<p>I have a 12 year old son and we are planning out our future HS education. I need advice on what you felt was crucial in the process of admittance to Troy. I am looking for any and all input on this high school. What "got you in"? How important are grades vs. EC activities? How important are personal recommendations? How do you like the school? Are you kids happy or stressed out with the work load? </p>
<p>Looking for all ideas and comments...thanks!</p>
<p>When I used to live in the area (several years ago), the entrance exam was the 'make or break' factor that I recall. Someone in the guidance office should be able to get you some starting information.</p>
<p>where do you live, are you inter or intra district transfer? If you want to get into the troy tech program, you have to take some placement tests to see if you will qualify for the honors and/or troy tech program ( the tests cost about $20). Deadline to apply (at least within the fullerton unified school district) is Jan 08. </p>
<p>My oldest daughter applied and got accepted to Troys' honors and tech program, but we consequently decided to transfer to Fullerton High school instead for their "Academy of the Arts" program.</p>
<p>Momof4 thanks--I will look into the testing soon to find out when and what is involved. We live in Santa Ana--so we would be from another district.</p>
<p>I went to Sunny Hills back in the 70's, things must have really changed? Are you saying you have to "apply" for public schools in Fullerton now?</p>
<p>No, you don't have to apply to get in. </p>
<p>But if you live outside the school's boundaries (which probably half of the student body does) then you have to get either an inter or intra district transfer to attend. Students live in Diamond Bar, Corona, etc. Troy is a very popular school to attend because of its reputation for academics, etc.</p>
<p>In addition, if you are interested in doing the honors program, you have to test into, and then get accepted for the honors program and/or Troy Tech.</p>
<p>yeah you have to test into the troy tech and honors/IB program. a lot of students aren't actually from fullerton and test into troy this way. </p>
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<p>i didnt go there but some of my friends did, so this is just my observation... they were usually stressed and had a lot of activities on top of their huge workload, but they seemed to learn much more (and also have better teachers) than those of us who did not go to troy. i'd say the ride had its ups and downs, but was rewarding in the end. </p>
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<p>actually about maybe 4-7 years ago, sunny hills was still the better school in the district. now most people recognize troy as the better one. you still get students from other districts in both, but more prominent at troy.</p>
<p>I know some people who loved Troy, and some who hated it and transferred out (Some smart kids who don't mind working in both categories). But I guess that would be the case with most schools, and unfortunately, I can't remember specifics of why people did or didn't like it.</p>
<p>If you don't get into the honors programs, it's probably not worth going there, though. I hear the regular classes aren't much different than that of any other public high school.</p>
<p>I told my mother about this the other day. She said almost the same as kfc4u, Sunny Hills was "the" school to be at for academics as well as athletics. I am still a little confused, how are Sunny Hills and Troy accepting out of district students? How can you have so many kids from out of boundary lines, are the schools not full with kids from within the area? What is the percentage of out of district kids? Thanks, just truly facinated at the change.</p>
<p>Just noticed that you said IB program also, my D school is only one out of 4 schools in the county that offers IB, they allow anyone to come to her school that wants to do IB, but there is no testing for it. Other than that, they are strict about staying within school boundaries, they have prosecuted parents for trying to get kids into other districts by fraud!</p>