How competitive is my HS?

Applying to College
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<p>I've often been told that my HS is highly competitive, but I've also heard that it is on its decline. The school profile was released today, so I will share it with you. Compared to all the great public schools around the country, how much of a leg up would I get if I were to apply to competitive colleges (1-20)?</p>

<p>My unweighted GPA is 3.3 ish.</p>

<p>--School Profile--
Suburban PUBLIC high school.
Enrollment: 1,983 (451 seniors)
4-year college: 90.4%</p>

<p>AP:
Students: 490
Grades reported: 795
Subjects: 24
58 AP Scholars
42 AP Scholars w/ Honors
57 AP Scholars w/ Distinction
8 AP National Scholars</p>

<p>AP Grades:
5s - 318
4s - 242
3s - 160
2s - 58
1s - 17</p>

<p>NMS:
44 Letters of Commendation
12 Semi-Finalists
12 National Merit Finalists</p>

<p>SAT:
New SAT: 1897
Old SAT: 1231</p>

<p>SATII (major ones):
Math 1C: 630
Math 2C: 691
Biology: 670
Chemistry: 688
US History: 665
World History: 678</p>

<p>Thanks. My school profile depresses me. How about that.</p>

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<p>It's not competitive in California. I don't know about other states.</p>

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<p>whoa.. that is very competitive!!! ITS PUBLIC!!</p>

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<p>really? most public competitive hs in CA have much higher than that.</p>

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<p>Very competitive by NJ standards.</p>

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<p>That's not bad. You should check out the other schools in your area to see how yours compares. If the SAT scores are an average, they are VERY good. My school is considered competitve...the average SAT scores from the 2000-2001 are similar (perhaps a few points lower).</p>

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<p>Yes, those SAT scores are all averages.</p>

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<p>roadrunenr you are not joking are you?....sarcasm is only effective if your audience can detact it btw...</p>

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<p>No. I'm not joking....</p>

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<p>oh opps...you made the topic.</p>

<p>i thoguht u commented on the topic saying that those sat were average...sorry...lol</p>

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<p>It's definately competitive, but probably not top-25 in California. For example, my Michigan public high school probably beats its numbers, altough I'll only have exact stats next year. For example though, my class alone has 29 national merit semifinalists, 2 ACT perfect scorers, 2 new SAT perfect scorers (and at least 1 old one), 3 PSAT perfects. And it goes on....</p>

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<p>I don't think you will find too many public high schools with higher SAT averages than that.</p>

<p>Yes, they will/do exist, but I doubt there are that many.</p>

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<p>very competitive, but not at the VERY top. some publics at the very top do have 1300+ average (old) SAT scores. but i'm also from california, and like many of the other posters here from california, we've seen better. but your high school is still very competitive nonetheless and i'm sure it annually sends many students to top colleges.</p>

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<p>that is a top 5 public high school in the state of california.</p>