<p>biggyboy, i think this year's freshman class was ~830 students.</p>
<p>and stuy is not just filled with math and science people. there are a lot of pure humanities people too</p>
<p>and i prefer "enriched with math nerds" rather than clogged, but that's because i'm a math nerd =D</p>
<p>wow i didn't even know it was possible to have that many matriculants. i guess they are lowering the standards. when i had to take the stuy exam, you needed around a 580 to get in. i read somewhere, recently it was about a 56? now. that's pretty lame. i think stuy has way too many students.</p>
<p>Um in NYC if u check, idk but i think this is True STUY Is ranked one, but Townsend Harris High School is DEFINATLY UP there, and better than most specialized Highschools, Yeah anyone can take a test, but u cant for THHS, they look if ur in the top percents of ur City Wide tests and ur GPA is Up there...i actually got in there for my sophmore year (they take like 10 kids outta the thousand or 2 that apply for incoming sophmores) but it was mainly writing and i had a premed program at my other school, so sadly after 1/2 a semester i transfered back to my old school. But people from THHS go to selective schools as well, its very rigorous. ppl there study about 3-5 hours a day, not because they want to, because they most likely have to.</p>
<p>actually, townsend harris was ranked #1 of best nyc high schools from the last time i saw it printed (i believe it was nymag a few years ago). students there get a ridiculous amount of homework every night and the 'collaterals' are no fun. but the only real complaint i have with townsend is that they have very limited AP classes; the average student can only take up to four and you needed to go through some application process for them. this is can be very annoying because the students who go there are bery bright and they should be able to take a minimum of three-four rather than max. townsend harris is one of the schools known for its humanities emphasis too (hunter-esque), although they do offer AP maths and sciences. also, some of my friends took 3 languages coming from there (i.e. spanish, latin, hebrew). i know for sure that latin or greek are requirements for graduation; its pretty nifty in that respect. it also has a great campus but again, the location is somewhat secluded. if you don't live in queens, and even if you do, depending on where you live it can be a pain to get there. subway system doesn't go there, just the bus. townsend harris is a great alternative to stuy, and it is in fact, more selective.</p>
<p>First of all, the rankings many of you are thinking about/quoting? I hope you all realize that none of them are completely accurate; plenty of magazines and the like rate NYC high schools, and so of course you can say, "Oh, well Newspaper X rated my school the best", but there will always be someone else who can say that "Well, Newspaper Y rated mine the best."</p>
<p>yeah thats true even with college rankings. rankings of high schools are just stupid imo. each one is so different and caters to a different set of students. all schools mentioned are filled with a very talented student body and yet offer unique differences. like i said, it's really up to the student to make the best of it.</p>
<p>nobody mentioned hs of art and design(my cousin goes there..) he failed spanish so he wolnt graduate from hs until he passes... i live on Long island so i also cannot apply</p>
<p>yeah biggyboy ur right, but they do have a good range of AP classes. They offer yo so much classes there that its hard enough. A Honors class there is probably equivalent to how AP Classes are taught in some schools. It is hard when i went there with the Bus though i did live in queens, there are so many highschools near there its impossible to catch the bus first 2 weeks of school. It doesnt have much of a campus because its really the Queens College (Cuny) Campus. They offer many classes there which i would love to take. Its the only school so far ive ever heard of, (n probably the only one in NYC) that offers Organic Chemistry. The studying and workload can be very difficult to keep up with. My first week there we had a "collateral" assigned, its a big project and u get one in basically every class. The school was excellent in deed, but i did have to leave due to my personal reasons. But i still think in NYC, what high school you go to doesnt matter as much as how well you do in it, and im sure that goes almost everywhere.</p>
<p>yes but there will always be those nasty test centers in flushing or chinatown asking for thousands of dollars so the next 13 year-old can gain admission to stuy where he'll be equal to about 700 other students.</p>
<p>Just for the record, Stuy also offers Organic Chemistry 1 and 2.</p>
<p>lots of nyc high schools offer these classes through the college now programs..theyre not so unique</p>
<p>Beacon = most underrated NYC public high school, or any NYC HS for that matter.</p>
<p>Lol, I finished reading A Class Apart and find myself laughing at the fact that I actually know 2 people from the book.</p>
<p>I go to Stanton College Prep, which was number #1 public school in the nation not too long ago.</p>
<p>It's number #5 now. Our rival school is a few blocks away and it's #8.</p>
<p>Stuyvesant is just too overrated, considering they are in the most populated city in the United States. There are lots of great places to go to school.</p>
<p>Its a crazy place to be at
my bf goes there and he commutes from Brooklyn each morning, spends at least 12 hours away from home, comes home and has an insane amount of homework.</p>
<p>I was in the same position but at Laguardia (the equivalent of stuy but for art)
I transferred out for spring semester because I couldn't do any ECs or I would be getting home at around 9 to do 3-4 hours of homework and have to wake up at 5AM</p>