<p>My school's not very competitive, but my class is. At my school, the class of 2005 is widely recognized as one of the brightest to come through in years. There are only two 4.0s, because of lack of grade inflation. SAT scores are ridiculously high, tons of talent in writing and math. I feel really lucky to have gone to school with these kids.</p>
<p>The ones in my prep school were very smart in high school until they came here, including me. I don't think it's about brain power, we have laziness issues.</p>
<p>Wow! I go to a really dumb school! </p>
<p>Our avg SAT is just over 1000 with most "smart" kids hovering around 1200-1300. Our valedictorian has a 1310 but oddly enough we have one 1600 and two 1590's but they are way down in class rank. Most of the GPA smarter kids don't have very high SATs(note: me). About 40% of the graduating class normally goes to our local community college(which has one of the best transfer rates in the nation), about 30% go to a 4 year school and the rest go straight to the work force. The average SAT really isn't an accurate depiction of the school because most kids going to the community college don't take SAT/ACT. The school is pretty rural(and I live minutes from the capital) and is a huge mix of ghetto(no offence, but its reality), country boys, and upper middle class. </p>
<p>All in all, we're pretty normal.</p>
<p>Average SAT: 1056
Top SAT scores in Class of 05 (that I know of): 1570 1560 1530 1520 1490 1480 (there is a quick dropoff to 1300s after this)
People with 4.0s (highest possible unweighted GPA) in my class of 465: 11
Average SAT score of my AP Stats class (we actually did a survey): 1357
Average AP score (Psych experiment): 3.3</p>
<h1>of AP exams taken last year by current Juniors and Seniors: 258 (The number of current Juniors and Seniors probably numbers around 1000)</h1>
<p>For Class of 05:
Overall, I would say that there is a core of about 10 kids (of 465) who have a chance at top 10 colleges. </p>
<p>There are probably about 60 or 70 who have a good chance at University of FL.</p>
<p>AP classes are generally taken by the same 90 or so people, of whom probably about 40 can truly handle the work of the more difficult ones.</p>
<p>my school had a stabbing two weeks ago, nuff said :)</p>
<p>our school has like the whole spectrum, from RSI kids to kids with 0.25 GPA</p>
<p>We're a half-magnet school with one of, if not the top optional program in the state but also a lot of other kids from nearby and bused in from all over the city. We also have a Hearing Impaired Program that's really unique too. I would say about 1/5 of the honors kids don't really care and look to just go to state schools, 3/5 have more drive and look at higher level places and out of state, and 1/5 go crazy with APs and ECs galore. I think we had 21 NMSFs this year. Interestingly enough, he athletics are also top-notch and have people getting recruited by Ivies because of the number of the scholar-athletes.</p>
<p>My school is extremely large (population around 4,000--like a very small town!) and we're not a competitive school. We're average, although we have a greater population of gifted kids (only 'cos our school is larger). Class of 2006 is the most competitive class by far, and the most rambunctious too. Kids swing on one end of the spectrum or the other.</p>
<p>my school...well pretty much insane.</p>
<p>from 2003, there were 74 seniors who graduated (all-girls school), all went to college, avg SAT was 1373, one person goes to MIT every year, we send at least one person to most of the ivies (last year i think we had 5 go to UPenn, 3 to Cornell, 3 to Yale, etc.) it's frowned upon if your not in at least one honors or ap class junior year. i currently can not think of anyone with straight As, some people have an A average, except those are the people that either aren't taking any honors/aps or take all aps/honors but don't have a life outside of studying, and possibly track. </p>
<p>the school isn't so much competitive (because it really isn't, although some make it that way) as just hard and stressful. some of the regular classes would be honors level at other private schools, and most of the area public schools (namely my pre-calc class).</p>
<p>well at my school the chance of surviving the viscious exams iss abominable. I am not #1 but i am #34 in a class of 50. Sounds bad but my school is one of the top in the nation, it is so hard! OMG!! I go to Central! The workload is immense! I am really smart but i get caught up in girls and partying, but i hope to go to harvard. I got a 1060 on my SAT's but i am killer at wrestling. Top in the nation, well almost:)</p>
<p>My school is so odd. Our number 1 ranked has a 1590 SAT and probably a 6.0 weighted GPA, while our number 2 ranked has a 1350 SAT and a 5.6 weighted GPA. The rest of the top 10% have SATs anywhere from 1150 to 1560 and pretty high weighted GPAs, 5.0+. I'm in the top 20%, have a 1330 SAT and a 4.3 weighted GPA. Also, there are kids in honors classes that got shafted from taking APs because we have block scheduling, and there are kids in APs that really aren't able to do that course load. Yeah. So in my school, it's pretty much all about luck. By the way, depending on what teacher you have, you could have massive grade inflation/deflation. Also, all the guidance counselors will pretty much tell the top students in the school to not even bother with the Ivies, because they will undoubtedly get rejected. There are exceptions for those that have a perfect unweighted and extremely high GPA, have taken every AP available and gotten 5s,1550+ SAT, and 790+ SATIIs, play 2 to 3 varsity sports, are the president of at least 1 club and have massive amounts of ECs and volunteer hours, as well as take college classes. That eliminates pretty much everyone except for 1 person.</p>
<p>come on. more people!!</p>
<p>My school was the reason No Child Left Behind was created:</p>
<p>(It's an academic challenge, where there's no competition to rile you up you succeed nonetheless..)</p>
<p>Average SAT score: 800
SAT Scores of the Top 10: 1100s (Val), 1560 (Sal who also happens to be on CC), 1310 (Numero #3), donno 4-9, #10 - 1340 (yours truly)
GPAs of the Top 10: 4.4, 4.3, 4.2, 3.9, 3.8, 3.8, 3.8, 3.8, 3.8, 3.875 (I just happen to know mine..)
AP classes available: 20 some odd?</p>
<p>A 3.0 will get you an automatic "in" at least the top 25%, if not a fair shot at the top 15%. There is severe grade deflation, (yes, you heard me, grade deflation).</p>
<p>School's priority is to graduate, sending kids to college is a secondary. Typical class goes to UCs, some privates (one to MIT, usually), this year's Senior class is incredibly competitive.. Sal is applying to HYPSMC.. Val is applying to Cal Tech..</p>
<p>Uhmm.. predominantly URM at my school (I'm not a URM).. urhmm.. underperforming, we're in the "fourth stage" of NCLB, just before the "state-takeover" stage. Standardized test scores typically run into the teens (10th percentile-19th percentile), "good scores" are considered 57th - 60th percentile on standardized tests provided by the state.</p>
<p>Oy.</p>
<p>I come from a really really small high school (only 72 kids in my graduating class). However, every year we send a handful of kids to the top schools, which if you look at it percentage-wise, is pretty impressive. For example, out of last year's class (which was composed of infamous party-ers), we sent kids to Cornell, Amherst, Yale, Georgetown, and Duke. My grade is most noted for its overacheivers, and many of my friends are applying to 10+ schools. Although our school is really small, I like the general atmosphere - here it's "cool" to be smart, all the so-called popular kids are the ones who receive the best grades, are captains of sports teams or editors of the student-run magazine (like me:) It took some getting used to at first, but I think that on a whole we are on par with many larger schools.</p>
<p>AlexMartin's words pretty much sum up my school. I would change around a few of the percentages though:</p>
<p>The totally out of it world (15%)- These kids struggle and don't even go to college.
The low normal world (43%)- These kids don't give a crap about school and if they aspire to anything it's a community college. They are mildly grungy and just don't care. These people are generally in sports.
The high normal world (40%)- These kids generally have decent grades and scores and they do care about state schools and slightly competitive schools. They are generally in band and certain clubs, often found in mainstream honors classes (English).
The smart world (2%)- These kids care about competitive colleges and achieve top scores. Usually found in selective AP classes (sciences + history, not JAVA).</p>
<p>I go to a pretty competitive public HS. There are a bunch of people who don't care about school but they're in the minority. We are very white/asian and a bunch of people took the PSATs freshman year.</p>
<p>Medium size private school in Cheese country with a high "to 4 or 2 year college" rate (I think between 95-99%). The UW system is heavily pushed, and we are also near by one of the top small colleges in the county (St. Norberts), so almost everybody takes one of those options. There are a ton of smart kids in the class, from the insanely good artists to the human calculators to the programming wizards, we have it all. Pretty competetive, but we are all (a bit over 200) good friends...it's not cut-throat, but still pretty intense- extremely tough grading system, but still, we are a very united class. Since we are in the mid-west...ACT's are what we take- good amount in the 30's/high 20's. </p>
<p>So that's my school, very competitive, but I love it.</p>
<p>What I think is a ridiculously smart private school.....the average SAT score is a 1420, the average SAT2 Writing score is a 740-750....in a class of 57 my year:</p>
<p>5 Harvard
5 Princeton
5 U Penn
4 Dartmouth
3 MIT
3 Yale
2 Columbia
2 Stanford</p>
<p>Were the most common colleges, with everyone else going to great schools as well. Major inferiority complex.</p>
<p>My schools not competitive. We have about 30 people in my grade in AP Classes, not many that take SAT 2's maybe 10. Most go to Community College or State Schools (other schools are too expensive). Probably the top 10% about 20 ppl will apply to some competitive schools. Avr SAT 1010.</p>
<p>Screwed, I think you're exaggerating.</p>
<p>Harvard will never take 5 students from a school, no matter how ridiculously brilliant it is. It will especially not take 5 students from a class with only 57 students.</p>