<p>Yes, polymer too. And research chem.</p>
<p>Yep yep. The research chem lab is awesome. I get to wield a piece of titanium wire at 700*C(and call it "research" too!).</p>
<p>Nice! I wish those classes were offered at my school. I'm trying to get Organic chemistry, but I don't know if our district will allow a super small class (because that would mean all the other classes would have to be a little bigger).</p>
<p>Another question: Do any of you guys go to a Health Sciences high school that lets you do hospital internships, etc? If so, do you think that your experiences will help you be a good doctor/nurse/etc. in the future?</p>
<p>I was thinking about those health high schools the other day, and how they are good in theory, but I see two problems 1) is that students that want to be doctors before high school (and thus apply to the magnet program) are probably misguided about their reasons behind becoming a doctor and 2) medical school admissions are much more geared towards success in the basic sciences, and the high schools would therefore benefit by being more like a science and math high school. </p>
<p>I love the ideas behind the health high schools, but I don't know if it would necessarily help students become MDs unless they were applying to the accelerated BA/MD program. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Rebuttals?</p>
<p>I agree about those who posted about knowing about these schools before they started high school. Though I like my high school, I know I would have greatly benefited from attending some type of better school. Unfortunately, there aren't many public ones around me (called "charter" instead of "magnet" schools in MA I think...is this correct?)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ossm.edu/ncsssmst.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.ossm.edu/ncsssmst.htm</a> </p>
<p>Thanks to the poster who shared this link. The program in Minnesota listed there is definitely NOT a specialized math or science high school like most of the others listed. Strong math students in Minnesota mostly go to [url=<a href="http://www.itcep.umn.edu/umtymp/index.php%5DUMTYMP%5B/url">http://www.itcep.umn.edu/umtymp/index.php]UMTYMP[/url</a>], which is a math-only program based at the University of Minnesota (and satellite campuses) and attended by students from all over the state who go to lots of other high schools for their other subjects. </p>
<p>I too wish there was something more along the lines of the North Carolina, South Carolina, or Illinois specialized high schools here, and I agree with others who have posted in this thread that Exeter and Andover have phenomenal programs--Exeter unmatched in math and Andover unmatched in physics, with strong sports, art, English, history, foreign languages, and ECs.</p>
<p>There's ERHS Science and Tech Magnet (I happen to go here). We have Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry at our school. I'm taking Organic Chem next year. We have a pretty good variety of science and math classes at our school, but some of the teachers are ehh...</p>
<p>Except, tokenadult, that you have to pay tuition for exeter and andover!</p>
<p>True about Exeter and Andover charging tuition, but you have to pay taxes for the others, which may be why they don't exist in all other states. I'll be able to report about financial aid about Big Red and Big Blue, if someone I know is admitted, later in this school year.</p>
<p>CAMS....only 3 people got accepted to it from the middle school I graduated from.</p>
<p>Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, VA offers a Math/Science magnet sub-school.</p>