The teachers do not be caring about your knowledge and only care about their paycheck. Some…read moreteachers even curse at students and even if u tell the office people they will always take the teachers side thinking their always right but if a student curses. even a small little thing happens for example if someone talks just a little bit the whole SCHOOL gets reflection and don't get me started when the whole room stinks and never wanting to turn on the ac and also don't get me started on how these teachers who don't even do their job too and they seem tired and bored even though we don't even doing anything to them it's 7 in the morning like what do u expect For us tired students wake up at 6 they take everything from u but don't even understand your transportation not knowing if your far or not from school.

Staff decide which class students go to depending if they like them or not and are very immatureread more

Hunter College High School is a public academic magnet secondary school located in the Carnegie…read moreHill Upper East Side of Manhattan. That's my neighborhood. It is administered and funded by Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY) and no tuition is charged. According to Hunter, its 1,200 "students represent the top one-quarter of 1% of students in New York City, based on test scores. I know that's true because I've got a lot of friends that have children that applied for entrance and were overlooked. The school history is interesting. Originally Hunter was established in 1869 as "The Female Normal and High School", a private school to prepare young women to become teachers. The original school was composed of an elementary and a high school. There's a long list of notable graduates if you want to look them up. I love the building because it is a historic Armory. I recommend you visit the photogenic structure. If you are fortunate enough to have your family member attend I recommend you take advantage of every activity and opportunity you have to visit this school. I particularly recommend participating in their extracurricular activities in any form offered. I've enjoyed a few activities throughout the years.

A long time ago, on a subway far, far away*, I attended HCHS. Most of the great teachers I had…read morehave either retired or passed away. Last time I looked, my 9th grade math teacher was still soldiering on slinging the equations and one of my classmates is now continuing the tradition as a social studies teacher, following in the footsteps of Mr. Marienhoff (a great teacher and influence on many of us). Here are some facts about the school not often known outside the Hunter community. Every year, if you take the top 10% of 6th Grade kids in NYC (~2200-2500) that scored well on the 5th grade NYS ELA & math exams (what used to be called the city-wides), gave them the entrance exam and took the top 10% of those, you'd end up with the top 1%, which is roughly, a typical Hunter 7th grade class. Remember that this happens a full 2 years before they would take the Specialized High Schools exam (SHSAT). This gives Hunter the advantage of reaping the cream of the crop long before Stuyvesant, Bronx Science or Brooklyn Tech can get a crack at them. Over the first couple of years, some students will have personal, disciplinary or academic problems and will leave or be asked to leave, but their places are not filled by new students because they can only enter at the beginning of 7th grade. Those asked to leave go back and excel at their neighborhood schools. Like the other NYC specialized high schools, the education is tuition free and the best that the city can offer. Unlike those schools, you'll be staying for 6 years from grades 7-12. The Hunter College Campus Schools (including the Elementary School) is administered by Hunter College (CUNY) and not the NYC Dept of Education. This raises a whole load of other issues because Hunter is not subject to the Chancellor of the DOE nor receives funding like other NYC schools. Starting in 7th grade also gives students at Hunter the opportunity to finish their NYS Regents requirements by 10th or 11th grade and allows them to take more AP courses and to do an internship in their senior year. Completing both programs, the graduate receives both the Hunter and Regents diplomas. There has been a lot of press and allegations lately about the lack of diversity at Hunter and other Specialized schools that are groundless. If you can pass the test, you get in, end of story. Whether you received outside test prep or not, the bottom line is you were either prepared or not, no matter what your ethnic background. You better believe that if you attend Hunter, you will be going to college. With the Hunter name on your diploma, you stand a better than average chance to get into a top tier college or university. Hunter is known as the top feeder to the Ivy League and that is not a hollow statistic, but is proven every year. Among my class of 200, 10 students went to Cornell alone, with 4 to Harvard and others to Columbia, Princeton, UPenn, Yale, Brown and Dartmouth. We even had 3 going to MIT. Those are big percentages that is repeated year after year and that you will not find in any other school. I have very fond memories of my alma mater and appreciation for the place grows as you get older. So what I say to all the recent students and graduates that gripe about their experience at Hunter is that you'll be thankful for it in 10-20 years when all the bad experiences are in the past and you remember all the good things such as your life-long friends and the stellar education that you carry with you for the rest of your life. Here's an example of the work of some current students and a tour of the school. http://vimeo.com/62474345 And to make this a true Yelp review, what little cafeteria food we had was absolutely horrendous. You were better off going to any of the local delis (except the one we used to call the smelly deli). *Star Wars did come out about that time in ancient history and the records of us cutting class to go see it are lost in the mists of time. Han shot first!

Equality is one of the best Charter schools in not only the Bronx but in NYC. It's also a…read morewonderful place to work, best staff ever!

Mount saint Michaels is an amazing School where young students are transformed to be successful…read moreadults. The school is a college prep school that teachers students from grades 6-12 and with a 100% guarantee that students will get accepted to a college.

From the owner: Mount St. Michael Academy, in the tradition of the Roman Catholic Church and the Marist…read moreBrothers, provides a rigorous, value-centered, college preparatory education to a family and brotherhood of young men, fostering each student's unique potential for personal excellence, and striving to help our diverse students grow in maturity as healthy, well-rounded, service oriented leaders

Riverdale Country School is a co-ed, independent, college-preparatory day school in New York City…read more Located in the Bronx.. right in my backyard. The school is phenomenal and offers a comprehensive liberal arts education, as well as countless extra curricular activities and many sports opportunities. Quite a few of the teachers have PhD's in their disciplines. The beautiful campus setting is in a category of its own! The big downside is the sky high tuition rate! As of today it's close to that of IVY league schools. If you can manage it, it's one of the greatest gifts that you can give to your children.

A wonderful school. Provides quality education equal or better than private schools. Innovative,…read morecreative curriculum and opportunities for extra learning, supportive environment, fine faculty. Principal Elana Elster deserves kudos for presiding over the remarkable transformation of a school with a poor reputation, known for its "tough" student body. As a grandparent of a lucky 8th grader, my hat is off to BTW.

I graduated from this school back in 2014. It has always been an amazing school, not sure why the…read morebad reviews. This school has always had the best intentions with the students. They want to make sure you do well, to get into good colleges to make a future for yourself. Once a falcon always a falcon. "No Excuses"

This principal acts nice and happy but until it's lunch period you can't even talk also the…read moreprincipal is all mad and upset for no reason and is giving detention and suspension just for talking.

Excellent English department. Not for the weak-willed.read more

The school is environment is nice the staff is somewhat obsesses with kids they think they friends…read morewith toddlers and bad energy

One of my daughters friends go to this school and says it's perfesional and sunny and filled with…read moreCharm kindness and sunshine