<p>for those in nyc you know what these schools are</p>
<p>im in 7th grade (read my other post in the other forum)</p>
<p>thank you</p>
<p>What exactly is your question?</p>
<p>I just know abt Stuyvesant, not sure what u r asking too!</p>
<p>where shud i go if i got into all</p>
<p>Duhhh. Stuy!</p>
<p>I admit, I don't know much about Horace Mann. But Stuy has such a wide array of classes, extracurriculars, opportunities. It's also right in downtown NY. And while Townsend Harris merely has a selective admissions process, you have to really ace a test to get into Stuyvesant. </p>
<p>Keep in mind though, that you will get out of Stuyvesant what you make of it. It will offer a lot of wondrous opportunities for you to really shine in your college apps, but you have to take the initiative. There ARE slackers in Stuy who only make it to the average CUNY. It's not an instant ticket to an Ivy. The workload, from what I heard, is also terrible. Expect 5-6 hours of sleep your freshman year, and 2-3 your junior/senior year.</p>
<p>This is a little late, but...</p>
<p>Horace Mann, hands down. One of the top private schools in the nation, will almost definitely get you a great high school experience and into a great college. HM college placements are definitely superior, by percentage, to Stuy's. The commute will be comparable to both.</p>
<p>Townsend is a nice school, but not as elite as Stuy or Horace Mann.</p>
<p>Stuyvesant is free. Horace Mann is wonderful but expensive. If you are lucky enough to get into Stuyvesant it is clearly a better financial choice, and given how expensive private schools are nowadays that is a real factor--you might be surprised how many kids from quite affluent NYC families switch from good private elementary and middle schools to Stuyvesant if they get in. You will probably get more individualiszed attention at Horace Mann, but at a minimum iof $20,000 a year, that'a a lot to pay if an equally good academic option is available for free. To some extent, comparing Stuyvesant and HM is apples and oranges. You and your parents would really have to think about this one, because it isn't a matter of better or worse exactly but of quite different experiences. and it may be that if your family can afford HM you will be applying to other very good private schools as alternatives if you don't get in to Stuyvesant.</p>
<p>I suspect Townshend Harris (spell it right on your app--it is named after a person!) is not in the same league reputationally. I don't know about substantively.</p>
<p>There are a LOT of people from Stuyvesant at Northwestern.</p>
<p>It depends on what interests you and the commute. </p>
<p>Personally, I'd rule out HM unless you can get a scholarship or are very wealthy. It's expensive. </p>
<p>Between Stuy and TS, it's a matter of where you live, what your academic interests are, and how large a school you want. Also, TS has a lot more female than male students, so if that matters to you take that into consideration. </p>
<p>They are two very different schools, though both are excellent. TH has a total of about 1,000 students, so it's MUCH smaller than Stuy. It stresses the humanities. Foreign language study is particularly emphasized.You have to take Greek or Latin PLUS a modern language. It's in Flushing, Queens, on the campus of Queens College. Stuy is downtown Manhattan--WAY downtown. So, that could make a huge difference in how long you have to commute, depending on where you live.</p>
<p>Why don't you wait and see where you get in when the time comes?</p>
<p>BTW, the school's name is Townsend, NOT Townshend.</p>
<p>Horace Mann if you get a scholarship. </p>
<p>Stuy definitely if you just live in NYC because you don't have to pay and its still one of the most elite public magnet schools.</p>
<p>It's high school... what's the big deal?</p>
<p>But...if you don't mind 30k a year for high school or you can get a sizable scholarship, it's Horace Mann hands down. Not even close.</p>
<p>Stuy is a bitter experience for a lot of people, you have a ton of gunners going for the few leadership positions in extra-curriculars. There's no difference between stuy and a good neighborhood school in terms of getting into elite colleges, as long as you have the SATs, stuy does teach you to survive in a tough environment, but other than that, it's a bad deal, not to mention most people have to travel pretty far to get there every day. Stuy's average SAT is 1400. The average stuy student can probably goto a regular neighborhood hs and finish in the top 5% with ease.</p>
<p>Everyone I've known from Townsend Harris liked it, it's a smaller environment, more humanities focused, you read a ton, lots of great intellectual exchanges, not as many gunners as Stuy, yet still very competitive.</p>