<p>My school isn't on there, but I still got into Cornell, Chicago, Rice, UNC (out of state), etc...</p>
<p>haha, my school made even 400. Ugh, it's really not fair. Our whole school, high school and junior high has about 500 kids - less than 530. Plus, our school doesn't have too much APs and if anything, our school tells you not to sign up for APs unless you're 100% confident in the subject and think you can do well. </p>
<p>The ranking is bull.</p>
<p>Totally agreed. :/</p>
<p>"Top 25" school here.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, this is a horrible way to rank schools.</p>
<p>Schools such as mine test both IB and AP, throwing the statistic ** way ** off.</p>
<p>Despite the high ranking, it is a struggle for many (minority) students to graduate, attend school, or even pass classes. My school is largely self-segregated along both racial and economic lines.</p>
<p>Newsweek substituted "best" for "challenging", probably to sell magazines. Don't buy into this flawed ranking system!</p>
<p>:edit</p>
<p>w00t 200 posts :)</p>
<p>alright dys2k6! top 25 whoa!</p>
<p>My school ins't even ranked. Even though it can be said to compare with the likes of Newport and Bellevue High, it wasn't ranked because there is a huge gap between the IB students nd the rest of the crowd.</p>
<p>896th! Satellite w00t! :)</p>
<p>:] I bet mine is like 1000 and something or more. x.x;</p>
<p>Yea, that's about where my school is too... (But seriously, AP tests/Graduating Senior? Are you kidding me? :)). My high school is (should be) in the top 100... on my list... ;)</p>
<p>Oh, and I'm also mad that on SI's top 25 HSs, our neighbor city ("Edina") was put on there and we were not... That has to be a joke. HAS to be.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Simfish: Interlake > Newport > Bellevue according to Newsweek</p>
<p>According to popular opinion:</p>
<p>Newport = Bellevue > Interlake.</p>
<p>But ** I still don't buy into the ranking ** it's garbage.</p>
<p>It is just incredible that anyone would take Jay Matthews and his methodology seriously. Newsweek should be ashamed but I do understand they want to make as much $$ as US News,</p>
<p>At least the private school list like WSJ uses solid info like where the schoolgot their grads into college. Number of APs? REALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<h1>818, down from 200-something. No one takes this seriously except your Asian parent.</h1>
<p>My school isn't on there and it's...
1) Top public school in the state based on state testing scores
2) SAT Average = 1318
3) Inner City School (Philadelphia) with a poorly funded district
4) 39% of students are from low income families
5) 100% of students graduate and attend 4-year colleges
6) Every year, at least 30% of students are accepted to Ivy League schools.</p>
<p>my school is like 800 something yet we have the highest percentage of tests above a 3 (96%) and highest percentage of 5's in nj publics (53%). this is out of 400+ exams taken every year.</p>
<p>Heh, I feel really bad for that 4% under a 3 then.</p>
<p>BELLEVUE, Seattle WA is the place 2 B</p>
<p>Hi. Among the top 100 Best high schools ranked, which one will you recommend? Since I still have one year to go before I can enter a high school.....</p>
<p>i wholeheartedly agree: their ranking system sucks.
my school is on the list and it is terrible! It isnt even the best school in the state...and the best school in the state isnt even on the list!</p>
<p>starspop go to some private school like Thomas Jefferson in Virginia, or Stuyvesant High in NY (although it's not private, you need to take some entrace exam)</p>
<p>This list a bunch of crap. My school is ranked 208 because our average number of AP's is around 2.2. However, my school is like number six in the country
for public school Harvard/Yale/Princton admission. My school's average SAT is like 1260 and the only reason that the AP numbers are low is that my school limits AP's to juniors and seniors and only really AP US and Stat are even open to juniors. The APs that are offered are hard to get into because permission must be granted from department heads, require recomendations, and high tracks. I will graduate with 5 AP classes and that's unusaully high. I think something like 70 something percent of students get 3 or higher in APs when they do take them.</p>