Know the guidelines for Hunter High school test preparation

Jeremy Matthew
3 min readDec 8, 2020

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Typically, every entrance exam has a lot to prepare for. It is very important that you should be aware bout the pattern of the exam before you decide to prepare for it. The high level examinations such as SHSAT require a lot of practice.

About the pattern of the exam

The pattern of the exam is that it consist multiple-choice questions covering the reading comprehensions and Math as well as writing assignments. The total time that has been allotted for the completion of exam is 3 hours. For the admission process of fall of 2020, the HCHS entrance exam was held on Friday, January 10th, 2020. This exam is administered once per year only with no tentative dates.

Traditionally, the HCHS entrance exam contains 3 main sections: 50 multiple-choice English language Arts questions, it is a kind of writing assignment. Along with this, there are 30 multiple-choice questions of Math. In each question, you get five possible answers.

Reading Section

In the critical reading, you have to answer those questions that reading passage demands. It basically is organized to show your ability to understand, interpret and analyze a number of types of writing. You will be given 5–6 reading passage that might be of different length. Each is followed by multiple-choice questions and you have to select one correct answer.

The passage in the critical reading section usually reflects a range of writing styles from different time period. In the sample test, all of the reading passages are especially organized for you so that your vocabulary can also improve.

Writing Section

In this section, students are asked to write either an essay or a creative piece to demonstrate the originality and effectiveness in your writing. There is a scrap paper in the test booklet where you can easily outline your thoughts or compose a draft before writing the full assignment. In the initial years, you are given some choice of topics to write upon but later, this choice remains only limited to one.

Mathematics

This is an essential section to analyze your problem-solving ability. Students solve a variety of problems, including multi-step ones involving: estimation, computations with fractions, decimals, percents and integers. The Math sample test contains more items than the actual test. These online mock tests help students a lot in determining the actual level of your preparation.

Conclusion

All in all, you should be indulging in Hunter High school test preparation seriously if you want to achieve good results. There are online classes available that you should go for and take help of professional tutors.

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Jeremy Matthew
Jeremy Matthew

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