graduated from Hunter College High School (HCHS) in 2015. At Hunter, she took college-level organic chemistry, AP Spanish, AP Biology, and AP Calculus BC. She scored 2270/2400 on her SAT and 34/36 on the ACT. Antalya was a senator on her year's student council, the girls' varsity swim team captain, and a chemistry teaching assistant for a 10th-grade chemistry class during her senior year.
Antalya is a longtime Hunter tutor at Kweller Prep. She has taught group classes in person, via Zoom, and worked with students privately. Antalya also possesses extensive experience tutoring college-level biology, chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, writing, Calculus I & II, and Spanish. Antalya is a skilled writer. Her favorite part of teaching students for the
Hunter's exam is preparing them for the essay. Antalya also won a Scholastic Gold Key award for writing poetry at HCHS. At Kweller Prep. Antalya enjoys tutoring her students and hanging out with her sister, a longtime tutor at Kweller Prep.
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Meet the third webinar host: James |
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JAMES currently attends Dartmouth College, an Ivy League. At Dartmouth, James is pursuing a career in Public Policy and taking classes focused on government and country politics. He is also taking a variety of finance and economics classes. After college, James aspires to pursue a JD/MBA.
James graduated from Hunter College High School (HCHS); while at Hunter, James took 3 AP level courses, including AP French, AP Calculus AB, and AP Statistics. Additionally, James took courses in International Relations. These advanced college-level courses focus on the political environment within different countries and how said environment affects the country’s relationship with the surrounding world. James graduated with a 3.7/4/0 GPA, receiving A’s in all the aforementioned classes. While a student at Hunter, James served as President of the Black Student Union and as the President of the Mixed and Multicultural Club. As president of the Black Student Union, James took on numerous projects to help increase the diversity of Hunter. James invited guest speakers, helped with the Hunter Open House, ran cultural events, and organized documentary screenings. At Hunter, James was also a student-athlete. He served as captain of the Hunter Ultimate Frisbee team, competed in CRCA cycling races, and regularly joined Rapha NYC group bike rides.
James is not only an excellent tutor, but he is also a longtime student at Kweller Prep. He attended Kweller Prep classes for the Hunter College High School entrance exam throughout the fall of sixth grade. James then took classes at Kweller Prep for the SAT, impressively scoring in the 99%. James also worked privately with tutors from Kweller Prep, who also served as his mentors.
James has had multiple years of experience tutoring students and helping them successfully develop their ELA, math and writing skills to the point where they gained admission into Hunter High School. James is also bilingual; he is fluent in French. He is knowledgeable, patient, and kind, and he gets along well with younger students. We are honored to share that he is not only a former Kweller Prep student but also a great tutor for the Hunter College High School (HCHS) Entrance Exam.
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Dear Families,
Hunter College High School just announced that the Hunter College High School Entrance Exam will be administered on:
Kweller Prep will offer Hunter classes in small group settings in-person at Kweller Prep Queens (108-22 Queens Blvd) and online via Zoom. These excellent, 6th-grade-specific lessons are designed to introduce students to tough Hunter High School Exam content. Please see the options below.
Mastering the Hunter High School entrance exam equips students with a competitive advantage, fostering self-discipline, resilience, and a strong academic foundation that will serve as a solid stepping stone toward their future aspirations, ensuring a brighter and more promising tomorrow. Sign up online today!
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The 2023 cut-off score for the NYS ELA is: |
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The 2023 cut-off score for the NYS Math is: |
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From Hunter College High School (HCHS):
"The Hunter College High School Entrance Exam -- for Seventh Grade entry in Fall 2024 -- will be administered on Wednesday, January 24, 2024."
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Sign up for Kweller Prep's Descriptive Essay Lessons here. |
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Kweller's Advice: We highly encourage families to sign up for Kweller's academically rigorous, skill-building, and often life-changing course and not wait around for HCHS to inform you via email or letter that your child qualifies to take the test. You will only frustrate your 6th graders studying for such a hard test on short notice. If your child doesn't qualify for the Hunter test, you will still be grateful you enrolled them in the course; use Kweller's prep course to grow academically and challenge your 6th grader.
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Test Prep advice from an accepted student and his father. This family traveled from Brooklyn to Kweller Queens every weekend until the Hunter test.... He got in!
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Diversity! Hunter accepts students from all 5 boroughs of NYC. The school is excellent, accelerated, and free.
If you qualify, PLEASE apply to take the entrance test to get into this excellent FREE school. Hunter is worth the trip! There are plenty of easy public transportation options to get to Hunter High School!
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Learn About the Hunter Entrance Exam here. |
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Learn About the Hunter Essay Here. |
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READ THIS DISCLAIMER: Kweller Prep is an independent private tutoring company. We have absolutely no affiliation with Hunter College High School (HCHS). Zero!
Images and photos from HCHS website belong to Hunter College High School only. These images are not the property of Kweller Prep in any way. We have no affiliation.
Kweller prepares students for dozens of tough exams for students ages 8-25, and Hunter is just one of them. We cannot guarantee test performance, test format, or test outcomes in any way. We cannot even guarantee there will be a test (but we expect there to be one). We are not fortune tellers; we are tutors. Please keep your expectations realistic.
Kweller Prep is a non-refundable program with no guarantees for high school admissions. Tutoring is simply a paid option we offer; our webinars are free.
Students who gain admission to competitive schools and succeed in our program work incredibly hard OUTSIDE of class and earn their seats, often after sacrificing many weekends and evenings to hard study. Hunter does not endorse any tutoring or test prep company in any way.
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Kweller Prep helps students get to the next level of their academic careers. This program specializes in preparation for competitive middle, high school, college, and graduate school. Class sizes are limited to 10-12 students and are offered through zoom online and in-person.
Kweller Prep has a very intentional, dedicated mission to help immigrant and minority children advance to higher education, including placement in highly competitive environments that build their careers.
Ben Davidov, the General Manager, joined the Kweller Prep Team in 2014. He graduated from Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business, where he attended on a full scholarship. As a former SAT, Regents, and AP student, and a decade-long employee, Ben is personally vested in the success of every student at Kweller Prep
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