<p>^Indeed very true, and there are some exceptional public schools in NYC, Stuyvesant, Bronx Science and Hunter College HS, Brooklyn tech is supposedly great, and they do send many kids to stellar colleges, however as a whole, it’s full of unqualified students and really diminishing in quality. As for the previous school’s sending in applicants, I just want to point out in politest way possible, but URM get a much much much easier go than says whites or especially asians. And no, Washington DC, NYC and Chicago are running one of the worst public school system’s in the entire US, skewing the data and having chancellors who don’t care about the kids, it’s all politics, and these area are filled with immigrants who do less well on tests, asians being exceptions. </p>
<p>Most Public school’s of these areas outright STINK,</p>
<p>They have chancellors?</p>
<p>I wish my high school had chancellors.</p>
<p>one chancellor of entire city…</p>
<p>Porkperson, Michelle Rhee is looking for a job…</p>
<p>BUMP!! lol</p>
<p>I am aware of the URM “boost” but my point is excluding that, we have kids continuously scoring 2100+ SAT’s and 30+ ACT scores, for a cutoff 90% of our students have above a 3.3 GPA and on top of that we are in the middle of the city, so we are always constantly involved in something outside of school, I don’t believe we are any more unqualified for selective universities (not just Ivy Leagues) than any other school. I could name a suburban school in this area whose graduation rates are just barely above 60% and it’s located in a recognizably affluent area, the school has a really good rep but the students there aren’t of the highest quality and don’t care that much about school and always around causing trouble. Both “qualified” and “unqualified” or whatever kids can be found in all schools.</p>
<p>People shouldn’t be so quick to pass judgment on all schools and their students because of the general area. Even schools in less than great areas can prosper and even schools in prosperous areas can not perform as expected. I think a lot of schools should be on a competitive level because of the school its students, not necessarily its surroundings.</p>
<p>the students generally make the surroundings, lol thats zoning for you and while stereotypes are not the best thing, if I had to guess between a school in NYC and in Silicon Valley, chances are Id be better of guessing Silicon Valley, and it’s for a reason.</p>