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Honors Convocation

Seven of our students are being honored tomorrow with the entire Hostos Community College for their excellent academic performance! Follow our Instagram @hla.earlycollege to celebrate our scholastic excellence with us!

End of the Semester Stretch!

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Congratulations to the Hostos Lincoln Academy  Senior class of 2018!  Class of 2018

Interview with Hostos Lincoln 12th Grader - His College Process

Earlier this week I had the pleasure of sitting down and interviewing Donatto, a senior from Hostos Lincoln. Donatto walked me through his very own college decision process and shed some light on how he managed to choose despite getting many different offers. Donatto has been an SEO scholar since 9th grade, is the highest ranking guy in our class, and is graduating with the degree in a couple of weeks! Having so many options to choose from, read our interview to find out what school he ultimately picked! Jehna (interviewer): To start us off, Donatto, how many colleges did you apply to? Donatto: Hmmm... well... let me think... three CUNY... three SUNY.... and...Ummm...*counts on fingers* ... oh! Fifteen privates. Jehna: WHAT! FIFTEEN! So that's like... Donnatto: Yep, twenty-one schools altogether. Jehna: Why so many? Donatto: Well there were three safety, three target, two reaches, and seven QuestBridge. Jehna: QuestBridge? Donatto: Yea, it's a scholarship, like...