Found this following article on NY Times. Interesting read.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/education/19gifted.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=educationI am from west coast so I don't really know what the big deal is to get into Hunter school. It's just an elementary school, I thought. Apparently it is a big deal.
"Hunter had 1,832 4-year-olds apply last year for 50 kindergarten seats;" from the article.
That is less than 3% admission rate!
To put into perspective, Harvard's admission rate is about 8% and Juilliard is somewhere in 7% range.
